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Ma Xingrui is the third member of the Politburo to be purged since 2022. He once led the Xinjiang region and was previously head of China’s space program.
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A space neophyte not long ago, China is now the United State’s main competitor for supremacy throughout the solar system.
The crew of four — NASA astronaut and commander Randy Bresnik, European Space Agency pilot Luca Parmitano, NASA mission specialists Frank Rubio and Andre Douglas — are scheduled to launch next year.
NASA’s next mission in its effort to return humans to the moon will be led by an all-male crew. Three of them have extensive experience in space, while the other was a backup on Artemis II.
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NASA has released new footage from onboard Artemis II's Space Launch System during launch, using cameras NASA calls the Flight Imaging Launch Monitoring Real-time System.
In a press conference on Thursday, Reid Wiseman expressed his appreciation for his fellow Artemis II astronauts.
Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman posted helmet cam footage to social media of his crew's recovery from the Orion capsule after their splashdown to Earth on Friday.
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Neighbors gathered to welcome astronaut Victor Glover as he returned to his Texas home Sunday following the Artemis II crew's record-setting deep-space mission.
The astronauts — three Americans and one Canadian — captivated the world with their historic mission.
Astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover Jr., Jeremy Hansen and Reid Wiseman have exited the Orion capsule after a successful Artemis II splashdown.