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Shenzhou 19 astronauts Cai Xuzhe Song Lingdong conduct a spacewalk outside China's Tiangong space station on Dec. 17, 2024.

Chinese astronauts perform record-breaking 9-hour spacewalk outside Tiangong space station (video)

By Mike Wall published

Two Chinese astronauts spent more than nine hours outside the nation's Tiangong space station on Dec. 16 and Dec. 17, beating the old EVA duration record by 10 minutes.

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An image of a white spacecraft over a blue portion of earth, seen through a curved window, is superimposed over a photo of two astronauts floating in a space station hatch on the right, both smiling.

Boeing Starliner astronauts will return to Earth in March 2025 after new NASA, SpaceX delay

By Josh Dinner published

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will stay in space an extra month, until March 2025, giving SpaceX more time to complete a new Crew Dragon capsule.

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a large metal capsule floats in rough water using a giant orange floaty ring and six large orange floats near the top.

India practices pulling its Gaganyaan astronaut capsule out of the sea (photos)

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

India continues to perfect hardware and recovery procedures for its Gaganyaan human spaceflight program.

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'SALLY' at Sundance: NatGeo film to reveal 'hidden love' of 1st US woman in space

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A documentary about the life and love of America's first woman in space will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. "SALLY," from National Geographic, reveals the legacy of astronaut Sally Ride.

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Emily Calandrelli celebrates in front of the Blue Origin capsule after becoming the 100th woman in space.

100th woman in space, Emily Calandrelli, stands up to 'small men' on the internet: 'I should have expected this.'

By Pandora Dewan published

The astronaut and MIT engineer's monumental milestone was marred by misogyny: "Instead of being on cloud nine, I’m crying in my seat."

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Donald "Deke" Slayton: Mercury astronaut who waited more than a decade to fly to space

By Tariq Malik last updated

Slayton made his first space flight in 1975 as the Apollo docking module pilot of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission.

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illustration of a base on the moon, with a rocket launching in the background

Building blocks: How China plans to make bricks on the moon for lunar habitats

By Andrew Jones published

Chinese scientists are developing the capability to build a moon base made of bricks formed from lunar soil.

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Two astronauts float in the busy white interior of a space station, holding equipment, wearing ppo masks.

Fruit flies in space! Chinese astronauts show off experiment on Tiangong space station (video)

By Andrew Jones published

China's Shenzhou 19 astronauts have some winged companions to oversee aboard the country's Tiangong space station — fruit flies, which arrived on a cargo ship on Nov. 15.

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Project Mercury: America's 1st crewed space program

By Elizabeth Howell last updated

Project Mercury was NASA's program that launched the first American astronauts into space, completing a total of six crewed spaceflights.

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earth rising below a black space sky, with the docking hatch of a spacecraft in the foreground.

China's Tianzhou 7 spacecraft burns up in Earth's atmosphere to end cargo mission (video)

By Andrew Jones published

The Tianzhou 7 spacecraft undocked from China's Tiangong space station on Nov. 10 and reentered Earth's atmosphere at around 8:25 a.m. EST (1325 GMT) on Nov. 17.

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