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China's Shenzhou-19 Astronauts Return To Earth

Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Wednesday after six months on the country's space station, state media footage showed, as Beijing advances towards its aim to become a major celestial power.

International Business Times

Three astronauts return to Earth after six months on space station

The astronauts, Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze, were launched to the Tiangong space station in October

The Independent UK

See photos snapped in space by Europe's 1st private reentry capsule

A European reentry capsule notched some important milestones on its first-ever spaceflight last week — and took some photos to commemorate the trip.

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NASA engineer Ed Smylie, who led carbon dioxide fix on Apollo 13, dies at 95

It was about one in the morning, four hours after an explosion tore through the Apollo 13 spacecraft, when Ed Smylie realized they had to do something about the carbon dioxide.

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Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket fails during launch, falls into the sea near Antarctica

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket suffered an anomaly during its sixth-ever launch today (April 29), resulting in the loss of its payload, a Lockheed Martin technology demonstration.

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SpaceX's next private astronaut mission to ISS, Ax-4, to launch May 29 for Axiom Space

Houston company Axiom Space announced on Tuesday (April 29) that it's targeting May 29 for the launch of its fourth astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

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New record! 6 rockets launch in less than 24 hours

Six different rockets launched toward orbit during an approximately 17.5-hour stretch, topping by two the previous record for most liftoffs in a 24-hour span.

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Amateur astronomer captures detailed photos of Croc's Eye and Whirlpool galaxies from backyard observatory

Amateur astrophotographer Dr. Michele Hernandez Baylisshas captured incredible views of the Croc's Eye and Whirlpool galaxies from her Vermont-based backyard observatory.

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Tank for 1st Artemis touchdown on the moon | Space photo of the day for April 29, 2025

At NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, the liquid hydrogen tank for the Artemis 3 Space Launch System rocket was moved into the factory's final assembly area on April 22, 2025.

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UK launches new satellite to monitor climate change – and that will be just the start, minister says

A UK-built satellite has been blasted into space – and the minister for space says that more is to come.

The Independent UK

The pursuit of truths: A letter on the boy who cried aliens (op-ed)

As scientists, we must not forget our collective direction: the pursuit of truths and our responsibility to share these truths — and only these truths — with humanity.

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Amazon's Starlink rival sees the first 27 satellites successfully reach low-earth orbit — Project Kuiper satellites 'operating as expected'

Amazon's Project Kuiper has successfully launched its first set of satellites.

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See a wafer-thin crescent moon leapfrog Jupiter this week

The crescent moon will seemingly jump over the planet Jupiter between the nights of April 29 and April 30.

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Brand-new Falcon 9 rocket sends 23 Starlink satellites to orbit on SpaceX's 2nd launch of the day (video)

SpaceX sent another batch of Starlink satellites to orbit tonight (April 28), its second liftoff of the day.

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Amazon launches 27 satellites to begin building huge 'Project Kuiper' internet constellation (video)

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched the first big batch of satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband constellation to low Earth orbit today (April 28).

The Independent UK

Amazon launches its first internet satellites to compete against SpaceX's Starlinks

Amazon's first internet satellites are on their way to orbit

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Vega-C rocket launches European forest-monitoring 'Biomass' satellite to orbit (video)

The European Space Agency's Biomass forest-monitoring satellite headed toward orbit early Tuesday morning (April 29) on the fourth-ever launch of the Vega-C rocket.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 1st of 2 planned Starlink launches in 2 days, lands booster at sea (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

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'I didn't look too good because I didn't feel too good': NASA astronaut Don Pettit explains why he seemed so unwell after landing (video)

Seventy-year-old NASA astronaut Don Pettit looked pretty peaked shortly after returning to Earth from the ISS this month. And he was pretty peaked — he'd just thrown up on the Kazakh steppe.

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China's Shenzhou 20 astronauts take control of Tiangong space station (video)

China's outgoing Shenzhou 19 crew have handed over the reins of the Tiangong space station to a new set of astronauts.

The Independent UK

Nasa’s oldest astronaut feels ‘30 years old again’ in space

Nasa’s oldest full-time astronaut is back home and doing well, a week after wrapping up a seven-month space mission

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Scientists find giant, hidden gas cloud only 300 light-years away: 'This cloud is literally glowing in the dark'

A newly found, huge cloud near our solar system probably won't form stars, but will rather disperse as part of a feedback cycle that regulates star formation.

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A failed Soviet Venus lander will fall back to Earth after being stranded for 53 years

A Venus lander launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 has been predicted to fall back to Earth some time in May.

International Business Times

Amazon Set For Launch Of Starlink-rival Satellites

After delaying an earlier attempt due to bad weather, Amazon is preparing to launch its first batch of Project Kuiper internet satellites on Monday, stepping into direct competition with Elon Musk's Starlink.

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Astronomers gaze into 'dark nebula' 60 times the size of the solar system (video)

Using the Dark Energy Camera astronomers have found a packed stellar nursery of infant stars in the dark nebula in the 180-light-year-wide Circinus West molecular cloud.

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