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Vast says it will launch its first space station on Falcon 9 in 2025

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A rendering of the Crew Dragon spacecraft attached to the Haven-1 space station.

expand / A rendering of the Crew Dragon spacecraft attached to the Haven-1 space station. Wide A private space station company, VAST, announced on Wednesday that it intends to launch a commercial space station by August 2025. After this “Haven-1” space station is deployed in low-Earth orbit, four commercial astronauts will launch to the facility. … Read more

How the Voyager probes go and go decades after launch | CNN

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Each Voyager probe has three radioisotope thermoelectric generators.

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the world with fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more news. Pasadena, California CNN – When the Voyager probes lifted off weeks apart in 1977, no one expected that the twin spacecraft would extend their missions from four years to 45 years. Now, the mission team is … Read more