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Stardust announces Stardust Ascend, its civilian astronaut training program

Stardust Ascend is civilian astronaut training and interplanetary readiness, announced from Houston. First missions in 2027; the first crew is named at Stardust 2026 in Seattle.

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Spaceflight Now · 1 hour, 18 minutes ago

Starship returns to Earth; rocket splashes down north of Hawaii after three-hour flight

The Super Heavy first stage booster, generating some 16 million pounds of thrust — twice the power of NASA's Space Launch System moon rocket — rapidly accelerated as it consumed propellant and lost weight, climbing out of the …

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