18 h. ago Chinese astronauts' return to earth delayed owing to weather

Three Chinese astronauts’ return to Earth has been postponed owing to weather conditions

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31 h. ago NASA's oldest astronaut felt the decades melt away in space before returning on his 70th birthday

NASA's oldest full-time astronaut is back home and doing well a week after wrapping up a seven-month space mission

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6 d. ago China reveals new team of astronauts for space station launch

China announced the members of a three-person crew that will be launched to its space station as part of its growing exploration of space

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8 d. ago Astronaut opens up on isolating 311 days in space after being abandoned by his country

Sergei Krikalev was branded 'the last Soviet' after spending an unintended 311 days in the Mir space station as the Soviet Union crumbled down on earth.

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8 d. ago Harrowing tale of astronaut left to die in space as his country disintegrated below him

Sergei Krikalev was forced to orbit the Earth for months in the Soviet Union's Mir space station as his bones and muscles were damaged by microgravity

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9 d. ago A Soyuz capsule with 2 Russians and 1 American returns to Earth from the International Space Station

A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut safely landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, concluding a 220-day mission aboard the International Space Station

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9 d. ago Nasa’s oldest astronaut celebrates 70th birthday with return to Earth

Don Pettit became septuagenarian hurtling towards Earth after seven-month mission at International Space StationCake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens celebrate their 70th birthday.But Nasa’s oldest serving astronaut, Don Pettit, became a septuagenarian while hurtling towards Earth in a spacecraft to wrap up a seven-month mission onboard the International Space Station (ISS). Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Nasa astronaut returns from space station on his 70th birthday

Space observers raised concerns about Don Pettit’s health following his return

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2 w. ago Nasa astronaut releases videos of dazzling green auroras captured from space

One of the videos shows aurora in the form of ‘green vaporous turbulence’

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3 w. ago NASA astronaut captures stunning aurora images from space station

A NASA astronaut captured the spectacular night sky display from the International Space Station

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3 w. ago NASA astronaut reveals his secret to surviving 286 days stranded in space

Butch Wilmore was one of two astronauts rescued from the International Space Station, where he spent nine months after the spacecraft he arrived on suffered technical problems.

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3 w. ago Trapped astronauts share horrifying new secret from their near

The astronauts who were left stranded on board the International Space Station revealed their near-death experience.

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3 w. ago Plans to upgrade petrol station on hold after councillors hear of traffic congestion concerns

Grove Retail Ltd applied to the council for a change of use of open space at Earnock Service Station in Wellhall Road.

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4 w. ago NASA astronauts reveal 'incredible' changes to body after nine months 'stuck' in space

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spent 286 days on the International Space Station after technical problems extended their eight-day mission

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4 w. ago Sunita Williams describes seeing India from 250 miles above Earth onboard the International Space Station

Nasa astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams has shared her experience passing over the "incredible" Himalayas and Indian landscape from onboard International Space Station.

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4 w. ago Astronauts stuck on space station for months say they felt ‘nowhere near’ abandoned

Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore were left on ISS for nearly nine months after their Boeing spacecraft developed technical problems

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4 w. ago NASA astronauts: Finger of blame pointed after stranded SpaceX explorers debacle

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke to reporters for the first time since they were ferried home from the International Space Station - following their nine-month saga

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4 w. ago Doctor makes shocking admission about NASA astronaut's appearance in first interview after returning from space

NASA's Suni Williams appeared much healthier and far less frail than the veteran had on March 18, when she and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore finally left the International Space Station.

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4 w. ago ‘We weren’t stuck’: Nasa astronauts tell of space odyssey and reject claims of neglect

Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams’ story markedly at odds with abandonment narrative painted by Trump and MuskIn the end, whatever Elon Musk and Donald Trump liked to insist, astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams were never stuck, nor stranded in space, and definitely not abandoned or marooned.The world heard on Monday, for the first time since their return to Earth two weeks ago, from the two Nasa astronauts whose 10-day flight to the international space station (ISS) last summer turned into a nine-month odyssey. And their story was markedly at odds with the narrative painted from the White House. Continue reading...

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