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Looking ahead to the next 25 years of private space stations

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Credit: Future/All About Space Magazine,Logo_ Hannah Rose Brayshaw-Williams People have been involved in the Salyut, Skylab, Mir and Tiangong programs in the last half century, and of course International Space Station (ISS). In addition to providing Incredible landscapes of… Read More »

5 ways the Columbia disaster changed spaceflight forever

CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: Last Flight” reveals the events that ultimately led to the disaster. The four-part documentary will conclude on Sunday at 9pm ET/PT. Perhaps more than any other moment in NASA history, the shuttle Columbia disaster reshaped the U.S. space agency’s approach to innovation, forever shifting the balance between risk and… Read More »

SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch X-37B aircraft, one of the US military’s most fascinating secrets

SpaceX’s massive Falcon Heavy rocket will return to the skies on Thursday evening, this time launching a mysterious spacecraft that will conduct cutting-edge research for the US military. The rocket is scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:07 p.m. ET, carrying the military’s uncrewed and autonomously operated X-37B spaceplane… Read More »

SpaceX’s massive Falcon Heavy rocket will launch secret military spaceplane

SpaceX’s massive Falcon Heavy rocket will return to the skies on Thursday evening, this time launching a mysterious spacecraft that will conduct cutting-edge research for the US military. The rocket is scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:07 p.m. ET, carrying the military’s uncrewed and autonomously operated X-37B spaceplane… Read More »

NASA astronauts spend much of the week ‘thinking about ways they could die’

Astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen (LR) will orbit the Moon with Artemis II – RSSIL/MEGA Flying to the Moon is the dream of most astronauts, but for the crew of the upcoming Artemis II mission, returning safely to Earth is their ultimate goal. In an exclusive interview with Telegraph subscribers,… Read More »