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Science News - SpaceX to launch Fram2, first crewed mission to orbit Earth's poles - March 31 (UPI) -- SpaceX is gearing up to launch Fram2, the first crewed mission to orbit Earth's poles, on Monday night from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The historic mission will carry four civilians from four countries.

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U.S. News -- Three-fourths of polled American scientists say they are considering leaving U.S.

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Entertainment News -- Katy Perry, Gayle King space flight sets April 14 launch -- Blue Origin set a date for its space flight featuring Katy Perry and Gayle King, and released a patch to symbolize the ride, Thursday. The all-female crew will take off April 14.

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Science News -- NASA credits 'lucky alignment' for breathtaking image of cosmic tornado -- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled an awe-inspiring celestial spectacle of a spiral galaxy interacting with a plume of dust and gas from a newborn star.

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Science News -- SpaceX launches classified payload from Florida for Defense Department -- SpaceX on Monday launched a Falcon 9 rocked carrying a classified payload for the U.S. Department of Defense from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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Science News -- Germany's Spectrum rocket launch scrubbed, to be rescheduled -- The first-ever launch of the German Isar Aerospace company's Spectrum two-stage rocket was scrubbed Monday due to weather conditions.

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Science News -- SpaceX sets rocket re-use record Friday with a nine-day turnaround -- SpaceX has set a rocket re-use record for launch-turnaround by sending a Falcon 9 up twice within nine days early Friday morning. The previous record was 14 days.

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Science News -- ESA's Euclid spacecraft unveils 'gold mine' of new scientific data -- The European Space Agency's spacecraft Euclid on Wednesday released a treasure trove of new data in its quest to map and unlock mysteries of what scientists call the "dark universe."

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Science News -- Monarch butterfly public comment reopened to determine Endangered Species Act listing -- The Trump administration is reopening public comment on a proposed rule that would list the monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

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Science News -- Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams back on Earth after 9 months in space -- Starliner astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who were stranded at the International Space Station for nine months, are back on Earth after splashing down Tuesday off the coast of Florida.

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Science News -- NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore depart ISS for Earth -- A Dragon capsule undocked from the International Space Center early Tuesday, sending NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore on their way home after being stranded on the orbital laboratory for nine months.

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Science News -- Starliner astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore close hatch to begin journey back to Earth -- Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stranded at the International Space Station for nine months, closed the hatch to the SpaceX Dragon capsule Monday night to begin their journey back to Earth.

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Science News -- SpaceX Crew Dragon arrives at ISS to rescue stranded astronauts -- Four new astronauts arrived at the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon on Sunday. Their arrival finally provides a way home for two NASA astronauts who have been on the ISS since June 2024.

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Science News -- SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites 12 hours after Crew-10 sent to ISS -- SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites into orbit, a little more than 12 hours after the private company teamed up with NASA to send four astronauts to the International Space Station -- also from Florida.

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Science News -- Crew-10 astronauts lift off, finally on way to ISS -- NASA and SpaceX launched NASA's Crew-10 astronauts to the International Space Station on Friday night in a mission that will also aim to return Starliner astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore.

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First European orbital rocket launch fails, crashes into Norwegian ocean

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SpaceX's Crew 11 to space station named: 2 from NASA, plus Russia, Japan

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Cygnus set to depart from International Space Station

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NASA's rover Curiosity finds biggest known organic molecules on Mars

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European Gaia spacecraft is shut down, sent into 'retirement orbit' around the Sun

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