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NASA astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center ahead of upcoming SpaceX launch to ISS

On a hot summer afternoon, a crew of astronauts arrived at Kennedy Space Center sporting their blue NASA flight suits-- ready to fly to the International Space Station this coming week. As the NASA ...
CNN

Astronaut retires after returning from troubled test flight and extended stay in space

Astronaut Butch Wilmore is retiring from NASA less than five months after he returned from a troubled test mission that left him aboard the International Space Station far longer than expected, the ...

NASA craft to face heat-shield test on its first astronaut flight next year

The space agency aims to send four astronauts around the moon early next year—and bring them safely home through intense heat ...
Columbus Dispatch

Ohio has produced more than 2 dozen astronauts. Take a look at their accomplishments

From the Ohio State University Buckeyes to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to Cedar Point, the state of Ohio is known for a lot. But the Buckeye State hasn't just had an impact on this planet — it's ...
CNN

Elon Musk says SpaceX will rescue two ‘stranded’ astronauts. Here’s why that is confusing

In a post on the social media platform X, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk claimed Tuesday that the Biden Administration left two astronauts “stranded” and said President Donald Trump has asked SpaceX to step in ...
Orlando Sentinel

Apollo, space shuttle astronauts become literal faces of moonbound payload

In 1972, Apollo 16 astronaut and moon walker Charlie Duke left a family photo on the lunar surface. Today that photo is long gone. But Duke’s visage is heading back to the moon this week, in a novel ...