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New York Times Space & Cosmos
Who Gets Sick in Space? Tourists Like Inspiration4 Offer More Clues.
Commercial spaceflight brings a more diverse cross section of humanity beyond Earth, helping medical researchers collect…
SpaceX Inspiration4 Updates: The Crew Spends Their First Day in Orbit
After a successful launch on Wednesday, the first space crew with no professional astronauts aboard is…
SpaceX Launches Astronaut Crew Like No Other on Orbital Adventure
The Inspiration4 mission successfully lifted off from Florida, carrying with it an ambition of making spaceflight…
SpaceX Live Updates: Inspiration4 Crew Gets Ready for Launch
Four amateur astronauts who have never been to space before are hours away from heading to…
SpaceX Mission: How to Watch the Inspiration4 Launch
Here’s what you need to know about the three-day orbital journey of four Americans, none of…
SpaceX's Latest Mission Will Launch Four People Into Orbit
The Inspiration4 mission shows private spaceflight’s promise, but also how far it has to go before…
The Rock That Ended the Dinosaurs Was Much More Than a Dino Killer
In seeking the origin story of the Chicxulub impactor, scientists hope to also unlock secrets about…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Stashes First Mars Rock Sample
The rock, sealed in a tube, is the first of many the robotic explorer will collect…
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Drills Rock Samples Successfully
After an earlier drilling attempt mysteriously failed, the robotic mission collected the first tube of samples…