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![Clouds of smoke and steam billow around Space Shuttle Discovery as it leaps off Launch Pad 39B on the historic Return to Flight mission STS-114. Liftoff occurred at 10:39 a.m. EDT. It is the 114th Space Shuttle flight and the 31st for Discovery](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VaSpkV8BPBDRtHck5q3f6d-320-80.jpg)
On this day in space! July 26, 2005: Space shuttle Discovery returns to flight
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On July 26, 2005, the space shuttle Discovery launched on the first return-to-flight mission following the Columbia disaster that killed seven crew members a little over two years earlier.
![a well-dressed woman shakes hands with a bald man in a suit while a well-dressed woman looks on](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gryDDgG2v3WaQc2a3FCBr8-320-80.jpg)
Former astronaut Mark Kelly on shortlist for Harris' VP pick
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, a former NASA astronaut, is on Vice President Kamala Harris' shortlist to be her running mate as she pursues becoming the next president of the United States.
![white frost-like material builds up around a cone-shaped rocket nozzle as it glows orange](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eX4dECJAhHCKQvE26NqGua-320-80.jpg)
SpaceX finds cause of Falcon 9 failure, eyes return to flight as soon as July 27
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX has fixed the problem that caused its Falcon 9 rocket to fail during a July 11 launch, according to the company, which is eyeing a July 27 return to flight.
![Starliner launch June 5, 2024.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rWVNsphDWZy5JxDt49jTVa-320-80.jpg)
Boeing Starliner 1st astronaut flight: Live updates
By Elizabeth Howell, Tariq Malik published
Boeing moving toward a June 1 launch of its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA.
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50 days after launch to ISS, Boeing Starliner astronauts still have no landing date
By Elizabeth Howell published
Boeing's Starliner does not have a landing date yet, but the troubleshooting is making progress. Engineers plan a "hot fire" test this weekend to see how the spacecraft does in orbit.
![headshots of six smiling people — four men and two women — are displayed in two rows.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iVgssmw6AytQz2Zr8QGeH7-320-80.jpg)
Next Blue Origin space tourism flight will launch youngest woman above the Kármán line
By Andrew Jones published
Blue Origin has announced the six crewmembers for its next space tourism flight. One of them will become the youngest woman to cross the Kármán line.
![China test-fires a YF-75E engine for its planned Long March 10 crewed moon rocket.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rZy6KdUkDKzFRtj6aNXCXC-320-80.jpg)
Watch China test-fire engine for new crewed moon rocket (video)
By Andrew Jones published
China has test-fired a new engine for its planned Long March 10 rocket, which is designed to take astronauts to the moon.
![illustration of debris in orbit around Earth](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kjZnmQnVX2VrH6MSjyUiym-320-80.jpg)
Space is becoming an 'unsustainable environment in the long term,' ESA says
By Jackson Ryan published
"Overall, the report is full of bad news that is good news."
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