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Pakistan to send first astronaut to space in 2026; project is handled by…, what is SUPARCO and who was Nobel Prize-winning Abdus Salam?

Mohammad Abdus Salam was a Pakistani theoretical physicist who was awarded the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics for his ...
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Astronaut savors the moment and shares a stunning aurora shot | On the International Space Station July 28-Aug. 1, 2025

"I dropped into the Cupola to look out the window and just be in the moment... [but] I had to pick up a camera to share this ...

NASA astronaut set to blast off to space with special cards from father waiting for her at ISS

SpaceX Falcon 9 is scheduled for liftoff Thursday, carrying a crew to the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Zena ...

How the heck does an astronaut wash their hair in space? Here’s how

Water droplets can't be allowed to drift off, so washing your hair in microgravity is a little different to how you do it on Earth.
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Celebrities in space quiz: Do you know the stars among the stars?

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry is the Content Manager at Space.com. Formerly, she was the Science Communicator at JILA, a physics ...
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Astronauts who missed out last year finally get chance in space

Four astronauts have blasted off from Cape Canaveral ahead of a six-month stay at the International Space Station.

Former astronaut twin brothers Mark and Scott Kelly on NASA cuts and challenges of being on ISS

Mark and Scott Kelly, twin brothers and former NASA astronauts, spoke to "CBS Mornings" about how the agency is set to lose ...
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Kate Rubins, 1st astronaut to sequence DNA in space, leaves NASA

NASA astronaut Kathleen “Kate” Rubins has retired from the space agency after 16 years, two missions on the International ...