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NASA Will Allow Private Citizens at the International Space Station

June 8, 2019June 7, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

by Shelby Talcott NASA announced its plan to open the International Space Station (ISS) as early as 2020 to private astronauts who want to see life on the other side of Earth’s atmosphere. Parts of the ISS will be opened for space tourism and commercial filming, according to The…

Astronaut to Eclipse Record for Longest US Spaceflight by a Woman

April 19, 2019April 18, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

A female astronaut is due to set a record for the longest spaceflight by a woman, the U.S. space agency said Wednesday, the same astronaut who was to have been in the first all-female spacewalk scrapped over lack of a right-sized spacesuit. Astronaut Christina Koch, who completed the spacewalk with…

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