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SPACED OUT

ISS Astronauts Prepare to Evacuate After Air Leak

The astronauts are seeking refuge aboard a spacecraft in case they need to return to Earth suddenly.

Leigh Kimmins

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES - AUGUST 1: Crew-11 mission astronauts walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building before heading to pad 39A for launch to the International Space Station (ISS) at the Kennedy Space Center on August 1, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA astronaut Mike Fincke ( L-R), NASA astronaut and mission commander Zena Cardman, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov and JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui will live and work aboard the ISS for at least six months. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/Anadolu via Getty Images)
GROUNDED

NASA Crew Forced to Abort Mission After Medical Issue

Four astronauts will come home early because one of them needs medical treatment.

Harry Thompson

Three astronauts and one cosmonaut on the Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station board their transport vehicles to the launch pad at the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building in Kennedy Space Center, FL, on July 31, 2025. (Photo by Austin DeSisto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
WE HAVE A PROBLEM

Astronaut’s Medical Issue Makes NASA Consider Unusual Plan

NASA regards the medical status of astronauts on the ISS as highly secret.

Harry Thompson

Space Sushi
NO, THANKS🤮

NASA Raises Eyebrows With Photo of Astronauts’ ‘Space Sushi’

Hint: It has nothing to do with fish.

Harry Thompson

The Polaris Dawn mission is expected to culminate in the first-ever private spacewalk.
GIANT LEAP!

Billionaire Blasts Off on Musk’s 1st Private Spacewalk Trip

Four astronauts launched on Tuesday on a privately-funded SpaceX mission they hope will result in the first private spacewalk ever accomplished.

David Gardner

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
WINGMAN FOR HIRE

Mark Kelly Goes Top Gun in Audition for Harris VP Pick

The Arizona senator plays himself as a rugged combat fighter pilot and former astronaut in a new video that doubles as a veepstakes audition.

Mary Ann Akers

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NASA has chosen Elon Musk’s SpaceX to build a vehicle to bring down the International Space Station.
FINAL MISSION

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Wins $843M Contract to Bring Down the ISS

The billionaire’s company will develop a vehicle to take the station to its fiery end.

Dan Ladden-Hall

NASA says audio depicting a medical emergency on board the International Space Station was actually from a drill that was inadvertently broadcast on a public livestream.
SPACE FRIGHT

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Addresses Terrifying Space Station Audio

An official livestream sparked fears that an astronaut had a serious problem.

Dan Ladden-Hall

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 during NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test on June 05, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
ABOUT TIME

Finally! Boeing Starliner’s 1st Manned Mission Reaches Orbit

The launch comes after a string of recent delays and years of setbacks for Boeing’s answer to SpaceX.

Allison Quinn

A chunk of metal that plunged through the roof of a Florida home last month came from the International Space Station, NASA has confirmed.
WHOOPS

Space Junk Crashed Into Florida Home, NASA Says

“The hardware was expected to fully burn up during entry through Earth’s atmosphere on March 8, 2024.”

Allison Quinn

Frank Rubio and Dmitri Petelin return to Earth after 371 days in space.
EXONERATED

NASA Astronauts Find Missing Space Tomato

NASA astronaut and U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Frank Rubio cultivated the first tomato ever grown in space last March, but the fruit mysteriously floated away.

Chaya Tong

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