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Pope Leo XIV marks 56th anniversary of moon landing with observatory visit, call to Buzz Aldrin

Pope Leo XIV · Castel Gandolfo

Pope Leo XIV marks 56th anniversary of moon landing with observatory visit, call to Buzz Aldrin

52% Center coverage: 98 sources

Hundreds of Current, Former NASA Workers Oppose Trump Administration Cuts

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Hundreds of Current, Former NASA Workers Oppose Trump Administration Cuts

70% Left coverage: 10 sources

Several hundred current and former NASA employees, including at least four retired astronauts, backed a letter that opposes the Trump administration's significant cuts to the federal space agency.See the Story

Blue Origin Announces Crew of New Shepard's 34th Mission

Blue Origin Announces Crew of New Shepard's 34th Mission

50% Center coverage: 6 sources

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Blue Origin announced the crew of the New Shepard's 34th Mission today. The crew includes Arvi Bahal, Gökhan Erdem, Deborah Martorell, Lionel Pitchford, J.D. Russell, and H.E. Justin Sun. Sun was the winning bidder of the first New Shepard seat in 2021. "The proceeds from the $28 million bid benefitted 19 space-focused charities to inspire future generations to pursue careers in STEAM and help shape the future of life in…See the Story

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Hundreds of Current, Former NASA Workers Oppose Trump Administration Cuts

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Hundreds of Current, Former NASA Workers Oppose Trump Administration Cuts

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CP Native Jerry Ross Helps Purdue Launch Neil Armstrong Space Prize

50% Center coverage: 4 sources

The announcement — on the anniversary of Apollo 11's landing on the moon — included eight astronauts educated at Purdue.Astronauts · West Lafayette See the Story

Shubhanshu Shukla shares BIG health update as astronaut learns to walk days after returning from space - Watch video

50% Right coverage: 4 sources

Shubhanshu Shukla, India's first astronaut at the ISS, shares his recovery journey post-mission. He emphasises the body's adaptability to space effects and highlights the importance of rehabilitation.Astronauts · India See the Story

On This Day, July 24: Apollo 11 astronauts splash down

100% Center coverage: 2 sources

On July 24, 1969, Apollo 11 returned to Earth, ending its historic moon-landing mission.Astronauts · United States See the Story

Apollo-Soyuz at 50: The enduring myth of Peace-In-Space, good will among men

100% Right coverage: 2 sources

FPI / July 23, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The myth that Peace-in-Space can lead to, or even influence the possibility of Peace-on-Earth rests in part on the historically brief but emotionally enduring impact of the first international mission in space, the July 17, 1975 docking of the United States-Soviet Union Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. While […]Astronauts · United States See the Story

These Are the Best Jobs for These Personality Types

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Certain jobs seem well suited to people with personality traits — astronauts have ‘the right stuff,’ for example. And they get paid a lot.Astronauts Read Article

NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim, Axiom Mission 4 Commander Peggy Whitson Conduct Research in Space

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)/Takuya Onishi In this photo from June 28, 2025, Expedition 73 flight engineer Jonny Kim and former NASA astronaut and director of human spaceflight at Axiom Space Peggy Whitson work together inside the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module setting up hardware for cancer research. The hardware is used to culture patient-derived cancer cells, model their growth in microgravity, and test a…Astronauts · Japan Read Article

“It Was an Amazing Feeling to Be Able to Go to the Iss in My Hungarian Tricolor Spacesuit!” – Tibor Kapu to Mandiner

When you are up in space, you realize that things are constantly happening, just somewhere else. When you are having a good day, someone else is having a bad day somewhere else, and that teaches you humility, says Tibor Kapu. We spoke with the Hungarian astronaut of the Hunor program in Houston a few days after his return to Earth.Astronauts · Hungary See the Story

I went from being an astronaut to a desk job and have no regrets

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Tom Marshburn, a former NASA astronaut, now works for Sierra Space.Courtesy of Sierra SpaceTom Marshburn worked at NASA from 1994 to 2022. He spent 18 years in the astronaut corps.In 2022, he joined Sierra Space, a commercial space company. He now primarily works at a desk.Astronaut life was exciting but demanding. He told BI he has no regrets about the career transition.This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Marshburn…Astronauts · United States Read Article

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