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Crew-1's Dragon capsule docks with the International Space Station.

SpaceX's Crew-1 astronauts break 47-year US space record

By Harry Baker published

SpaceX's Crew-1 astronauts have now spent more time in space than the crew of any other mission launched from U.S. soil.

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An illustration of a blue jet observed from the ISS

Upward-shooting 'blue jet' lightning spotted from International Space Station

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The phenomenon can be difficult to observe from the ground below.

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A small plush toy of "The Child" or "Baby Yoda" from the Disney Plus Star Wars series "The Mandalorian" is seen floating on board the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" as the zero-g indicator for the four Crew-1 astronauts on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020.

'Baby Yoda' revealed as astronauts' zero-g indicator on SpaceX Crew-1 mission

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A few hours after launching to the International Space Station, the Crew-1 astronauts showed off their fifth crew member — a small plush doll of "The Child" or "Baby Yoda."

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft lift off for the Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station.

SpaceX Crew Dragon launches 4 astronauts to space station in historic flight

By Amy Thompson published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule launched its first operational space taxi flight for NASA Sunday (Nov. 15).

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The Crew Dragon capsule that will deliver Crew-1 to the International Space Station sits on Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida in anticipation of the Nov. 14 launch.

Watch SpaceX launch 4 astronauts to the ISS Saturday

By Rafi Letzter published

Watch here as SpaceX launches its first fully crewed mission to the International Space Station (despite mounting pre-launch woes).

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NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi will fly on SpaceX's CREW-1 mission.

SpaceX set to launch first fully-crewed ISS mission Saturday

By Rafi Letzter published

We're likely just days away from the first fully-crewed SpaceX launch, after SpaceX fixed engine problems that cropped up in October.

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Space traveler Deinococcus radiodurans recovered after a year of exposure to low Earth orbit (LEO) outside the International Space Station during the Tanpopo space Mission.

This bacterium survived on the outside of the Space Station for an entire year

By Jacinta Bowler published

The bacteria Deinococcus radiodurans was still alive and kicking after a year spent on the outside of the International Space Station.

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The International Space Station, photographed by Expedition 56 crewmembers from a Soyuz spacecraft in October 2018. NASA astronauts Andrew Feustel and Ricky Arnold and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev executed a flyaround of the orbiting laboratory to take pictures of the station before returning home after spending 197 days in space.

The International Space Station can't last forever. Here's how it will eventually die by fire.

By Meghan Bartels published

What goes up must come down — including, sadly enough, the International Space Station.

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Without gravity, the fluid around an astronaut's brain moves in weird ways

By Doris Elin Salazar published

The fluid that cushions the human brain redistributes in the skull during spaceflight, according to a new study.

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Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner photographed a Soyuz rocket launching three colleagues to space on Oct. 14, 2020.

Cosmonaut snaps amazing photos of Soyuz rocket launch from space

By Meghan Bartels published

Three astronauts made a record-setting jaunt to the International Space Station, and another astronaut already in orbit caught stunning photos of the launch.

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