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Head of Spaceport Cornwall, Melissa Quinn to step down from role

Melissa Quinn has been part of the Spaceport project since it started in 2014, and became its head in 2021

Birmingham Post

Meteorite hunt by citizen scientists underway in Queensland with focus on remote Croydon

An online community keen to get its hands on a piece of Saturday's meteorite is collating videos of the event and expects to triangulate its location by the end of the week.

ABC News

SpaceX Dragon capsule docks at space station with private Ax-2 astronaut crew (video)

A SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying four private astronauts arrived at the International Space Station early Monday (May 22) after a record-setting trip to the orbiting laboratory

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SpaceX sends Saudi astronauts, including the Middle East nation’s 1st woman in space, to the International Space Station

It’s the second private flight to the space station organized by Houston-based Axiom Space. The company had previously cited a ticket price of $55 million per person.

Chicago Sun-Times

Private astronauts blast off from Space Coast on Axiom Space mission to the ISS

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Another four humans left the Earth on Sunday evening with the launch of Axiom Space’s private mission to the International Space Station hitching a ride aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon.

Orlando Sentinel

SpaceX launch of private Ax-2 astronauts just put the 600th person in orbit

The 600th person to enter Earth orbit, Rayyanah Barnawi of Saudi Arabia, is now on her way to the International Space Station on Axiom-2, the second commercial mission to fly there.

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Saudi astronauts, including nation's 1st woman, catch private flight to space station

Saudi Arabia’s first astronauts in decades rocketed toward the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar flight on May 21.

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SpaceX launches Ax-2 private astronaut mission to station, 1st Saudi woman in space on board (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida today (May 21), kicking off the pioneering private Ax-2 mission to the space station.

Space

The Moon Has a Hidden Resource That Could Sustain Billions of Humans for Generations

Although the Moon does have an atmosphere, it’s very thin and composed mostly of hydrogen, neon and argon.

Inverse

IIA scientists propose new metric which can help quantify image quality of the Sun taken from ground-based telescopes

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics have proposed a new metric, which can help quantify image quality of the Sun taken from ground-based telescopes

The Hindu

What time is the SpaceX Ax-2 private astronaut launch for Axiom Space?

SpaceX is launching the second all-private mission to the International Space Station today (May 21) and if you're hoping to follow it online, you need to know when it actually lifts off.

Space

Science This Week | Bezos’ Blue Origin to develop moon lander, genome helps find origin of humans and more

Check out The Hindu’s science wrap featuring top 7 stories on new discoveries, findings, and studies in the scientific world from this week.

The Hindu

SpaceX's Axiom mission-2 set for launch with 1st Saudi woman

A private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) organized by Axiom Space is all set to launch the 'Ax-2' on Sunday (local time) from Florida with the first-ever Saudi woman in its crew to voyage into space, according to Axiom Space. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

First Saudi astronauts to blast off in private mission to ISS

Rayyanah Barnawi, the first female Arab astronaut, is also on the mission.

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Los Angeles Times

As a Black astronaut sets his sights on the moon, he feels the weight of injustice on Earth

NASA astronaut Victor Glover Jr. will travel farther into space than any Black person before him when he pilots the Artemis II lunar mission in 2024.

The Guardian - US

‘We go for all and by all’: Artemis II crew certain of moon mission success

Called ‘humanity’s crew’, the four-person team comprises the first woman and the first person of color on a lunar assignment

ABC News

Meteor lights up Queensland sky, reports of sightings from Mackay to Cairns

It's estimated the meteor was between half a metre to a metre in size and would have been travelling within 100,000 to 150,000 kilometres per hour.

Zenger

SpaceX Prepared Two More Falcon With Starlink Satellites

Elon Musk‘s SpaceX readied two more Falcon 9 rockets on SpaceX launch pads on Friday, following a Starlink deployment.

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SpaceX rocket 'go' to launch four private astronauts on Ax-2, a mission filled with 1sts, today

Axiom Space is ready to launch its second-ever private mission to the International Space Station.

Orlando Sentinel

Axiom’s private mission inches commercial space station dreams closer to reality

ORLANDO, Fla. — Axiom Space made history in 2022 with the first all-private mission to the International Space Station. The company is ready to do it again, but with more focus on its endgame: having its own commercial space station in what could potentially be a crowded playing field in…

Inverse

Saturn's Rings Are Only 100 Million Years Old — Which is About How Long They Have Left

Saturn's rings are the planet's most distinguishing feature, but they're a recent addition to the Solar System — and are already disappearing.

Space

Watch SpaceX's Ax-2 private astronaut launch for Axiom Space in this free livestream on May 21

SpaceX's next private spaceflight will launch four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday (May 21) and you can watch the mission live online in a series of free webcasts.

Inverse

Behold! NASA Releases Stunning Images of Jupiter's Fiery Moon Io

NASA sailed its Juno spacecraft to Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io.

Space

Excitement builds for Ax-2 SpaceX launch that will send 1st Saudi woman to space

The Ax-2 mission is set to lift off on Sunday (May 21) atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, sending the first private mission commanded by a woman, and the first female Saudi astronaut, to space.

ABC News

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin wins NASA contract to build astronaut lunar lander

A team led by Jeff Bezos's rocket company wins a coveted $5.1 billion NASA contract to build a spacecraft to fly astronauts to the Moon's surface.

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