2026 • Jan 27
Former astronaut on lunar spacesuits: "I don't think they're great right now"
"These are just the difficulties of designing a spacesuit for the lunar environment." ...
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2026 • Jan 20
The fastest human spaceflight mission in history crawls closer to liftoff
After a remarkably smooth launch campaign, Artemis II reached its last stop before the Moon. ...
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2026 • Jan 17
Managers on alert for “launch fever” as pressure builds for NASA’s Moon mission
"I’ve got one job, and it’s the safe return of Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy." ...
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2026 • Jan 16
NASA’s first medical evacuation from space ends with on-target splashdown
This is the first time NASA has called an early end to a space mission for medical reasons. ...
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2026 • Jan 09
NASA orders “controlled medical evacuation” from the International Space Station
"The crew is highly trained, and they came to the aid of their colleague right away." ...
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2026 • Jan 08
A crew member’s “medical concern” foils a planned spacewalk outside the ISS
"The situation is stable," NASA said in a statement Wednesday. ...
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2025 • Dec 23
Safety panel says NASA should have taken Starliner incident more seriously
"This particular anomaly deserves to be right up front and center for quite some time." ...
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2025 • Nov 25
China launches an emergency lifeboat to bring three astronauts back to Earth
This is a "successful example for efficient emergency response in the international space industry." ...
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2025 • Nov 14
Three astronauts are stuck on China’s space station without a safe ride home
"This does not meet the release conditions for a safe manned return." ...
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2025 • Nov 06
Space junk may have struck a Chinese crew ship in low-Earth orbit
The three-man crew was supposed to return to Earth on Wednesday to wrap up six months in space. ...
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2025 • Oct 17
NASA’s next Moonship reaches last stop before launch pad
Preparations for the Artemis II mission continue despite the federal government shutdown. ...
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2025 • Sep 18
Northrop Grumman successfully resupplies ISS after overcoming software glitch
The premature engine shutdowns were triggered by a conservative software safeguard. ...
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