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11 people in flight suits wave to the camera aboard the white-walled international space station.

20 people in space! Humanity quietly tied a record last month

By Mike Wall published

For a few minutes on Jan. 26, 20 people were in space at the same time, tying a record set just last May.

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a floating peanut butter jar and a floating tortilla with peanut butter, beside each other, in an international space station module

Ax-3 astronauts leave precious parting gift behind for ISS crew: peanut butter

By Elizabeth Howell published

SpaceX astronauts with Axiom Space decided to leave behind a special snack for the International Space Station crew, shortly after National Peanut Butter Day in the United States.

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closeup of crew dragon departing the space station

Ax-3 astronauts depart ISS in SpaceX Dragon capsule for splashdown on Feb. 9 (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

The four astronauts of the private Ax-3 mission departed the International Space Station in their SpaceX Dragon capsule on Feb. 7, following days of weather delays.

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portraits of two people in blue NASA flight suits in front of American flags

Astronaut Hall of Fame to add shuttle vets David Hilmers and Marsha Ivins in June

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Although they never flew in space together, astronauts David Hilmers and Marsha Ivins crossed paths on the same spacecraft on the same mission. They will now reunite with the orbiter to be honored.

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Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane lights its rocket motor during the Galactic 06 suborbital mission, which launched on Jan. 26, 2024.

Virgin Galactic mothership loses alignment pin during space plane launch, FAA investigating

By Brett Tingley published

Virgin Galactic informed the FAA that the mothership of its space plane VSS Unity lost a piece of hardware on its most recent suborbital flight.

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a smiling man in a white spacesuit waves, with several people behind him.

879 days! Russian cosmonaut breaks record for total time spent in space

By Mike Wall published

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has now racked up more than 879 days in space, breaking the record for most time spent off Earth.

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three astronauts floating backwards through adoorway of international space station

Tuck and roll! Watch ISS astronauts have fun during orbit-raising thruster fire (video)

By Elizabeth Howell published

The International Space Station busted a move above Earth Jan. 27, allowing space station astronauts to use physics for a floating ride in orbit.

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a person in a bulky spacesuit floats weightless inside the fuselage of an aircraft surrounded by people in blue flight suits and safety goggles

Watch next-generation lightweight spacesuit tested on Zero-G flight (photos, video)

By Elizabeth Howell published

A new generation of spacesuit is getting ready for ISS missions. Collins Aerospace recently did testing on a spacesuit for spacewalks while flying parabolic.

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four smiling people — three men and one woman — in blue flight suits stand in front of an image of earth at night, captured from low earth orbit.

SpaceX, NASA targeting Feb. 22 for launch of Crew-8 astronaut mission

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX and NASA are targeting Feb. 22 for the launch of Crew-8, the company's eighth operational astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

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a three-module space station seen up close, with earth in the background.

1,000 days in space! Core module of China's Tiangong space station hits milestone

By Andrew Jones published

The core module of China's Tiangong space station — named Tianhe, or "Harmony of the Heavens" — has now been orbiting Earth for more than 1,000 days.

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