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Two male astronauts inside SpaceX Dragon capsules with spacesuits on, visors up

SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts return to Earth: Live updates

By Mike Wall last updated

Read the latest news about SpaceX's Crew-9 and Crew-10 missions to the International Space Station for NASA.

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The private Starlab space station will consist of a service module and a habitat for four astronauts.

Private Starlab space station moves into 'full-scale development' ahead of 2028 launch

By Tereza Pultarova published

The Starlab commercial space station project is moving toward the production phase, having passed a key development milestone with NASA.

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four astronauts sit strapped into seats aboard a spacecraft as a crocheted origami crane floats in front of a window

SpaceX Crew-10 folds traits, hopes into origami crane zero-g indicator

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

What do you get when you fold together the contributions of four space station-bound astronauts from the U.S., Japan and Russia? A zero-gravity indicator in the form of a crocheted origami crane.

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China's Shenzhou 19 astronauts experiment with the AI robot Xiao Hang aboard the Tiangong space station in March 2025.

Tiangong astronauts experiment with AI robot and more to kick off busy year for Chinese human spaceflight (video)

By Andrew Jones published

China is planning to send two new crews to its Tiangong space station in another busy year of human spaceflight.

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 members, pictured from left to right: NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi.

Meet the SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts launching to the ISS on March 12

By Julian Dossett published

SpaceX's Crew-10 mission will send two NASA astronauts, a Japanese spaceflyer and a cosmonaut to the International Space Station.

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An astronaut in a polo shirt displaying her mission patch is juxtaposed with a graphic of the same emblem

Astronaut turned to AI to inspire design of SpaceX Crew-10 mission patch

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

In what might be a first in spaceflight history, the next crew to launch to the International Space Station has adopted a mission patch that began with ideas put forth by an AI.

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a white space captule with metalic bottom trunk rolls into a hangar on a truck at night time.

SpaceX Dragon capsule arrives at launch site for Crew-10 astronaut flight to ISS (photos)

By Josh Dinner published

The SpaceX Dragon capsule that will carry the next crew to the International Space Station has arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ahead of its March 12 launch.

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three astronauts give thumbs' up signs on the international space station

'Stuck' NASA astronauts on ISS grilled on Earthly politics as long 9-month mission nears end. 'From my standpoint, politics is not playing into this at all.'

By Mike Wall published

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will return to Earth this month after an unexpectedly long stay aboard the International Space Station — one that has become politically charged here on Earth.

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Singer Katy Perry points with arms raised pointing to a crowd over a marching band

Katy Perry will launch to space with historic all-female crew on Blue Origin rocket

By Tariq Malik published

Perry and a celebrity female crew will launch on Blue Origin's NS-31 mission this spring.

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John McFall, a reserve astronaut with the European Space Agency, standing in a mockup International Space Station module.

Paralympian John McFall could become 1st astronaut with a disability on ISS

By Josh Dinner published

European Space Agency astronaut John McFall is cleared to be the first person with a physical disability to fly to the space station.

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