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China selects 4th batch of astronaut candidates as part of 2030 moon landing goal
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
China has selected 10 new astronauts for training as part of its goal to put a crew on the moon by 2030, the country's human spaceflight agency announced last week.

NASA, Boeing delay Starliner astronaut landing to June 26 amid thruster issues
By Elizabeth Howell published
Boeing's Starliner will come back to Earth with its two astronauts no earlier than June 26. The four-day extension will allow for more thruster testing at the ISS.

If we really want people living on the moon, we need an astronaut health database
By Victoria Corless published
Scientists have started building a space medicine biobank as humans look to the moon and beyond.

NASA and Boeing will discuss Starliner's delayed ISS departure today, and you can listen live
By Elizabeth Howell published
NASA will talk about the delayed return to Earth of Boeing's Starliner capsule during a press conference today (June 18), and you can listen to it live.

Shine on, Starliner! Aurora glows green as astronauts test spacecraft ahead of return to Earth June 22 (image, video)
By Elizabeth Howell published
Boeing Starliner has seen its one-week test mission in space double to about two weeks. That allowed time for an incredible aurora show during thruster testing on June 15.

Soviet-era cosmonaut Vyacheslav Zudov, who survived only Soyuz splashdown, dies
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Soviet-era cosmonaut Vyacheslav Zudov, whose failed Soyuz 23 docking with Russia's Salyut 5 space station ended with the first and only emergency splashdown on board a Soyuz spacecraft, has died.

NASA delays landing of Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut mission to June 22
By Josh Dinner published
The return of Boeings 1st crewed Starliner mission has been delayed to June 22.

Boeing's Starliner astronaut taxi spotted at ISS (satellite photo)
By Mike Wall published
Maxar's WorldView-3 satellite captured a striking image of Boeing's Starliner capsule docked to the ISS on June 7, a day after the vehicle arrived at the orbiting complex.
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