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(Photo : Photo by Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via Getty Images) A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen as it is rolled out of the horizontal integration facility at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-2 mission, on April 16, 2021 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. Meir added that although virtual reality simu...

Blue Origin rocket test will monitor capsule access by humans By (0) Blue Origin, which plans to launch its New Shepard rocket Wednesday from Texas, has built manufacturing plants for space endeavors, including this plant in Florida at which the company develops the New Glenn rocket. File Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo Blue Origin plans to launch its New Shepard rocket Wednesday from Texas, carrying the company's test dummy, Mannequin Skywalker, as shown in a previous flight in January. Photo courtesy of Blue Origin A Blue Origin New Shepard capsule descends using parachutes after ...

Putin touts space power as Gagarin hailed AFP, MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday called for the nation to remain a great power in space, as it celebrated the 60th anniversary of the legendary flight that made Yuri Gagarin the first person in orbit. Russia’s space industry has struggled and been hit by a series of mishaps, but the sending of the first human into space on April 12, 1961, remains a major source of national pride. After visiting a memorial in southern Russia at the site where Gagarin landed after his 108-minute trip around the Earth, Putin told his government to...

Russia marks Cosmonautics Day — in pictures Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became famous worldwide after his 108-minute flight above the earth 60 years ago. Larger than life Yuri Gagrin's status rocketed him to major status even beyond the grave. A statue of him stands on display at the Museum of Cosmonautics. Festivities above and below The day has been celebrated every year as Cosmonautics Day since the spaceflight took place in 1961. It is even celebrated underwater at the aquarium at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy. Keeping children looking up Students at a school name...

Canadian companies shoot for the stars (literally). Next up: the moon, maybe Mars Virtual reality gurus from Montreal, precision camera whizzes from Manitoba boldly go where no Canadian has gone before Author of the article: Joe O'Connor Publishing date: Apr 08, 2021  •  58 minutes ago  •  7 minute read  •  Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques, who features in Felix & Paul Studios' Space Explorers: The ISS Experience, takes a selfie in space. Photo by NASA Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affil...