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A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 6:33 a.m. EDT on Oct. 13 for NASA’s 35th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station, carrying more than 6,300 pounds of supplies and hardware. The mission also deployed GHGSat’s Eleanor and Aidan satellites, expanding its methane-monitoring constellation.
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A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 6:33 a.m. EDT on Oct. 13 for NASA’s 35th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station, carrying more than 6,300 pounds of supplies and hardware. The mission also deployed GHGSat’s Eleanor and Aidan satellites, expanding its methane-monitoring constellation.
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Representatives of several European national space agencies have expressed support for plans by the European Space Agency to develop a human spaceflight capability. The report signals backing among member states, but provides no details on the proposed capability, timetable, funding or participating agencies.
SpaceX and NASA are preparing to launch a cargo mission to the International Space Station on Tuesday morning. The flight is set to deliver 6,300 pounds of cargo, including new solar arrays, extending the station’s resupply operations and supporting its infrastructure.
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A Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch the CRS-35 Dragon cargo mission from Cape Canaveral on Oct. 13, carrying thousands of pounds of supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station. The spacecraft is expected to arrive about 52 hours after launch with the final pair of iROSA solar arrays among its cargo.
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The Soviet Union launched Voskhod 1 on Oct. 12, 1964, carrying three cosmonauts on a roughly 24-hour mission. It was the first spaceflight with more than one person aboard and achieved several human-spaceflight firsts, including flying its crew without spacesuits.
Growing fresh food on the Moon could help move astronauts beyond freeze-dried rations, but doing so depends on managing water in lunar conditions. The article examines how water might flow there, a basic resource challenge for efforts to cultivate food during future lunar missions.
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At the International Astronautical Congress, astronauts including André Kuipers, Mike Feustel, Andrew Marshburn and Michael López-Alegría debated whether spaceflight can be called safe. Their framing: “managed” is the more honest word, putting risk management—not a promise of zero risk—at the center of the discussion.
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