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Qingzhou — China’s Next‑Generation Cargo Ship for the Tiangong Space Station

Qingzhou is a lighter, potentially lower‑cost cargo spacecraft China is developing as an alternative to the Tianzhou freighter to support logistics to the Tiangong space station. Its reduced mass and simplified design are intended to lower launch and operational costs while expanding Beijing’s in‑house LEO resupply capability.

2025-12-22T11:04:06.080017-08:00

Economic Times

ISRO targets 2026 as a turning point: seven missions to qualify LVM3, crew escape and re‑entry for Gaganyaan

2025-12-22T10:08:06.467852-08:00

SpaceWatch Global

NASA confirms multinational crew for SpaceX Crew-12; Sophie Adenot to make first orbital flight, launch targeted Feb. 15, 2026

2025-12-21T23:50:01.079496-08:00

CBS News

Blue Origin’s New Shepard completes 16th passenger flight, carries first wheelchair user Michi Benthaus

2025-12-20T08:24:57.734726-08:00

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Qingzhou — China’s Next‑Generation Cargo Ship for the Tiangong Space Station Qingzhou is a lighter, potentially lower‑cost cargo spacecraft China is developing as an alternative to the Tianzhou freighter to support logistics to the Tiangong space station. Its reduced mass and simplified design are intended to lower launch and operational costs while expanding Beijing’s in‑house LEO resupply capability.

2025-12-22T11:04:06.080017-08:00

Qingzhou — China’s Next‑Generation Cargo Ship for the Tiangong Space Station

Economic Times

ISRO targets 2026 as a turning point: seven missions to qualify LVM3, crew escape and re‑entry for Gaganyaan ISRO has slated seven missions for 2026, anchored by critical Gaganyaan flight tests to qualify the LVM3 launcher, validate the Crew Escape System and complete crew‑module re‑entry trials. Those milestones are prerequisites for India’s first human spaceflight and a step toward independent crewed launch capability.

2025-12-22T10:08:06.467852-08:00

ISRO targets 2026 as a turning point: seven missions to qualify LVM3, crew escape and re‑entry for Gaganyaan

SpaceWatch Global

NASA confirms multinational crew for SpaceX Crew-12; Sophie Adenot to make first orbital flight, launch targeted Feb. 15, 2026 NASA confirmed the four-person crew for SpaceX Crew-12: a multinational team from NASA, ESA and Roscosmos set to launch to the International Space Station on a long-duration science expedition with liftoff targeted as early as Feb. 15, 2026. French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot will make her first orbital flight.

2025-12-21T23:50:01.079496-08:00

NASA confirms multinational crew for SpaceX Crew-12; Sophie Adenot to make first orbital flight, launch targeted Feb. 15, 2026

NASA

The real story of the Skylab 4 “strike” in space An enduring urban legend says Skylab 4 astronauts, frustrated by micromanaged daily timelines, staged a 'strike' in orbit — turning off communications and refusing tasks. This piece examines what actually happened aboard Skylab 4, separating myth from mission logs and first‑hand accounts.

2025-12-21T10:05:05.547806-08:00

The real story of the Skylab 4 “strike” in space

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Artemis II crew rehearse launch‑day countdown, ride rewrapped Astrovan II to launch pad NASA’s four Artemis II astronauts completed a launch‑day countdown demonstration at Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 20, boarding Orion inside the Vehicle Assembly Building and taking a rewrapped Boeing Starliner “Astrovan II” to the launch pad. The rehearsal advances preparations ahead of a February lunar flyby mission.

2025-12-20T16:24:07.495409-08:00

Artemis II crew rehearse launch‑day countdown, ride rewrapped Astrovan II to launch pad

CBS News

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Blue Origin’s New Shepard completes 16th passenger flight, carries first wheelchair user Michi Benthaus Blue Origin’s New Shepard completed its 16th passenger flight, carrying 33‑year‑old European Space Agency engineer Michaela “Michi” Benthaus — the first wheelchair user to fly on the suborbital tourism vehicle. Benthaus, paralyzed in a mountain‑bike accident seven years ago, described the flight as a long‑held dream realized.

2025-12-20T08:24:57.734726-08:00

Blue Origin’s New Shepard completes 16th passenger flight, carries first wheelchair user Michi Benthaus

European Spaceflight

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Redwire wins eight‑figure contract to supply docking mechanisms for The Exploration Company’s Nyx Earth capsule Redwire has been awarded an eight-figure contract to supply docking mechanisms for The Exploration Company’s Nyx Earth capsule. The deal makes Redwire responsible for the capsule’s docking interface hardware and integration as Nyx advances toward operational missions in low Earth orbit.

2025-12-19T21:03:55.167236-08:00

Redwire wins eight‑figure contract to supply docking mechanisms for The Exploration Company’s Nyx Earth capsule

SpaceNews.com

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Safety panel urges NASA to reassess Artemis lunar-landing architecture and review Starliner response NASA’s safety advisers recommend the agency reconsider its Artemis lunar-landing architecture and formally review how it handled the Starliner incident. The panel said both issues raise programmatic and crew-safety questions that could affect near-term Artemis schedules and crewed spaceflight operations.

2025-12-19T16:03:57.784172-08:00

Safety panel urges NASA to reassess Artemis lunar-landing architecture and review Starliner response

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Qingzhou — China’s Next‑Generation Cargo Ship for the Tiangong Space Station

ISRO targets 2026 as a turning point: seven missions to qualify LVM3, crew escape and re‑entry for Gaganyaan

NASA confirms multinational crew for SpaceX Crew-12; Sophie Adenot to make first orbital flight, launch targeted Feb. 15, 2026

Blue Origin’s New Shepard completes 16th passenger flight, carries first wheelchair user Michi Benthaus

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