Tag: NASA
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NASA astronaut hospitalized after return from space station
A NASA astronaut was flown to a hospital with an unspecified medical issue on Friday shortly after returning to Earth from a nearly eight-month mission on the International Space Station, the space agency said. The astronaut, who NASA did not name for privacy reasons, had splashed down off Florida’s coast at 3:29 a.m. ET on…
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NASA astronauts set to depart space station after weather delays
The summary Three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut are set to leave the International Space Station on Wednesday after weeks of delays. Their return flight was initially postponed as a result of the problems with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, then again more recently because of poor weather. A primary cause of the delay this month:…
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NASA to launch Europa Clipper mission to an icy moon of Jupiter
For decades, an icy moon of Jupiter has been considered one of the most promising places to search for extraterrestrial life in the solar system. Thought to have an underground ocean and a potentially habitable environment, Europa has long seemed a tantalizing target in our cosmic backyard. Now, humanity is poised to get a closer…
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Hera spacecraft launches toward asteroid that NASA slammed in earlier test
A spacecraft blasted off Monday to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA two years ago in a dress rehearsal for the day a killer space rock threatens Earth. Launched by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral, it’s the second…