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In a historic moment for government human spaceflight, the European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that John McFall, a reserve astronaut in its corps, has been medically cleared for long-duration missions to the International Space Station (ISS).
NASA is finalizing plans to bring two of its astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, back to Earth as early as March 19—nearly two weeks ahead of the publicly announced timeline.
Boeing and NASA have made substantial headway in addressing numerous issues stemming from the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft’s Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission, according to the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP).
NASA has announced the extension of three pivotal Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) 2 contracts to support cargo transportation to and from the International Space Station (ISS) through 2030, aligning with the station's projected retirement timeline.
The International Space Station (ISS) got a slight speed boost, courtesy of SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft, a historic first for the orbital laboratory.
NASA has announced it will rely on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft for its two scheduled crew rotation missions to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2025, as it continues to assess the readiness of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.
NASA has postponed the highly anticipated ESCAPADE mission (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers), originally slated for an October 2024, to no earlier than spring 2025; delaying the inaugural test flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket
NASA and SpaceX are gearing up for the launch of the agency’s Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station, which is now targeted for no earlier than Tuesday, September 24.
Sierra Space has begun final testing and launch preparations for its Dream Chaser spaceplane and Shooting Star cargo module at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The two astronauts, referred to as Gaganyatris by ISRO, will travel to the United States in the first week of August to begin their training.
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