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Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Dec. 09, 2020 06:51 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Dec. 8 The Washington Post on...

Members of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi pose for a photo as the astronauts leave the Operations and Checkout Building for a trip to Launch Pad 39-A and planned liftoff on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule on a six-month mission to the International Space Station Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
SpaceX launches 2nd crew, regular station crew flights begin

By Marcia Dunn Nov. 15, 2020 01:07 PM EST

NASA firefighters drive on the road outside the fence near a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company's Crew Dragon capsule attached, sits on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Four astronauts will fly on the SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station scheduled for launch on Nov. 14, 2020 (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
SpaceX crew flight delayed; Musk gets mixed COVID-19 results

By Marcia Dunn Nov. 13, 2020 01:10 PM EST

NASA Astronauts Shannon Walker, left, and Victor Glover walk from their airplane after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Four astronauts will fly on the SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station scheduled for launch on Nov. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
Astronauts arrive at launch site for 2nd SpaceX crew flight

By Marcia Dunn Nov. 08, 2020 12:01 PM EST

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. The Demo-2 test flight for NASA's Commercial Crew Program was the first to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station and return them safely to Earth onboard a commercially built and operated spacecraft. Behnken and Hurley returned after spending 64 days in space. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown in 45 years

By Marcia Dunn Aug. 02, 2020 11:07 AM EDT

An Atlas V rockets lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center with NASA's Perseverance rover on its way to Mars, Thursday, July 30, 2020, at Cape Canaveral, Fla. The biggest, most sophisticated Mars rover ever built, a car-size vehicle bristling with cameras, microphones, drills and lasers is part part of an ambitious, long-range project to bring the first Martian rock samples back to Earth to be analyzed for evidence of ancient life. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
NASA launches Mars rover to look for signs of ancient life

By Marcia Dunn Jul. 30, 2020 07:52 AM EDT

This illustration made available by NASA depicts the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on the red planet's surface near the Perseverance rover, left. NASA is upping the ante with its newest rover headed to Mars. Set to rocket away this week from Florida, Perseverance is NASA's brawniest and brainiest Martian rover yet. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)
NASA's next Mars rover is brawniest and brainiest one yet

By Marcia Dunn Jul. 27, 2020 01:41 PM EDT

This June 1, 2020, rendering provided by Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre shows the Hope probe. The U.S., China and the United Arab Emirates are sending spacecraft to Mars in quick succession beginning this week.(MBRSC via AP)
Look out, Mars: Here we come with a fleet of spacecraft

By Marcia Dunn Jul. 13, 2020 01:09 AM EDT

This photo provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech in June 2020 shows a 3-by-5-inch (8-by-13-centimeter) aluminum plate between the wheels at center and right, which commemorates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and pays tribute to the perseverance of healthcare workers around the world, attached to the Perseverance Mars rover, in Pasadena, Calif. NASA is pressing ahead with a July 20 launch, despite the pandemic. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)
NASA's next Mars rover honors medical teams fighting virus

By Marcia Dunn Jun. 17, 2020 05:20 PM EDT

This photo provided by NASA shows the crew of SpaceX entering the International Space Station, Sunday, May 31, 2020. The Dragon capsule arrived Sunday morning, hours after a historic liftoff from Florida. It's the first time that a privately built and owned spacecraft has delivered a crew to the orbiting lab. (NASA via AP)
SpaceX's historic encore: Astronauts arrive at space station

By Marcia Dunn May. 31, 2020 11:11 AM EDT

The SpaceX Falcon 9, with Dragon crew capsule on top of the rocket, sits on Launch Pad 39-A, Friday, May 29, 2020, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Two astronauts will fly on the SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station scheduled for launch on Saturday, May 30. For the first time in nearly a decade, astronauts will blast into orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil, a first for a private company. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
'Back in the game': SpaceX ship blasts off with 2 astronauts

By Marcia Dunn May. 30, 2020 09:17 AM EDT

The SpaceX Falcon 9, with the Crew Dragon spacecraft on top of the rocket, sits on Launch Pad 39-A Thursday, May 28, 2020, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Wednesday's planned launch was scrubbed due to weather. They will try again to launch Saturday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Take 2 for SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch with more storms

By Marcia Dunn May. 29, 2020 12:43 PM EDT

In this Wednesday, May 27, 2020 image from video made available by SpaceX, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley, center, and Bob Behnken, left, confer with technicians after leaving the Crew Dragon capsule at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., after an aborted launch due to weather problems. (SpaceX via AP)
`Bummed out': SpaceX launch scrubbed because of bad weather

By Marcia Dunn May. 27, 2020 08:29 AM EDT

FILE - In this July, 8, 2011 file photo, Vanessa Fabrega, of Austin, Texas, cheers as she and others watch the launch of space shuttle Atlantis from the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis was the 135th and final shuttle launch for the U.S. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)
Will virus keep Florida spectators from astronaut launch?

By Mike Schneider May. 22, 2020 01:15 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley, left, and Bob Behnken work with teams from NASA and SpaceX to rehearse crew extraction from SpaceX's Crew Dragon, which will be used to carry humans to the International Space Station, at the Trident Basin in Cape Canaveral, Fla. For the first time in nearly a decade, astronauts are about to blast into orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil. And for the first time in the history of human spaceflight, a private company -- SpaceX -- is providing the ride. (Bill Ingalls/NASA)
NASA, SpaceX bringing astronaut launches back to home turf

By Marcia Dunn May. 21, 2020 11:45 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 8, 2011 file photo, spectators watch the space shuttle Atlantis lift off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis was the 135th and final space shuttle launch for NASA. On Friday, May 1, 2020, NASA and SpaceX urged everyone to stay home for the first home launch of astronauts in nearly a decade, coming up later in the month, because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)
NASA begs spectators for astronaut launch: Please stay home!

By Marcia Dunn May. 01, 2020 01:07 PM EDT

In this handout photo released by Roscosmos Russian cosmonauts Ivan Vagner, member of the main crew to the International Space Station (ISS), seen through glass as he attends a State Committee meeting at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. The new Soyuz mission to the International Space Station is scheduled on Thursday, April 9. (Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service via AP)
No social distancing in space: New crew greeted with hugs

By Marcia Dunn And Vladimir Isachenkov Apr. 09, 2020 04:17 AM EDT