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‘Lessons learned’: Stranded astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore on Boeing’s return to earth – Times of India

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Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams, during a live press conference on Friday night, expressed relief after the Boeing Starliner spacecraft landed safely in New Mexico, completing its six-hour flight. She shared her happiness that the spacecraft returned without any issues.Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who have been aboard the International Space Station (ISS) since June,…

Civilian astronauts ready to conduct perilous spacewalk | CBC News

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In the early morning hours on Tuesday, four commercial astronauts soared into the sky from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, embarking on a historic mission. The four astronauts — Jared Isaacman, Kidd Poteet, Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon — will spend five days in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule orbiting Earth….

SpaceX launches crew for first-ever private spacewalk mission | CBC News

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A crew of four private astronauts ascended into space early Tuesday on a risky SpaceX mission to attempt the first-ever private spacewalk using the company’s new spacesuits and a redesigned spacecraft. A billionaire entrepreneur, a retired military fighter pilot and two SpaceX employees were launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard…

UNB team turns up the volume in effort to reach Violet the satellite | CBC News

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University of New Brunswick isn’t just calling its mini-satellite anymore. The team located in Fredericton has taken to yelling at Violet as the window to reach it closes. Violet is the first satellite built and designed in New Brunswick to enter the Earth’s orbit. More than 300 people from the province worked on it over…

SpaceX Falcon 9 flight operations cleared to resume by FAA | CBC News

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle may return to flight operations while the overall investigation of the anomaly during a recent Starlink mission remains open, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Friday. SpaceX made the return to flight request for the workhorse vehicle on Thursday and the FAA gave approval on Friday. The agency…

U.S. officials ground SpaceX launches after Falcon 9 rocket fails in landing attempt | CBC News

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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket has been grounded after failing an attempt to land back on Earth during a routine Starlink mission, forcing the company’s second grounding this year. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 successfully launched a batch of Starlink internet satellites into orbit early on Wednesday morning from Florida. The rocket’s reusable…