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Perhaps the most ugly truth of human spaceflight is that the ISS is old and its days are numbered.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2026
Of note, this will also be the first human spaceflight from SLC-40 as KSC’s pad will be in preparation for the Europa Clipper launch in October.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2026
Given that a typical satellite payload is around 800 kg (1760 pounds), those prices were close to a billion dollars (in today’s dollars) per launch in the early days of spaceflight.
—Big Think, 24 Feb. 2026
China's first emergency operation in its human spaceflight program came to an end when the astronaut-empty Shenzhou-20 return capsule parachuted into the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Jan. 19 of this year.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 24 Feb. 2026
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2026
Of note, this will also be the first human spaceflight from SLC-40 as KSC’s pad will be in preparation for the Europa Clipper launch in October.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2026
Given that a typical satellite payload is around 800 kg (1760 pounds), those prices were close to a billion dollars (in today’s dollars) per launch in the early days of spaceflight.
—Big Think, 24 Feb. 2026
China's first emergency operation in its human spaceflight program came to an end when the astronaut-empty Shenzhou-20 return capsule parachuted into the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Jan. 19 of this year.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Spaceflight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaceflight. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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spaceflight
noun
space·flight
ˈspās-ˌflīt 
: flight beyond the earth's atmosphere
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