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First crewed test flight of Boeing Starliner capsule with Sunita Williams targeted for May 17

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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams gets ready to board the Boeing’s Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket for a mission to the International Space Station at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, on May 6, 2024. The launch was called off. | Photo Credit: AP The target date for the next attempt to launch Boeing…

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Spaceflight is reckoning anew with new generation of ‘space planes’”

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Nasa’s space shuttle operated in low-Earth orbit for 30 years before its retirement in 2011. However, the US space agency’s replacement for this vehicle, Orion, returned to the conical capsule design familiar from the Apollo missions. This was because Nasa intended that this newer craft be used for exploring targets in deep space, such as the Moon….

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First Pics Of India Gaganyaan Craft Which Will Take Humans To Space In 2024

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ISRO will soon start unmanned flight tests for the Gaganyaan mission. New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today released pictures of the Gaganyaan spacecraft which is set to take humans to space in December 2024. The space agency also said that they will soon start unmanned flight tests for the mission. “ISRO to…

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