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Posted on March 31, 2025

SpaceX’s private Fram2 launch over Earth’s poles will send astronauts where no one has gone before

SpaceX's Fram2 astronaut mission is set to launch toward a polar orbit on March 31, which will be a first for human spaceflight. Why has this never been done before?
Posted on March 30, 2025

SpaceX rolls out rocket for historic Fram2 astronaut flight over Earth’s poles (photos)

SpaceX has rolled out the rocket and Crew Dragon capsule that will launch the Fram2 astronaut mission on Monday night (March 31).
Posted on March 30, 2025

ISS National Lab explores the future of space in new podcast ‘Between a Rocket and a Hard Space’

The International Space Station National Laboratory just launched "Between a Rocket and a Hard Space," a brand-new podcast series that explores the future of space innovation.
Posted on March 30, 2025

SpaceX’s Fram2 astronaut flight over Earth’s poles will be the 1st to grow mushrooms in space

SpaceX's upcoming Fram2 astronaut mission will attempt to grow mushrooms in microgravity for the first time, as part of an experiment called Mission MushVroom.
Posted on March 29, 2025

X-rays, mushrooms and more: The science riding on SpaceX’s Fram2 astronaut mission around Earth’s poles

Here's a rundown of the science experiments that SpaceX's Fram2 astronaut mission will conduct while orbiting Earth's poles.
Posted on March 28, 2025

NASA astronaut who gave up seat for Starliner crew takes command of SpaceX Crew-11 flight to ISS

Zena Cardman,who was removed from an ISS launch to facilitate the return to Earth of Starliner's first crew, will command SpaceX's upcoming Crew-11 mission to the station.
Posted on March 28, 2025

James Webb Space Telescope discovers 2 galaxies forming breathtaking ‘cosmic lens’: Space photo of the day

The space telescope's image of a odd-looking spiral galaxy is, in reality, two distant galaxies overlapping each other.
Posted on March 28, 2025

Boeing’s next Starliner launch for NASA could slip to early 2026 after fixes

NASA and Boeing are still working on the thruster issues that Starliner experienced on its first crewed flight last year, so the capsule's next liftoff is a ways off yet.
Posted on March 27, 2025

NASA cancels cargo launch to ISS due to damaged Cygnus spacecraft

NASA has canceled the planned June liftoff of a Cygnus ISS resupply mission due to damage the freighter incurred during transport to the launch site.
Posted on March 27, 2025

So long, Gaia: Europe officially retires prolific star-mapping space telescope

Europe's star-mapping Gaia space observatory has entered its retirement orbit, after gathering valuable cosmic data for more than a decade.

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