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June 30, 2025

Relocation of space shuttle Discovery may hinge on 'Big Beautiful Bill'

A political effort to relocate the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to Space Center Houston has been merged with the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill," a major economic and policy package now nearing a vote in the U.S. Senate.


June 28, 2025

Removed after flight: Astronaut sells flown checklists he once wasn't meant to have

Former astronaut Robert "Hoot" Gibson is selling pages from the checklists he used on his first space shuttle mission. There are two things remarkable about that. First, Gibson has never sold anything and second, he was never supposed to have the checklists.


June 25, 2025

With 'Grace': Astronauts name SpaceX's final Dragon crew capsule

The last Dragon spacecraft that SpaceX plans to build entered orbit for the first time with "grace." Reaching space on the new capsule, Ax-4 commander Peggy Whitson revealed the name of the new spacecraft. "'Grace' is more than a name," she said.


June 25, 2025

Axiom 4 launch sees first Indian, Pole and Hungarian enter space in 40+ years

Astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary have embarked on a two-week mission, marking a "return to human spaceflight" for each of their countries after more than 40 years. The Axiom Mission 4 crew are flying tributes and tastes from their home nations.


June 20, 2025

Pixar and the probe: NASA spacecraft in new animated movie 'Elio'

On July 21, 2023, NASA's Voyager 2 interstellar probe stopped communicating with Earth. Although the spacecraft was more than 12.3 billion miles away, the event hit close to home for the Disney-Pixar team working on the movie "Elio."


June 18, 2025

Space Force space history center reopens in Cape Canaveral after renovations

A museum described as the "gateway to space heritage" located on Florida's Space Coast now has a new "force-full" look. The Sands Space History Center outside of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station reopened after six weeks of renovations.


June 16, 2025

Sally Ride's flight diaries among auction of first US woman in space estate

Items that belonged to America's first woman to fly into space are being sold to the public for the first time. Los Angeles-based Nate D. Sanders Auctions has announced its sale of the Sally Ride Estate Collection, an offering of more than 50 lots.


June 12, 2025

Estes launches ULA's Vulcan booster as new flying model rocket kit

United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Vulcan rocket is ready to fly again — and again — from your local large yard, empty lot or community park. Estes Industries has partnered with ULA to produce a scale model of the company's new launch vehicle.


June 4, 2025

Marc Garneau, first Canadian astronaut to fly into space, dies at 76

Astronaut Marc Garneau, who in 1984 became the first Canadian to fly into space, has died at the age of 76. Garneau flew on three U.S. space shuttle missions, was president of the Canadian Space Agency and served in the Parliament for 15 years.


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