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NASA to Resume Search for Missing Mars Orbiter, But Prospects of Re-establishing Communication With It Seem Slim

Scientists haven't heard from the MAVEN orbiter since December 6. It had been studying the Martian atmosphere for over a ...

Astronauts splash down after cutting space station mission short due to a medical issue

The crew member of concern is doing fine,” NASA said after their return early Thursday, the first time in the space station’s ...
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A Decade in Orbit… Then Silence: NASA Loses Contact With Maven Spacecraft Around Mars

NASA has lost communication with the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars ...
Science Daily

NASA brings Crew-11 home early after medical evacuation

SpaceX Crew-11 splashed down safely in the Pacific after more than five months in orbit aboard the International Space ...
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NASA’s first medical return from orbit shows how spaceflight health protocols are evolving

In the small hours of the Pacific morning, a SpaceX Crew Dragon carrying four astronauts soared through the atmosphere with ...

Astronauts Are Safe After NASA Medical Evacuation From Space Station

The members of Crew-11 — two American, one Russian and one Japanese — splashed down after one became ill, prompting an early ...

Highlights From NASA’s Medical Evacuation From the Space Station

Two Americans and astronauts from Japan and Russia landed in a SpaceX capsule in the Pacific Ocean after a medical issue ...
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NASA astronauts finally reappear after dramatic medical evacuation

The four NASA astronauts who were rushed back from orbit in the agency’s first medical evacuation have finally stepped back ...

NASA carries out first-ever medical evacuation from ISS as astronauts return to Earth from space

The return was prompted by a medical issue that NASA flight surgeons determined could not be fully treated on the ...

4 astronauts return early from International Space Station, splash down safely in Pacific Ocean

NASA announced that Crew-11’s mission would end a month early because of a medical situation. The crew safely returned ...

How satellites stay in space without falling back to Earth and what’s the science behind it

Earth's orbiting satellites are commonly regarded as if they were suspended in mid-air. It is a fact that they actually ...
Daily Sun

ISS astronauts splash down on Earth after first-ever medical evacuation

The ISS is set to be decommissioned after 2030, with its orbit gradually lowered until it breaks up in the atmosphere over a ...