Crew-6 mission: NASA announces liftoff time for next astronaut launch from Florida
Start planning your trip to Florida's Space Coast: NASA has announced when the Crew-6 astronaut mission will blast off to the International Space Station.
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- Popular Mechanics
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- Lifehacker
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- Florida Today
Space Force: Weather should be excellent for Thursday morning's SpaceX Starlink launch
Weather expected to be a 90% chance of "go" conditions for SpaceX's next early morning Starlink mission from Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, Feb 2.
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Unidentified aerial annoyance: Full disclosure or dubious UFO nonsense?
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- Popular Mechanics
Scientists Are Reincarnating the Woolly Mammoth to Return in 4 Years
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- Popular Mechanics
The CIA Is Funding a Mission to Reincarnate the Dodo Bird
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SpaceX astronauts will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor
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Look up Wednesday! A green comet will make a close encounter with Earth for 1st time in 50K years
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Cubesat that launched on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will test water-based propulsion
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