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

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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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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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NASA found a stray, space-grown tomato that went missing for 8 months, clearing the astronaut they all thought ate it

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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio with tomatoes growing on the International Space Station.

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4 times NASA astronauts lost things in space

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Jasmin Moghbeli (top) and Loral O'Hara (bottom) performing maintenance outside the international Space Station.

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