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A recycled SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, the third high-flying taxi ride in less than a year for Elon Musk's company.

The event marks a golden era according to the head of the European Space Agencys International Space Station programme

Astronauts aboard SpaceX capsule prepare for docking at ISS 193 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, United States, April 24, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – A recycled SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule with four astronauts aboard was speeding on its way to the International Space Station, where the spacecraft is set to dock early Saturday. It was the third crew sent to the ISS by SpaceX, as part of its multibillion dollar contract with NASA, and the first time the company was reusing a rocket and spacecraft. The Crew-2 mission,...

saranacbo@hotmail.com Anyone who wasn’t comatose during their American History 101 class knows “A Day That Will Live in Infamy” refers to Dec. 7, 1941. But Liz Clark of Garden City, Long Island, had her own DTWLiI — April 3, 1959, when she was 13. Liz was my sister-in-law’s college roommate. She had dark red hair, bright green eyes and a burbling laugh that could melt stone hearts. She was also fiendishly smart and tons of fun. I met her when my s-i-l brought her home for a Christmas...

To mark the 31st anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope astronauts pointed it in the direction of a giant star that is on the edge of destruction.  The giant star, named AG Carinae, featured in this latest image is waging a tug-of-war between gravity and radiation to avoid self-destruction.  It is surrounded by an expanding shell of gas and dust, also known as a nebula, that has been shaped by the powerful winds of the giant star. This nebula surrounding the star is about five light-years ...

 E-Mail IMAGE: In celebration of the 31st anniversary of the launch of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers aimed the celebrated observatory at one of the brightest stars seen in our galaxy... view more  Credit: NASA, ESA and STScI The giant star featured in this latest Hubble Space Telescope anniversary image is waging a tug-of-war between gravity and radiation to avoid self-destruction. The star, called AG Carinae, is surrounded by an expanding shell of gas and dust -- a...

April 23, 2021 Astronomers saw Proxima Centauri – the star nearest our sun – emit a flare, or burst of radiation, 100 times more powerful than flares from our sun. They said Proxima’s flare ranks as one of the most violent seen on a solitary star anywhere in the galaxy. View larger. | Artist’s concept of the largest flare ever seen from Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our sun. Proxima is a red dwarf star, the sort of star known to produce flares. But this flare was 100 times more ...

Science without gravity aboard the International Space Station published : 21 Apr 2021 at 13:45 More than 3,000 scientific tests have been carried out in the near weightlessness of the ISS since manned missions began in 2000. PARIS: In two decades orbiting the Earth the International Space Station has become a cutting-edge cosmic laboratory, with astronauts researching everything from black holes to disease and even gardening in microgravity...

Science Without Gravity At The International Space Station By Juliette COLLEN 04/21/21 AT 2:14 AM In two decades orbiting the Earth the International Space Station has become a cutting-edge cosmic laboratory, with astronauts researching everything from black holes to disease and even gardening in microgravity. The ISS, which orbits about 250 miles above Earth, is as large as a football field inside and divided up like a beehive into spaces where the crew can carry out experiments with guida...

SpaceX set to take four astronauts to ISS Thursday AFP 1 hr ago AFP © Aubrey GEMIGNANI In this image released by NASA, (L-R) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, NASA astronaut Megan McArthur and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet pose for a photo SpaceX is preparing to carry four astronauts to a crowded International Space Station on Thursday, in the second routine mission since the United States resumed ...