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• Taz Ali
NASA has opened recruitment for its next generation of astronauts. The announcement signals a new intake into the agency’s human-spaceflight workforce, though the available report provides no details on application requirements, timing or the number of candidates sought.
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NASA has opened recruitment for its next generation of astronauts. The announcement signals a new intake into the agency’s human-spaceflight workforce, though the available report provides no details on application requirements, timing or the number of candidates sought.
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NASA is recruiting for an astronaut class tied to Artemis and a planned Moon Base, with applications due Dec. 3 and final selections expected in late 2027. At a Kennedy Space Center air show featuring lunar exploration and electric aviation, administrator Jared Isaacman also outlined plans for a larger aerospace exhibition intended to rival the Paris Air Show.
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NASA’s effort to return astronauts to the moon depends on Axiom Space, whose track record the article describes as uneven. The Houston-based startup has partnered with Prada and counts among its investors a firm where Donald Trump Jr. is a partner.
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NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk installed the International Space Station’s eighth and final roll-out solar array during a seven-hour spacewalk, completing an upgrade begun more than five years ago. The arrays are intended to sustain the orbiting laboratory’s power supply through its planned retirement in 2030.
Victor Glover, an Artemis II astronaut, says traveling to the moon changed how he sees Earth, human connection and the wonder available closer to home. His reflections put the mission’s value in personal perspective, beyond the technical achievement of sending astronauts toward the moon.
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NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins made history as commander of her mission to the International Space Station. Her appointment brings renewed attention to diversity in astronaut leadership and to who gets represented in the next generation of human spaceflight.
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk are scheduled to install the International Space Station’s final roll-out solar array during a spacewalk on Nov. 5. The Houston flight-control team approved the excursion, which will advance work to modernize the orbital laboratory’s power system.
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Wang Xiang, deputy chief designer of China’s crewed space program and chief designer of its lunar exploration program, unveiled an official statement on Nov. 3 detailing plans for a crewed Moon mission. The announcement puts China’s human lunar exploration objectives on the record, but the report provides no mission timeline or technical details.
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