39 h. ago Woman who answered 'astronaut wanted' ad to become Britain's first person in space to headline festival

The first headline speakers at the Edinburgh Science Festival have been announced

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6 d. ago Mysterious Chernobyl nuclear site's 'black fungus' could have evolved to eat radiation

The discovery has raised new questions about how life evolves under extreme conditions and whether these organisms could one day help protect astronauts in deep space

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1 week ago Russia accidentally destroys its only way of sending astronauts to space

For the first time since 1961, Russia has lost the ability to launch crewed rockets

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2 w. ago China launches emergency rescue mission for stranded astronauts

Uncrewed Shenzhou 22 craft is carrying medical supplies and repair equipment

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2 w. ago Boeing's troubled capsule won't carry astronauts on next space station flight

Boeing and NASA have agreed to keep astronauts off the company's next Starliner flight

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2 w. ago Aurora borealis captured in stunning time lapse by ISS astronaut

NASA astronaut Zena Cardman of SpaceX Crew-11 mission shared a stunning footage from the International Space Station showcasing a stunning display of aurora borealis.

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2 w. ago NASA astronaut’s wife claimed to be 'first crime in space' victim

A former US Air Force intelligence officer has confessed to inventing the allegation that her estranged NASA astronaut wife accessed her bank account from space

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2 w. ago Space is the 'final landfill' as 'dangerous shrapnel' fills atmosphere with warning issued

A minister has warned that astronauts risk being killed by "dangerous shrapnel" hurtling through space as he acknowledged the final frontier was starting to resemble "the final landfill"

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3 w. ago NASA astronaut's wife who said she was victim of 'first crime committed in space' admits she made it all up

Summer Worden, the estranged wife of NASA astronaut Anne McClain pleaded guilty to fabricating lies in the case of the alleged 'first crime committed in space.'

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3 w. ago Stranded Chinese astronauts finally escape station but now three MORE are trapped in space with no way to get home

Three stranded astronauts have returned to Earth after being stranded for nine days, but their escape may endanger future missions.

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3 w. ago Stranded Chinese astronauts finally escape station but now three MORE are trapped in space

Three stranded astronauts have returned to Earth after being stranded for nine days, but their escape may endanger future missions.

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3 w. ago Stranded Chinese space station astronauts return to Earth on new crew’s capsule

Incident points to increasing danger posed by space junk to astronauts

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3 w. ago Space station astronauts take cover as ‘cannibal’ solar storm sparks auroras across globe

Dazzling northern and southern lights seen across Europe, North America, and Australia

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3 w. ago Stranded Chinese space station astronauts begin return journey on new crew’s capsule

Incident points to increasing danger posed by space junk to astronauts

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3 w. ago Stranded Chinese space station astronauts to return on new crew’s capsule

Incident points to increasing danger posed by space junk to astronauts

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3 w. ago Nasa medical chief and SpaceX astronaut heading to Scotland’s largest space expo

JD Polk and Dr Sian Proctor will discuss how humans can live and work ‘long term’ in space.

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4 w. ago 'I spent three months living on ISS and discovered space has a distinct smell'

Nicole Stott spent months of her life as an astronaut working on the International Space Station for NASA, and now she has revealed some of the more bizarre questions people have

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4 w. ago Space food made from astronaut pee to be tested aboard the ISS

Solein protein powder could sustain space explorers on Mars missions

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