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Opinion

Opinion: In Space, the Door Is Open — Now What?

The success of SpaceX’s human-crewed Dragon capsule, along with three ambitious Mars missions from the UAE, China and the United States, has brought everyone on Earth some hopeful and inspiring news. With each of those efforts, new achievements were made and excitement for the future of the space economy is growing. As great as making

Science

NASA astronauts aim for Florida coast to end SpaceX flight

The first astronauts launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company departed the International Space Station on Saturday night for the final and most important part of their test flight: returning to Earth with a rare splashdown. NASA’s Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken bid farewell to the three men left behind as their SpaceX Dragon capsule undocked