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SpaceX launches mission for astronauts stuck on ISS

SpaceX's capsule has rocketed into orbit to fetch two astronauts at the International Space Station who will return to earth next year.

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A SpaceX capsule is on its way to retrieve astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. (AP PHOTO)

Earth will get a second ‘mini moon’ from Sunday. Here’s what you should know

The ‘mini moon’ is expected to stick around for months.

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A view of the moon from the nature reserve of the Sierra Mariola in Bocairent, Valencian Community, Spain.

The best snaps of this year’s Harvest Supermoon

A Supermoon rises above Bald Hill at Stanwell Park South of Sydney, Wednesday, September 18, 2024. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

Civilian performs private spacewalk in world first

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A tech billionaire has performed the first private spacewalk hundreds of kilometres above earth.

Troubled Boeing Starliner heading back to Earth - without astronauts

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An unmanned Boeing Starliner capsule has pulled away from the International Space Station. (AP PHOTO)

Major development as two astronauts remain stranded in space

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Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams left for the ISS in June expecting to have an eight-day mission.