I trained SpaceX astronauts for a NASA mission. Being responsible for their safety was stressful, but preparing my friends for space was an honor.

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Laura Crabtree in an astronaut suit, next to a picture of a SpaceX rocket launching.
Laura Crabtree spoke to Insider about her job as an astronaut trainer at Elon Musk's SpaceX.

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North Korea wants to turn around its dismal space launch record, saying its first military spy satellite is ready for liftoff

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second left, and his daughter watch a sports event to mark the 111th birth anniversary of the late leader Kim Il Sung in North Korea.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second left, and his daughter watch a sports event to mark the 111th birth anniversary of the late leader Kim Il Sung in North Korea.

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Elon Musk holds the keys to the moon because SpaceX's Starship megarocket launch is crucial to NASA's return

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Elon Musk controls SpaceX and is the CEO of Twitter.
Elon Musk controls SpaceX and is the CEO of Twitter.

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See inside NASA's 3D-printed Mars habitat where 4 volunteers will live for a year. It includes a gym, PlayStation 4, and a lot of red sand.

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Lead associate professor of industrial and organizational psychology Suzanne Bell, and advanced food technology lead scientist Grace Douglas speak to members of the media during a media tour of the Mars Dune Alpha, NASA's simulated Mars habitat, being used as preparations for sending humans to the Red Planet, at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, U.S. April 11, 2023.

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Artificial intelligence may have just given astronomers a better idea of what black holes really look like

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A comparison of two images of a black hole. The left is blurrier, with a larger orange ring around a black center. The right has a thinner ring, and was produced by AI.
A comparison of the original image (left), captured in 2019, and a new version supplemented by artificial intelligence that scientists believe is closer to what the black hole may actually look like.

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Dramatic image shows a 'plasma waterfall' on the sun that's 8 times the size of Earth

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A solar plasma "waterfall" was spotted on the sun recently. More odd solar phenomena has been seen recently as the sun nears a peak of activity.

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China could start building a moon base with lunar-soil bricks in 5 years, amid NASA fears of a moon territory dispute

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Screen shows footages of spacecraft for Chang'e-5 Mission, during an event on China’s lunar exploration program, at the National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Beijing
A screen shows footage of Chang'e-5, China's lunar sample-return mission, during an event in Beijing.

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A meteorite crashed in Maine. A museum there is offering a $25,000 prize for whoever finds it.

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A map showing where NASA believes the meteorite crashed in Maine.
NASA believes the meteorite crashed near Maine's border with Canada.

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What went wrong at Virgin Orbit? 4 red flags signaled trouble for Richard Branson's satellite launch firm.

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Richard Branson, next to Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl
Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit has filed for bankruptcy protection.

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An asteroid nearly the size of a skyscraper will whiz between the Earth and the moon on Saturday in a once-in-a-decade event

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(7-19 Dec. 1972) --- The crescent Earth rises above the lunar horizon in this spectacular photograph taken from the Apollo 17 spacecraft in lunar orbit during the final lunar landing mission in the Apollo program.
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