United States in space

Anti-satellite weapon. Illustration: shutterstock

The US will stop testing anti-satellite weapons and demand that this become an international norm; China: developing systems to tow satellites

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US Vice President Kamala Harris announced this in a review before the Space Guard; more than 1,600 pieces are floating in space since the Russian test about six months ago, over 2,400 pieces are still floating after 15
Boeing Starliner. Credit: Boeing

NASA and Boeing continue to move toward the second Starliner test launch in June

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After SpaceX overtakes Boeing, NASA and Boeing continue preparations for the second, as-yet-unmanned flight of Starliner to prove that the system can safely carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station
Bob Benken and Doug Hurley walk the connecting arm to the launch tower. If their suits remind you of a Hollywood movie, it's no accident. Credit: NASA

Expected history today: two astronauts will be launched in a private spacecraft to the space station (live and continuous broadcast)

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The astronauts are training for the launch of the first manned spacecraft in a decade, Crew Dragon. Photo: SpaceX

The history: the first private manned launch to the space station - on Wednesday 27/5/2020

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He led the concept that the inspector is the supreme person responsible for the task and his determinations should not be contested. Craft in the control center Photo: NASA

Chris Kraft, founder of the NASA control room in Houston, has passed away

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The Ripley doll, flown on the DEMO 1 test flight of the SPACEX Crew Dragon spacecraft. Screenshot, SPACEX

The Crew Dragon spacecraft has successfully landed in the Atlantic Ocean * The next demonstration mission will already be manned

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Launch of the Falcon 9 launcher with the Crew Dragon spacecraft taking off for a test flight (still unmanned) to the International Space Station, March 2, 2019. Photo: NASA

SpaceX launched an experimental version of the Dragon crew spacecraft to the space station

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Two of six suggestions for the space arm logo, from the Trump and Pence 2020 election website

"The space arm is designed to return the US to military leadership in space, and to protect its space assets"

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Dryden (left) and Glennan (second from right) are sworn in as President Eisenhower looks on (second from left). NASA photo: A

NASA celebrates 60 years

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Incoming NASA Administrator Jim Brandstein and his family members at the inauguration ceremony held by US Vice President Mike Pence. Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Controversial NASA Director - Jim Bridenstine takes office after being elected on Cole's behalf

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Astronaut Gene Cernan on the lunar surface, next to an American flag sticking out of the lunar rover, December 2017. The ceremony to announce the American return to the moon took place yesterday, December 11, the day that marked the 45th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17 on the lunar surface, the last manned mission in the Apollo program . Source: NASA / Harrison H. Schmitt.

Trump ordered NASA to return American astronauts to the moon

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Jim Bridenstine. Source: United States Congress.

Who is Jim Bridenstine, Trump's nominee for the next NASA administrator?

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Trump signs the presidential order last Friday. Photo: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani.

Trump signed an order resurrecting the National Space Council

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NASA's new team of astronauts. Left to right - Zeena Cardiman, Jasmin Hamadi, Johnny Kim, Frank Rubio, Matthew Dominick, Warren Hoburg, Rob Collin, Kayla Barron, Bob Haynes, Raja Chari , Laurel O'Hara and Jessica Watkins.Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz.

Martian generation? NASA unveils a group of 12 new astronauts

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Simulation of the space plane during the launch. You can see on top of it the upper rocket stage whose function is to bring the launched cargo to the final orbit around the earth, while the plane itself does not enter the orbit but returns to the ground and landed on a landing strip. Source: Boeing rendering.

Meet the "Phantom Express": a space plane that can take off again within 24 hours

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The X-37B space plane, yesterday at the Kennedy Space Center, after returning from a 718-day stay in space. Source: US Air Force courtesy photo.

The secret United States space plane has landed after 718 days in space

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Astronaut Dr. Peggy Whitson at the International Space Station. Photo: NASA

NASA streamed live 4K video from space for the first time at the 2017 NAB show

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Simulation of the X37B. It should be noted that the simulation was done by NASA in 2003, so it is possible that the current composition of the US Air Force is not the same as depicted in the simulation. Source: NASA.

The US Air Force's mysterious space plane has broken its previous record for staying in space

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Trump signs law that increases NASA budget for 2017; renews National Space Council, headed by Vice President Pence

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A simulation of the "Asteroid Deflection Mission", which is currently in the planning stages without final approval. According to the mission schedule, a space vehicle, transported by an advanced ion engine, will reach a near-Earth asteroid, land on it and grab a rock block with a mass of several tons and move it into orbit around the moon. There, astronauts in the Orion spacecraft will reach the asteroid piece and return samples from it to Earth. The mission combines both the scientific aspect of asteroid research, but is primarily done to prove and realize advanced electric ion propulsion technology that will assist in future Mars probes. Image: NASA.

The sword of cuts in Trump's budget proposal will not significantly harm NASA

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Simulation of the SLS routine. Source: NASA.

NASA wants to launch astronauts already on the first flight of the SLS heavy launch vehicle

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Said the Commander of the Space Command of the US Air Force General (four stars) John Raymond as part of the twelfth International Space Conference named after Ilan Ramon that took place at the Air Force Base in Herzliya, 30/1/17. Photography: Leon Rosenblum

The goal of the US Space Command is to prevent war in space

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John Glenn climbs into Friendship 7 cabin for his flight in which he was the first American to circle the Earth. Photo: NASA

 John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth, has died

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Donald Trump at an election rally. From Wikishare

Trump wants to cancel NASA's Earth-related programs but has promised to focus on manned programs

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President Richard Nixon visits the Apollo 11 astronauts after their return from the moon, while in isolation on the Navy ship Hornet. Government photo

"The next president or female president of the USA will have to make a fateful decision regarding the space program"

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NASA head Charles Bolden, science minister Ofir Akunis, and Givatayim mayor Ran Konik with children and teachers at the city's observatory. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

The head of NASA calls on researchers and companies from Israel to participate in experiments on the space station, and in the development of capabilities for flight to Mars

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The signing of the ten-year agreement between the Israeli Space Agency and NASA during the World Federation of Astronautics Conference, Jerusalem, 13.10.15/XNUMX/XNUMX. Photo: Israel Ben-Eli, L.A.M.

The head of NASA following the signing of the agreement with the Israeli Space Agency: You are known for your innovation

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A figurine of the three wise monkeys. Photo: shutterstock

Covering their eyes with their hands: the Senate Science Committee (led by a climate denier) wants to cut NASA's budget for Earth exploration

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The X-37B space plane in the third stage envelope of the launcher before launch. Similar to a ferry but much smaller. Photo: Boeing

The US military space plane X-37B took off for the fourth mysterious mission. It was also accompanied by an experimental solar sail during the launch

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In the meantime, fly without astronauts. Orion on the launch pad. Photo: NASA

USA returns to space - first test flight for the "Orion" spacecraft

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Rescue crew members inspect the experimental X-37B space plane at Vandenberg Air Force Base after it spent 674 days in space. So far, such planes have been launched for three missions that stayed in space for 1,367 days. Photo: Boeing

The mysterious X-37B military space plane has landed after two years in orbit

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The solar system - the outer planets align once every 179 years

The Grand Tour - the unlaunched spacecraft to several planets for one price

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A drawing from 1967 depicting the MOL space laboratory that ultimately did not come to fruition. From Wikipedia

MOL - a military space laboratory that was not launched

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The launch of the Pioneer 4 spacecraft on a Juno 2 rocket, Cape Canaveral, 3/3/59. Photo: NASA

Pioneer and Ranger spacecraft to the moon

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Imaging of the Mariner 9 spacecraft. Image: NASA

Project Mariner Chapter 3 - and this time about another mishap on the way to Mars and the successful project of Mariner 9

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A rendering of one of the twin spacecraft Mariner 3 and 4. Image: NASA

Project Mariner Chapter 2 - Mariner Spacecraft to Mars (1)

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Edward White hovers in a space suit as part of the Gemini 4 spacecraft operation. Photo: NASA

The Gemini program - the first time that people stayed and worked in space for a significant period of time

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The Mercury capsule of the Mercury-Atlas 10 mission - "Freedom 7-II" - which was aborted. From Wikipedia

The history of the Mercury program - NASA's first organized manned program on the way to landing on the moon

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Apollo Soyuz mission badge. From Wikipedia

Apollo-Soyuz flight - 38 years ago this week. The mission step by step

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Astronaut John Young, Apollo 16 crew member salutes the US flag on the moon. April 1972

Apollo 16 - traveling with an all-terrain vehicle between geological formations

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Jessica Meyer, 2013 NASA Astronaut Course Inductee. From the NASA website

After a three-year hiatus: NASA opens an astronaut class. The destination - deep space

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A crane lifts the Orion EFT-1 crew module from its storage facility for transfer to continued assembly at the Test and Operations Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Credit: NASA/Frankie Martin

Orion - a successful experiment with malfunctioning parachutes; NASA and Lockheed Martin are ramping up testing to get ahead of schedule

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Capturing an asteroid with a diameter of 7 meters and a weight of 500 tons. Credit: Rick Sternbach / KISS

NASA is exploring the possibility of giving the moon its own moon

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"There is a good chance that we will send another Israeli astronaut in the next decade." Bolden is interviewed by our science reporter, Itai Nebo. Photo: Livy Oz

"There is a pretty good chance that there will be another Israeli astronaut"

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Space Shuttle Endeavor on the back of the carrier aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California

Endeavor flew for the last time on a salute mission over California

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Republican Party candidate Mitt Romney and Vice President candidate Paul Ryan at the party convention held in Tampa Florida in late August 2012. From Wiki-News. Originally from Flickr, CC license

Republican Party Platform: Curbing the Environmental Protection Agency, withdrawing from manned space flights

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The radio telescope at Green Bank is facing cuts. Photo: Universe Today

Budget cuts for US ground telescopes. Facilities will close

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Dr. Sally Ride on her first space flight, 1983. Photo: NASA

Sally Ride, America's first female astronaut, has died at the age of 61

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Shenzhou 8 spacecraft docking and Tiangong-1 space lab, 3/11/2011. Photo: Chinese Space Agency and Xinhua News Agency

Tensions and tyconauts / John Mattson

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Passenger jets land and their passengers were able to view the Discovery shuttle aboard NASA Space Shuttle 905. Photo: Ken Cramer, Universe Today

Discovery's final voyage ended at the Smithsonian Museum

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