NASA says it can ask SpaceX to bring Boeing astronauts home if needed, as they reach 51 days on the space station

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astronaut suni williams upside down flipping near the ceiling of the space station while butch wilmore gives a thumbs up smiling next to her in front of an American flag beside walls covered in gadgets
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore made a brief appearance on a call with press from the space station.

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SpaceX is building a superpowered spaceship to scrap the International Space Station for NASA

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A Dragon spaceship approaches the International Space Station with astronauts aboard.

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NASA says it has no plans to use SpaceX to rescue 2 stranded astronauts

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boeing starliner teardrop-shaped spaceship docked to a large wire-covered tube off the side of the space station above earth with a brown and red sandy continent stretching below
Boeing's Starliner docks with the ISS. The spacecraft has experienced thruster malfunctions and helium leaks during its maiden voyage.

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NASA astronauts describe flight aboard Boeing's glitching, leaking Starliner spaceship

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Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore on a call with journalists from the International Space Station.

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Boeing says its space mission is 'going well' despite its Starliner leaving 2 astronauts stuck on the ISS

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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are stuck on Boeing's Starliner.

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The International Space Station is getting the scrap, and Elon Musk's SpaceX is being paid close to $1 billion to do the honors

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The International Space Station (ISS) photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking, October 4, 2018.
The International Space Station (ISS).

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Meet Larry Connor, the Ohio billionaire taking a submersible to the Titanic despite last summer's OceanGate implosion

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Larry Connor, billionaire real estate investor and Ax-1 Pilot on Axiom Mission 1.
Larry Connor.

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Boeing's long-delayed Starliner finally takes off with astronauts on board

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White Boeing Starliner spacecraft launching off launch pad
Boeing's Starliner launched two NASA astronauts toward space.

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Photos show 3 hidden gems you missed from the total solar eclipse

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The 2024 total solar eclipse viewed from Stowe, Vermont
The sun's plasma peeks out from behind the moon, making solar prominences visible as little pink protrusions during the total solar eclipse, in Stowe, Vermont.

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Russian space officials say there's a recurring air leak problem in their segment of the International Space Station

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A view of the International Space Station from a spacecraft after undocking in 2021.
A view of the International Space Station from a spacecraft after undocking in 2021.

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