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NASA Eyes February 2026 Artemis II Crew Flyby — Four Astronauts, 10‑Day Lunar Test with Canadian Hardware

NASA is targeting February 2026 for Artemis II, a 10‑day crewed lunar flyby carrying four astronauts — the first since Apollo — to validate Orion systems, international hardware (including Canadian contributions) and mission operations and readiness ahead of Artemis III and future Mars missions.

2025-09-23T11:52:21.794781-07:00

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NASA selects 10 new astronaut candidates for Artemis‑era training, stresses return to the Moon ahead of China

2025-09-22T09:59:41.759729-07:00

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Crew-10 Astronauts Splash Down in Pacific After Five-Month ISS Rotation

2025-08-09T10:55:51.181690-07:00

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NASA, JAXA and Roscosmos Crew-11 Set for ISS Launch Aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour

2025-07-30T21:09:22.895747-07:00

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New NASA astronaut candidate says helicopter piloting could aid lunar landings One of NASA's new astronaut candidates says their helicopter piloting skills could be useful for lunar landings, calling each sortie "almost a test flight" and noting "you're going out into the unknown." Rotary‑wing experience may map to the handling and approach phases of Moon lander operations.

2025-09-24T11:08:40.008793-07:00

New NASA astronaut candidate says helicopter piloting could aid lunar landings

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Vivace Chosen to Build Primary Structure for Starlab Commercial Space Station Starlab Space LLC (Voyager Technologies' space arm) has selected Vivace Corporation to manufacture the primary structure for its next‑generation commercial space station, Starlab. The contract moves the program from design toward hardware production, marking a concrete manufacturing milestone for the project.

2025-09-24T06:04:34.813261-07:00

Vivace Chosen to Build Primary Structure for Starlab Commercial Space Station

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Russian 'Noah's Ark' probe lands with 75 mice and 1,500 flies A Russian probe nicknamed 'Noah's Ark' has returned to Earth carrying a live biological payload of 75 mice and 1,500 fruit flies, in what Russia calls a 'mini‑menagerie.' The landing confirms the country's ability to recover live specimens for space biology research.

2025-09-23T15:05:05.384596-07:00

Russian 'Noah's Ark' probe lands with 75 mice and 1,500 flies

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NASA Eyes February 2026 Artemis II Crew Flyby — Four Astronauts, 10‑Day Lunar Test with Canadian Hardware NASA is targeting February 2026 for Artemis II, a 10‑day crewed lunar flyby carrying four astronauts — the first since Apollo — to validate Orion systems, international hardware (including Canadian contributions) and mission operations and readiness ahead of Artemis III and future Mars missions.

2025-09-23T11:52:21.794781-07:00

NASA Eyes February 2026 Artemis II Crew Flyby — Four Astronauts, 10‑Day Lunar Test with Canadian Hardware

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Virgin Galactic, Purdue to fly Purdue 1 — first all‑Purdue suborbital research crew slated for 2027 Virgin Galactic and Purdue University announced Purdue 1, an all‑Purdue crewed suborbital research mission slated for 2027. The flight will carry Purdue engineering professor Steven Collicott alongside graduate students and alumni to conduct live, human‑tended experiments and serve as a university "space classroom" aboard the commercial spaceplane.

2025-09-23T08:04:22.163107-07:00

Virgin Galactic, Purdue to fly Purdue 1 — first all‑Purdue suborbital research crew slated for 2027

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NASA selects 10 new astronaut candidates for Artemis‑era training, stresses return to the Moon ahead of China NASA named a 10‑member astronaut class Sept. 22 — six women and four men — chosen from more than 8,000 applicants. The group, which includes a former SpaceX crew member and launch director, will report in January for two‑year training as NASA advances Artemis lunar plans.

2025-09-22T09:59:41.759729-07:00

NASA selects 10 new astronaut candidates for Artemis‑era training, stresses return to the Moon ahead of China

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Science Museum reopens 'Space' gallery with Apollo 10 command module on display The Science Museum in London has reopened its new 'Space' gallery and returned NASA's Apollo 10 command module — the only spacecraft that carried astronauts to the Moon on display outside the United States — to public view, anchoring a major exhibition of crewed spaceflight artifacts.

2025-09-21T15:23:37.232598-07:00

Science Museum reopens 'Space' gallery with Apollo 10 command module on display

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NASA to announce new astronaut class and provide Artemis II mission update Sept. 22–24 NASA will hold events Sept. 22–24 to unveil its newest astronaut class and deliver a status update on Artemis II, the agency’s planned crewed lunar flyby, covering crew assignments, mission schedule and readiness briefings that could affect supplier work and launch preparations.

2025-09-21T07:04:15.512888-07:00

NASA to announce new astronaut class and provide Artemis II mission update Sept. 22–24

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