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Three more Chinese astronauts are now stranded in space following successful rescue of their colleaguesThe Shenzhou-21 crew has been marooned on China's Tiangong space station after three of their colleagues were brought back to Earth in the wrong spacecraft. For now, the astronauts have no safe way of returning home.
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Chinese astronauts are back on Earth after suspected 'space junk' strike left them stranded in spaceThe Shenzhou-20 crew of Chen Dong, Wang Jie and Chen Zhongrui have landed back on Earth after a suspected piece of space junk left them stranded on China's Tiangong space station.
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Blue Origin New Glenn rocket: New launch window for historic Mars mission after solar storm delayTwin Mars spacecraft were due to launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket on Nov. 12, but an active sun prompted NASA to delay its mission until Thursday (Nov. 13).
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'Stranded' astronauts aboard Chinese space station are preparing to come home — but no date has been announcedThree astronauts remain stuck on China's Tiangong space station after errant debris struck their return capsule last week. But their return vessel has already arrived, meaning a flight home will come sooner rather than later.
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Three Chinese astronauts stranded in space after debris hits their return capsuleThree Chinese taikonauts — Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui and Chen Dong — will be extending their stay aboard China's Tiangong space station after their return capsule was struck by a presumed piece of orbital debris on Wednesday.
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We sharpened the James Webb telescope's vision from a million miles away. Here's how.A small piece of metal engineered in Australia helped sharpen the James Webb telescope's vision from a million miles away.
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Controversial startup's plan to 'sell sunlight' using giant mirrors in space would be 'catastrophic' and 'horrifying,' astronomers warnCalifornia-based startup Reflect Orbital aims to build a swarm of 4,000 giant mirrors in low Earth orbit to "sell sunlight" to customers at night. Experts warn that the mirrors could mess with telescopes, blind stargazers and impact the environment.
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Two spacecraft will pass right through comet 3I/ATLAS' tailTwo ESA spacecraft, Hera and Europa Clipper, are poised to fly through the long tail of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, a new paper finds.
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Charred piece of secretive Chinese rocket found still smoldering in the Australian outbackExperts believe that a five-foot-wide piece of space debris discovered near an Australian mining town was part of a dead Chinese rocket. The wreckage likely crashed just before it was found.
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