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'Totally amazing' astronaut photo captures comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS shooting past Earth from the ISSNASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in 160,000 years, as it lit up the night skies across the globe.
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'Lake of clouds' appears between volcanic nesting dolls in Russia via rare mirror-like phenomenonEarth from space A 2023 astronaut photo captured a rare effect, known as sunglint, transforming the surface of one of Russia's deepest lakes into a sea of swirling clouds. The crater lake is sandwiched between a pair of unusual volcanic "nesting dolls" on a Pacific island.
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Astronauts baffled by 'unexpected odor' leaking from Russian spacecraft docked at ISSRussian cosmonauts aboard the ISS were forced to seal a hatch and don protective equipment after the arrival of a cargo vessel brought with it a bizarre smell.
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ISS dodges its 39th piece of potentially hazardous space junk. Experts say it won't be the last.
The ISS performed its 39th ever space junk collision avoidance maneuver on Nov. 19. Although it was the first such maneuver in 2024, it may not be the last, experts say.
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NASA warns of potential 'catastrophic failure' on leaking ISS — but Russia doesn't want to fix itA five-year leak on a Russian module of the International Space Station has gotten worse over time. Now, NASA and Russia's Roscosmos space agency disagree just how bad it is.
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ISS leaks among 50 'areas of concern' for astronaut safety: reportTroubleshooting the leaking ISS is ongoing, with NASA and Russia now identifying 50 "areas of concern" and four cracks, according to a media report.
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Russian cosmonaut returns to Earth after completing record-breaking 1,111th day in space60-year-old Oleg Kononenko has safely returned to Earth following a record-breaking year-long stint onboard the International Space Station. His latest trip to space means he has now spent more time in orbit than any other human.
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Astronauts would have been fine on Boeing's Starliner during landing, NASA saysWith Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is safely back on Earth, NASA says Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams could have returned onboard.
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Astronaut watches a meteor explode over Earth in a bright green fireball in stunning video from ISSA new video from an astronaut's vantage point in space captures a bright green burst over Earth as a meteor exploded in the night sky.
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