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US Space Force celebrates return of 1st Guardian to launch to space (photos)
By Julian Dossett published
U.S. Space Force Col. Nick Hague is back on Earth after living on the International Space Station for the last five-plus months.

NASA says removal of 'first woman, person of color' language from Artemis websites 'does not indicate' moon mission crew change
By Brett Tingley published
NASA websites no longer state that the Artemis 3 mission will aim to land the first person of color and the first woman on the moon, but the agency says this does not reflect a change in crew.

Private SpaceX Fram2 mission ready for world's 1st crewed flight over Earth's polar regions (photos)
By Josh Dinner published
SpaceX plans to make spaceflight history this month, by launching the first crewed mission to explore Earth's polar regions.

Meteorites and asteroids tracked back to their place of origin in the solar system
By Victoria Corless published
Astronomers have tracked several meteorites that dropped in on Earth back to their origin, space rocks in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Apollo 10, Soyuz capsule among artifacts moving to new space gallery in London
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The spacesuit worn by the first Briton in space, the Soyuz that brought the first UK astronaut back to Earth and the only Apollo capsule to be on display outside the U.S. will soon be on the move.

When space meets sea, Crew-9 Dragon meets dolphins: Space photo of the day
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
A pod of bottlenose dolphins seemingly took interest in the capsule that dropped out of the sky, circling and surfacing as SpaceX team members worked to recover their spacecraft.

NASA still mulling options for Boeing's troubled Starliner astronaut capsule
By Mike Wall published
NASA and Boeing are still working on the problems that cropped up during Starliner's first crewed flight, which launched more than nine months ago.

Starliner and Crew-9 astronauts arrive home in Houston: Space photo of the day
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
After splashing down off the coast of Florida, the latest crew to return from the International Space Station arrived by jet in Houston.

Dolphins welcome SpaceX's Crew-9 astronauts home after splashdown (video)
By Mike Wall published
A pod of dolphins gave the four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-9 mission a warm welcome after their capsule splashed down in the ocean on Tuesday afternoon (March 18).

Never-‘stuck’ Starliner astronauts return to Earth at last with Crew-9 duo in Spacex Dragon splashdown
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The first astronauts to fly on two different commercial spacecraft during a single mission, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, returned to Earth with ISS crewmates Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov.
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