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NASA aims to travel to the moon again—and beyond. Here’s a look at the 21st-century race to send humans into space.
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Physically and mentally, women have the right stuff for expeditions into deep space. So why send male astronauts at all?
The US military is teaming up with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to build a rocket capable of delivering weapons around the world at 7,500 mph.
Starman got less than 5 million miles from the Red Planet.
The spacesuit-clad mannequin Starman and his Tesla Roadster just drove by Mars for the first time.
Earlier this month, China announced the third set of astronauts that will travel up to Tiangong-3, the country’s upcoming space station.
The new roster includes seven pilots, seven researchers, and four payload experts.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk responded to a fan-made rendering of the company’s most ambitious ship.
Russia’s Space Agency will team up with a private company to build a reusable spacecraft, in a bid to compete with Crew Dragon, built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Estimates suggest the Russian project will be significantly cheaper.
On Friday, Roscosmos and the company ‘Reusable Transport Space Systems’ (RTSS) signed a five-year cooperation agreement with the aim of developing a spacecraft capable of carrying cargo to and from the International Space Station (ISS). According to estimates, the cost of a return trip for Musk’s Crew Dragon is $150 million, whereas Russia intends to make it as cheap as $69 million.
The cargo ship, named Argo, is due to be completed by 2024, and from 2025 will complete up to three launches per year to the ISS.
