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Elon Musk Threatens to Cripple America’s Space Capabilities to Spite Donald Trump

In a stunning escalation of the war of words between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump on Thursday, the SpaceX tycoon announced that the company would begin "decommissioning" its Dragon spacecraft "immediately," a threat to America's space launch capabilities fueled by his personal animosity for the President. Musk later walked back the threat.
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Axiom Space launches 4 private astronauts to ISS, moves forward space station plans – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

Axiom Space launches 4 private astronauts to ISS, moves forward space station plans  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and VideosFour astronauts launch to the space station as NASA grapples with strange twist in leak issue  CNNAx-4 Orbiting Toward Station as Expedition 73 Studies Pharma, Blood Pressure  NASA (.gov)Shubhanshu Shukla: India celebrates sending its first astronaut into space after 41 years  BBCCommercial crew blasts off on privately-funded space station research mission  Spaceflight Now

Post-Attack Assessment of the First 12 Days of Israeli Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities – Institute For Science And International Security

Post-Attack Assessment of the First 12 Days of Israeli Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities  Institute For Science And International SecurityWhat we know about Iran's attack on US base in Qatar  BBCHas Iran’s nuclear program been defeated? Key question unanswered as Israel ceasefire takes hold  CNNSatellite images show damage from US strikes on Iran’s Fordow nuclear site  Al JazeeraWhere are the world’s nuclear weapons, and who owns them?  The Washington Post

India: Three things astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will take into space on Axiom-4 – BBC

India: Three things astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will take into space on Axiom-4  BBCNASA Sets Coverage for Axiom Mission 4 Launch, Arrival at Station  NASA (.gov)Axiom-4 Mission Live Updates: Axiom-4 launch today; weather 90% favourable says SpaceX  Hindustan TimesAxiom Space and SpaceX aims for new launch date of Ax-4 mission  Spectrum News 13SpaceX launching Ax-4 commercial crew to space station led by Peggy Whitson, America's most experienced astronaut  CBS News

Deep space asteroid sample contains unexpected ingredient

On December 5, 2020, a small capsule jettisoned from Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft as it made a scheduled flyby over Earth. The payload landed in the Australian outback as planned, capping a 6-year roundtrip journey to survey the asteroid Ryugu. Since then,...