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jsc2025e041955 (2-26-2025) — The official portrait of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission. Front row, left to right: Pilot Mike Finke and Commander Zina Cardman, both NASA astronauts. Back row, left to right: Mission Specialist Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos and Mission Specialist Kimiya Yue of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency). Photo: NASA

NASA postpones spacewalk at space station due to medical incident; Crew-11 mission cut short under consideration

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The agency said the condition of a crew member was “stable” but did not release details; maintenance and electrical upgrades outside the station have been postponed. There are concerns that the station’s operations could be affected without an orderly replacement of crew members.
An artist's impression of the Japanese space mission Hayabusa2 landing on the surface of asteroid 1998 KY26. New observations using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed that the asteroid is only 11 metres in diameter – almost a third smaller than previously estimated – and completes a rotation every five minutes, faster than expected. The image shows an updated size comparison between the asteroid and the spacecraft. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser. Asteroid: T. Santana-Ros et al. Hayabusa2 model: SuperTKG (CC-BY-SA).

Will Hayabusa 2 succeed in landing? Its target is a tiny, faster-than-expected asteroid

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This artist's impression shows the Tianwen-2 probe approaching the near-Earth asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa. Credit: CCTV

China launches Tianwen-2 – asteroid sample return mission

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If successful, it would be the third time in history that samples from an asteroid have reached Earth, and the third country after Japan and the United States.
The Phi-Colombo spacecraft near the planet Hema. Figure: European Space Agency ESA

Europe launched the space probe by Columbus to the planet Mercury

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The process of launching the HOPE spacecraft to Mars and its orbit for the purposes of studying its atmosphere. The launch is planned to take place from Japan in 2020. From the United Arab Emirates Space Agency website

Japan will launch the HOPE spacecraft to Mars in 2020 for the United Arab Emirates

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Artist's impression of the Yabusa spacecraft descending with a payload containing a sample from the asteroid Itokawa. Image: JPL/NASA

Vigilance for the inspection of the cargo brought by the Yabosa spacecraft from the asteroid Itokawa

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Artist's impression of a robotic lunar base. JAXA figure

Japan wants to build a robotic base on the moon by 2020

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The orbit of Themis in the asteroid belt, Themis is one of the largest asteroids in the asteroid belt. Illustration: Josh Emery, University of Tennessee in Knoxville

Researchers have found water and organic matter on the asteroid Themis

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Lunar crater from Wikipedia (Daedalus crater on the far side of the moon). No picture of the crater in question was published in the article

Scientists from the Japanese space agency find a window into a lava cave on the moon

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The Yabosa spacecraft will simulate an asteroid crash on Earth

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The launch of the communication satellite "Kizona" was successfully completed

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The launch of the Japanese communication satellite for super-fast internet transmission has been successfully completed
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The launch of the Japanese communication satellite "Kizuna" has been postponed

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Today Japan was supposed to launch its communications satellite into space, but problems with the H-2A launcher forced the launch to be postponed
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The Yabusa spaceship is ready to return to Earth

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Updates from the Yabusa spacecraft

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

All the news about the Yabusa project

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Yabusa's return to Earth has been postponed to 2010

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