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NASA • Tiernan P Doyle

Sunita 'Suni' Williams retires after 27 years as Starliner failure turns ISS mission into 286‑day odyssey

Sunita “Suni” Williams retired from NASA after a 27-year career. She completed three missions and spent 286 days on the International Space Station after Boeing Starliner problems extended her stay to nine months; Williams and crewmate Butch Wilmore returned to Earth aboard a SpaceX spacecraft in March 2025.

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2026-01-20T14:16:10.540192-08:00
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Associated Press

Astronauts say space station's ultrasound machine was critical during medical crisis

By Associated Press: The astronauts evacuated last week from the International Space Station say a portable ultrasound machine came in “super handy" during the medical crisis.

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2026-01-21T14:14:18.719335-08:00
Satellite   LEO   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Commercial Space  
Spaceflight Now • Will Robinson-Smith

SpaceX to launch first West Coast Starlink mission of 2026, adding 25 V2 Mini Optimized satellites to polar LEO

By Spaceflight Now: ![](http://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250818_Starlink_G17_5_Vertical.jpg) SpaceX is set to launch its first West Coast Starlink mission of the year and will send its satellites into a polar low Earth orbit.

2026-01-21T15:22:02.662687-08:00
Satellite   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Commercial Space  
Reuters

Blue Origin unveils 'TeraWave' — a 5,408‑satellite LEO communications constellation

By Reuters: Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin on Wednesday announced a plan to deploy 5,408 satellites in space for a communications network that will serve data centers, governments and businesses, jumping into a satellite constellation market dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX.

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2026-01-21T10:18:41.709346-08:00