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UAE to send Emirati astronaut on six-month mission to space, buys seat on SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft

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After successfully launching its first interplanetary mission to Mars, and beginning work on spacecraft to explore asteroids, the United Arab Emirates is all set to send its astronaut to the International Space Station. The UAE Space Agency has signed a deal with Nasa to send its astronaut on a six-month mission to the…

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Space Station to change orbit today as debris from rocket launched in 1994 comes close

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Hours after astronauts completed a spacewalk and replaced a broken antenna outside the International Space Station (ISS), flight controllers informed them that the flying laboratory would need to move into a slightly lower orbit Friday due to threat from space debris. Nasa is assessing orbital debris likely to fly…

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