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A Virgin Galactic spaceship carrying Richard Branson touches down after a voyage to the edge of space the British billionaire called an "experience of a lifetime." IMAGES
Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, and his assistant Yozo Hirano arrive at the International Space Station, marking Russia's return to space tourism after a decade-long pause that saw the rise of competition from the United States. A NASA livefeed shows the hatch of the Soyuz MS-20 capsule open at 1611 GMT, showing Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin entering the ISS, followed by Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano. IMAGES
Starship, SpaceX's massive prototype rocket, launches for its fourth test flight, and is now attempting to fly halfway around the globe before splashing down in the Indian Ocean. The most powerful launch system ever built, vital to NASA's plans for returning astronauts to the Moon and for SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's hopes of one day colonizing Mars, blasts off from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas at 7:50 am (1250 GMT). IMAGES
SpaceX carries out the third test launch of Starship, the world's most powerful rocket that is vital to NASA's plans for landing astronauts on the Moon and Elon Musk's hopes of eventually colonizing Mars. Lift-off from the company's base in southeast Texas came around 8:25 am local time (1325 GMT) and was carried on a webcast viewed by more than 1.5 million people. IMAGES
An all-European crew including Turkey's first astronaut arrives at the International Space Station on a voyage chartered by Axiom Space. The team is welcomed with hugs by the seven crew members already aboard the ISS. IMAGES
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