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The Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying the crew of Axiom Space’s Axiom-3 commercial mission returned to Earth from the International Space Station after almost three weeks. This was reported by the media. The publication notes that at about 8:20 a.m. US East Coast time, the ship entered the dense layers of the atmosphere, and a few […]
The four astronauts who participated in the private space mission Ax-2 returned to Earth from the ISS today at 06:04 Kyiv time (03:04 GMT), completing a ten-day trip that included eight days on the space station. The capsule, named Freedom, was floated in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. The mission was […]
The NASA space agency announced the postponement of the launch of the Crew-5 mission. The launch was originally scheduled for early September, but now the agency says the launch of the Crew-5 mission will not happen until September 29. The spacecraft is to deliver NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata […]
On the morning of April 27, SpaceX launched the Crew Dragon-4 spacecraft with four astronauts on board to the International Space Station (ISS). As always, the launch from the initial preparatory phase could be watched live on SpaceX and on NASA’s website. SpaceX Crew-4 is the seventh manned flight of Crew Dragon 2 and the […]
The American private space company SpaceX will take a former NASA astronaut and three space tourists on a trip to the International Space Station. The mission called Ax-1 starts on April 8. The launch, which will take place a few days later than expected after the delay of the “wet rehearsal” of NASA Artemis 1, […]
The head of the Russian space agency Dmitry Rogozin took up his role again. This time, he is conveniently distorting reality to impress Chinese officials and persuade them to help Russia with its space program, which has largely lost international support since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In an interview with China’s state-run CGTN, Rogozin said […]
SpaceX will no longer produce new capsules for astronauts of Crew Dragon missions, reports Reuters about the head of the company. Now all resources will be directed to the creation of the next-generation spacecraft. “We are finishing our last (capsule), but we are still producing components for repairs.” — SpaceX President Gwen Shotwell The Crew […]