Saturday, April 09, 2022

Four private astronauts are headed to the International Space Station

We’ve now entered a new era of spaceflight with Ax-1 — the first private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched Friday and arrives today. Ax-1 is being conducted by Axiom Space and sending four private astronauts for an eight-day stay on board the ISS.

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Monday, April 04, 2022

Assembling America’s Future in Space
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Private mission ready for launch to the ISS
SpaceX will launch these 4 private astronauts on Axiom Space's Ax-1 space station mission this week
Russia asked NASA to end sanctions to save the ISS, but the West didn’t blink
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Sunday, April 03, 2022

NASA needs to commit to a permanent lunar base

Recently, NASA held a presentation announcing the second round of Human Landing System selections to develop a second lunar lander to supplement the SpaceX Lunar Starship to take astronauts from lunar orbit to the lunar surface. However, in his opening remarks, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson noted that Artemis will consist of a series of expeditions to the moon in the decade following the planned return to the moon in 2025, to be followed by the first expedition to Mars in the late 2030s or early 2040s.

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