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Astronauts perform third spacewalk to install solar panels outside ISS

NASA's Shane Kimbrough and France's Thomas Pesquet tackled the second in a series of powerful solar wings that should keep the space station running the rest of this decade, as space tourism ramps up with visitors beginning in the fall.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX project could put Papuan lands and futures at risk

There is nothing wrong with believing in great futures or striving towards dreams of betterment – so long as they do not trample on, or obscure, the dreams and futures of others.

Alien invasion: Starlink presence in Turkish skies created Twitter buzz

Many Turkish Twitter users have shared images and footage of Starlink satellites passing over the country.

Blue Origin to launch its first space tourism trip in July

The company says the trip will last a total of ten minutes, four of which passengers will spend above the Karman line, that marks the recognised boundary between Earth's atmosphere and space.

SpaceX capsule returns astronauts from ISS after rare night splashdown

The astronauts, three American and one Japanese, flew back in the same capsule – named Resilience – in which they launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in November.

Tesla says expansion on track as it reports higher than expected profits

The electric car maker beat Wall Street's expectations for first-quarter revenue and profit, boosted by record deliveries, robust demand from China and environmental credit sales.

Blue Origin challenges NASA over SpaceX moon landing contract

Blue Origin argues that NASA has misjudged the risks involved in choosing SpaceX's entirely new launch vehicle.

Recycled SpaceX capsule delivers new crew to ISS

The mission marks the second "operational" space station team launched by NASA aboard a Crew Dragon capsule since human spaceflights resumed from American soil last year following a nine-year hiatus.

SpaceX sends 4 NASA astronauts to ISS on Falcon 9 rocket

This is the third crewed flight to be launched into orbit under NASA’s fledgling public-private partnership with SpaceX, this time with two Americans, one French and one Japanese astronaut.

Up, up, and away! NASA's Ingenuity copter makes history with Mars flight

NASA's miniature robot helicopter performed a successful take-off and landing on Mars, achieving the first powered, controlled flight by an aircraft over the surface of another planet.

Astronauts return to Earth from International Space Station

Russia's Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov along with NASA's Kate Rubins landed on barren land at 0455 GMT in Kazakhstan.

SpaceX wins $2.9B NASA tender to take astronauts to moon

SpaceX beat Blue Origin and Dynetics to win the contract and become what NASA called its "most trusted private sector partner."