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Watch Chinese astronauts get haircuts aboard Tiangong space station (video)

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[ad_1] China’s Shenzhou 17 astronauts have been taking care of grooming alongside their on-orbit obligations. Mission commander Tang Hongbo and rookie crewmates Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin recently helped each other get haircuts aboard the Tiangong space station. Video released by CMSA, China’s human spaceflight agency, shows Tang Shengjie cutting the hair of his colleague …

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ISS astronauts watch Russian cargo ship burn up in Earth’s atmosphere (photos)

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[ad_1] Astronauts aboard the International Space Station got a front-row seat to some rare atmospheric “fireworks.” On Wednesday (Nov. 29), the Russian Progress MS-23 cargo spacecraft departed from the International Space Station (ISS) with a load of refuse no longer needed on the orbital outpost. Specifically, the spacecraft was carrying “old equipment and household waste, …

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How a Scientist and Cartoonist Envision Living on the Moon and Mars

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[ad_1] By the 2030s, if NASA’s and other space agencies’ plans come to fruition, astronauts and the occasional tourist group will frequently visit the moon. Not long after that, they’ll be able to live for extended periods on lunar outposts, much like astronauts do in space stations today. By the 2040s or 2050s, travelers to …

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