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NASA Indefinitely Delays Axiom-4 Private Astronaut Mission Over ISS Air Leak

NASA and Axiom Space have indefinitely postponed the Ax-4 commercial astronaut flight to the International Space Station after engineers detected a small but persistent air leak in the Russian module, forcing an extended station inspection and repair timeline before clearing the launch.

2025-06-12T08:52:42.775482-07:00

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Marc Garneau, Canada’s first astronaut and former foreign minister, dies at 76

2025-06-04T15:42:55.572225-07:00

CBS News

Blue Origin’s 12th Crewed New Shepard Flight Carries Six to Space, Including First New Zealander

2025-05-31T08:04:24.372216-07:00

SpaceNews.com

Jared Isaacman's NASA Administrator Nomination Advances to Full Senate

2025-04-30T08:32:17.533564-07:00

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Sally Ride Estate Collection Goes on Auction Block, Featuring Her 1983 Flight Diaries Los Angeles-based Nate D. Sanders Auctions is offering the Sally Ride Estate Collection to the public for the first time, including more than 50 lots such as personal flight diaries and NASA artifacts from America’s first woman in space.

2025-06-16T14:13:52.358014-07:00

Sally Ride Estate Collection Goes on Auction Block, Featuring Her 1983 Flight Diaries

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Shenzhou-20 Crew Sustains Science and Station Maintenance After 50 Days Aboard Tiangong After more than 50 days aboard China’s Tiangong space station, the Shenzhou-20 astronauts maintain a full schedule of scientific experiments, health checks and routine station maintenance to sustain ongoing operations.

2025-06-16T10:48:30.347908-07:00

Shenzhou-20 Crew Sustains Science and Station Maintenance After 50 Days Aboard Tiangong

astanatimes.com

Kazakhstan Eyes Tourism Destination at Baikonur Space Station Kazakhstan has unveiled plans to open a tourism destination at its Baikonur Space Station, offering private visitors a unique orbital experience. The initiative leverages the site's historic role in human spaceflight to attract commercial travelers and diversify national revenue streams in line with global space tourism trends.

2025-06-13T19:02:52.634463-07:00

Kazakhstan Eyes Tourism Destination at Baikonur Space Station

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NASA Indefinitely Delays Axiom-4 Private Astronaut Mission Over ISS Air Leak NASA and Axiom Space have indefinitely postponed the Ax-4 commercial astronaut flight to the International Space Station after engineers detected a small but persistent air leak in the Russian module, forcing an extended station inspection and repair timeline before clearing the launch.

2025-06-12T08:52:42.775482-07:00

NASA Indefinitely Delays Axiom-4 Private Astronaut Mission Over ISS Air Leak

Aviation Week

Roscosmos awards Angara-A5M production contract to back new ROS orbital station Roscosmos has awarded a contract for Angara-A5M heavy-lift vehicles in a first step toward deploying its new ROS orbital station. The move secures the domestic launch capacity needed for Russia’s next-generation orbital outpost after the International Space Station.

2025-06-12T01:23:11.141820-07:00

Roscosmos awards Angara-A5M production contract to back new ROS orbital station

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As ISS Retirement Looms, Commercial Space Stations Still Years from Orbit With the ISS slated for decommissioning by 2030, NASA’s next-generation low Earth orbit capabilities hinge on private platforms. Yet four leading projects—Axiom’s Station, Vast’s Haven-1, Starlab and Orbital Reef—remain in diverse development phases, with first modules unlikely before 2026.

2025-06-10T08:32:57.682008-07:00

As ISS Retirement Looms, Commercial Space Stations Still Years from Orbit

Business Insider

Axiom Space CEO Lays Out $70M Private Astronaut Mission to ISS For $70 million per seat, Axiom Space’s private astronauts spend roughly two weeks aboard the International Space Station, where every minute of research and operations is meticulously scheduled. CEO Tejpaul Bhatia breaks down mission training, life-support, lab access and logistics wrapped into the ticket price.

2025-06-09T04:36:43.647489-07:00

Axiom Space CEO Lays Out $70M Private Astronaut Mission to ISS

Space.com

How an aerospace machinist’s son built Hollywood’s definitive spacesuit collection Global Effects, founded by the son of an aerospace machinist, has assembled near-perfect replicas of every historic spacesuit that has flown in orbit and beyond. Its museum-quality props have appeared in blockbusters and documentaries—and even NASA personnel have been surprised to learn some iconic astronaut suits on display were movie costumes.

2025-06-08T02:06:37.055912-07:00

How an aerospace machinist’s son built Hollywood’s definitive spacesuit collection

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