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China Launches First Civilian to Space, Targets 2030 for Crewed Lunar Landing
China launched its latest crew of astronauts to the Tiangong space station, including the first civilian sent to orbit by the country’s rapidly evolving space program. The Shenzhou-16 crew launched on board a Long March 2F rocket late Monday at 9:31 a.m. on Tuesday local time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northern China’s…
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Robot Dogs Could Soon Patrol a U.S. Space Force Station
The Cape Canaveral Space Force Station may soon be under the watchful electronic eyes of the dystopian version of man’s best friend. The U.S. Space Force recently conducted a demonstration using robot dogs to patrol Cape Canaveral in the hopes of automating certain security tasks at the space station.
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Everything You Need to Know About the First Private Mission to the International Space Station
This Friday, a SpaceX rocket will attempt to blast off from Kennedy Space Centre with four civilians on board. It’s the first wholly private mission to the ISS, in what’s poised to be a precedent-setting mission. Here’s what you need to know ahead of this historic launch.
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A New Era of Space Stations Is Coming, but Will They Be Any Good?
A new era of space stations is about to kick off. NASA has announced three commercial space station proposals for development, joining an earlier proposal by Axiom Space. These proposals are the first attempts to create places for humans to live and work in space outside the framework of government space agencies. They’re part of…