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The realities of risk Two decades later, the Columbia tragedy and the broader shuttle program offer crucial perspective about the perils and triumphs of spaceflight.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
The astronauts also filled out a questionnaire daily for the first seven days of their spaceflight and weekly after that.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
The private spaceflight company plans for the liftoff, which was rescheduled from Thursday evening, to launch 22 Starlink internet satellites into orbit at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
—Madeline Nguyen, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
The complaint looks to force the spaceflight company to rescind the agreements and not enforce them for workers that have already signed them.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024
That’s a much different experience than that of astronauts on board the International Space Station, floating through microgravity while donning the traditional white spaceflight suits and squeezing pureed meat out of a package.
—Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
After all, your body will be experiencing quite a range of new sensations during your spaceflight.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2024
This is the first spaceflight for Dominick, Epps and Grebenkin.
—Russell Lewis, NPR, 4 Mar. 2024
Odysseus was built and operated by Intuitive Machines, a private spaceflight company based in Houston, as part of the company’s IM-1 mission.
—Michael Greshko, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024
Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
The astronauts also filled out a questionnaire daily for the first seven days of their spaceflight and weekly after that.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
The private spaceflight company plans for the liftoff, which was rescheduled from Thursday evening, to launch 22 Starlink internet satellites into orbit at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
—Madeline Nguyen, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
The complaint looks to force the spaceflight company to rescind the agreements and not enforce them for workers that have already signed them.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024
That’s a much different experience than that of astronauts on board the International Space Station, floating through microgravity while donning the traditional white spaceflight suits and squeezing pureed meat out of a package.
—Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
After all, your body will be experiencing quite a range of new sensations during your spaceflight.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2024
This is the first spaceflight for Dominick, Epps and Grebenkin.
—Russell Lewis, NPR, 4 Mar. 2024
Odysseus was built and operated by Intuitive Machines, a private spaceflight company based in Houston, as part of the company’s IM-1 mission.
—Michael Greshko, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024
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spaceflight
noun
space·flight
ˈspās-ˌflīt 
: flight beyond the earth's atmosphere
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