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Space station's first all-private astronaut team welcomed aboard orbiting platform

The first all-private team of astronauts ever launched to the International Space Station (ISS) were welcomed aboard the orbiting research platform on Saturday to begin a weeklong science mission hailed as a milestone in commercial spaceflight.

Reuters

SpaceX launches 3 visitors to space station for $55M each

SpaceX has launched three rich businessmen and their astronaut escort to the International Space Station for more than a week’s stay

The Independent UK

Axiom launch: why commercial space travel could be another giant leap for air pollution

The Axiom-1 mission to send four private astronauts to the International Space Station is the first of many missions planned by NASA to expand the ISS for commercial use as part of what’s being called the low-Earth orbit economy.

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First Private Mission Readies for Launch to ISS

The first fully private mission to the International Space Station is set to blast off Friday with a four-member crew from startup company Axiom Space. The partnership has been hailed by NASA, which sees it as a key step in its goal to commercialize the region of space known as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

First fully private crew set to blast off on historic trip to the International Space Station

Commercial space travel is about to go to a new level — literally — as the first all-private crew prepares to blast off to the International Space Station.

ABC News

When did SpaceX send a spacecraft to the International Space Station?

SpaceX sent NASA astronauts to the ISS in a historic mission. The space flight is now the focus of a behind-the-scenes Netflix documentary

Manchester Evening News

Netflix’s ‘Return To Space’ explores NASA-SpaceX efforts to send American astronauts into space

Doug Hurley says it was no big deal when he and fellow astronaut Bob Behnken were told that a documentary film crew would be shadowing their 2020 flight to the International Space Station.

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Elon Musk's SpaceX Set To Launch First All-Private ISS Mission With Axiom Space On Friday

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk’s SpaceX has said it is now targeting to launch its first all-private mission to the International Space Station on Friday, following a two-day delay.

Benzinga

NASA to hold off retest of Artemis, clearing way for Axiom Space civilian launch

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA will stand down for now in its attempt to complete a launch pad test of the massive Artemis moon rocket at Kennedy Space Center, which paves the way for the first all-civilian launch to the International Space Station on Friday.

Orlando Sentinel

In space, Russians and Americans remain 'dear friends'

WASHINGTON: After nearly a week back on Earth, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei said Tuesday the relationship between US astronauts and Russian cosmonauts remained positive while on board the International Space Station, despite their countries' animosity over Moscow's February invasion of neighboring Ukraine.

Bangkok Post

Ax-1: why the private mission to the International Space Station is a game changer

It’s not long since billionaires were competing to get to the “edge of space”. Now, the first set of private citizens are getting ready to take a SpaceX shuttle up to the International Space Station (ISS). Unlike the short “joyrides” of Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos, this mission will be…

The Conversation

Russian space agency head threatens to end future ISS missions

The director of Russia’s space program said economic sanctions aimed at the country threaten partnerships at the International Space Station and he supports a move to end future cooperation with other agencies.

Tribune News Service

The era of private space missions is set to begin

Axiom-1 will be the first private, commercial flight to the International Space Station

The Canberra Times

Russian space chief: Sanctions could imperil space station

The head of Russia’s space program says the future of the International Space Station hangs in the balance after the United States, the European Union and Canadian space agencies missed a deadline to meet Russian demands for lifting sanctions on Russian enterprises and hardware

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Russia's top space official says future of the International Space Station hangs in the balance

Agency chief Dmitry Rogozin said that the ISS 'cannot manage without Russia, because no one but us can deliver fuel to the station'

Reuters

Russia says cooperation in space only possible once sanctions are lifted

Russia's space director said on Saturday that the restoration of normal ties between partners at the International Space Station (ISS) and other joint space projects would be possible only once Western sanctions against Moscow are lifted.

Daily Mirror

Russia will end cooperation on the International space station over sanctions

Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin has said that Russia will not be participating in International Space Station missions or upkeep until sanctions on the country are lifted

Benzinga

US Astronaut Returns To Earth After 355 Days In Space

The threat by the head of the Russian space agency to leave U.S. astronaut Mark Vande Hei stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) came to naught as he traveled back to Earth with two Russian cosmonauts, ending a record-breaking time in space.

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US astronaut returns to Earth with Russian cosmonauts after record-breaking mission

Mark Vande Hei rides back with Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov after 355 days at International Space Station, a US record

Axios

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei returns to Earth after record-breaking mission

Vande Hei spent 355 consecutive days aboard the International Space Station.

Reuters

U.S. astronaut, two Russian cosmonauts return home from ISS

A U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts safely landed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday after leaving the International Space Station aboard the same capsule despite heightened antagonism between Moscow and Washington over the conflict in Ukraine.

Businessweek

The Future of the International Space Station Looks Dire

For 30 years the U.S.-Russia partnership at the ISS was above it all. Now the U.S. finds itself in need of a friend, not a foe.

Zenger

Out Of This World: Lettuce Grown In Space Might Resist Astronauts’ Bone Loss

A transgenic lettuce may address bone loss not only for space travelers but also patients on Earth.

Inverse

NASA plans to obliterate the International Space Station — here's how

Not with a whimper, but with a bang. NASA plans to send the International Space Station to a fiery end, once Roscosmos and others decide also to withdraw from the station.

ABC News

Russian cosmonauts on International Space Station deny their suits inspired by colours of Ukrainian flag

Three cosmonauts who arrived on the International Space Station in yellow suits with blue accents say the colours were chosen well ahead of time and are "not in any way connected to Ukraine".

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