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Electron launch fails
WASHINGTON — A Rocket Lab Electron rocket failed to reach orbit May 15 when its second stage engine ...
Perseverance, Hope and a fire god: a history...
Beijing (AFP) May 15, 2021
China's probe to Mars touched down on the Red Planet Saturday to deploy...
'Nihao Mars': China's Zhurong rover touches down on...
Beijing (AFP) May 15, 2021
China's probe to Mars touched down on the Red Planet early Saturday to ...
China’s Zhurong Mars rover lands safely in Utopia...
HELSINKI — China succeeded with its first planetary landing attempt Friday, safely setting down the ...
Telesat ready to move fast on selling spectrum...
TAMPA, Fla. — Telesat could start a spectrum auction to help fund its $5 billion Lightspeed low Eart...
SpaceX outlines first orbital Starship test flight
WASHINGTON — SpaceX has disclosed details for the first orbital test flight of its next-generation S...
Vandenberg Air Force Base to be renamed Space...
California's Vandenberg Air Force Base will be renamed as a U.S. Space Force Base on Friday.
The na...
China rover to attempt Mars landing over coming...
China's "Zhurong" rover, part of its ambitious space programme to send a probe to Mars, is set to...
Using cell phones as space weather vanes
Magnetometers have turned cell phones into compasses, which are sensitive to geomagnetic storms. ...
Where do meteorites come from? We tracked hundreds...
A meteorite fragment recently found in the Cotswolds town of Winchcombe. Researchers at Curtin Un...
Tiangong: China may gain a monopoly on space...
Artist’s impression of Tiangong. Credit: Alejo Miranda/Shutterstock
China launched Tianhe-1, the...
Week in images: 10 - 14 May 2021...
Week in images: 10 - 14 May 2021
Discover our week through the lens
Physicists predict neutron stars may be bigger than...
A composite image of the supernova 1E0102.2-7219 contains X-rays from Chandra (blue and purple), ...
Gaia might even be able to detect the...
Credit: NASA
The Gaia spacecraft is an impressive feat of engineering. Its primary mission is to...
Extrasolar Object Interceptor could chase down interstellar objects,...
Artist’s depiction of the Extrasolar Object Interceptor. Credit: Christopher Morrison
What if we...
Supercomputer simulations unlock an old space weather puzzle...
ESA's Solar Orbiter mission. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab
Scientists have long questioned why the bu...
Rocket Lab to make second booster recovery attempt...
WASHINGTON — The next launch of Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket will be the second mission where the co...
Getting ready to rocket
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The pieces are stacking up for the launch of Artemis 1 mission around the Moon and back....
Earth from Space: Qeshm Island
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Qeshm Island – the largest island in Iran.
Axelspace raises $24 million in Series C round...
SAN FRANCISCO – Axelspace, the Japanese firm planning to offer daily global optical imagery, raised ...
Japanese billionaire, Russian actress to fly to ISS...
WASHINGTON — A Japanese billionaire best known for buying a SpaceX Starship flight around the moon w...
Laser communications powers more data than ever before...
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 13, 2021
Launching this summer, NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstra...
Xplore opens 22,000 sq ft satellite manufacturing facility...
Redmond WA (SPX) May 13, 2021
Xplore Inc., a commercial space company providing Space as a Service...
Scientists invent a method for predicting solar radio...
Moscow, Russia (SPX) May 13, 2021
Scientists at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology...
Glenn researchers study new, futuristic concept to explore...
Cleveland OH (SPX) May 13, 2021
Science and technology advancements start with big ideas and creat...
Going up is the new move on Venus...
Lisbon, Portugal (SPX) May 13, 2021
The largest ever quest for atmospheric wave patterns on the ni...
Seeing NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Fly in 3D...
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 13, 2021
When NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took to the Martian skies on ...
First Ariane 6 fairing at Europe's Spaceport
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) May 13, 2021
Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana is carrying out combi...
Japanese billionaire Maezawa to travel to ISS in...
Moscow (AFP) May 13, 2021
Japanese billionaire entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant Yozo ...
3D printed RL10C-X engine demonstrates full mission capability...
West Palm Beach FL (SPX) May 13, 2021
Aerojet Rocketdyne recently completed a successful RL10C-X a...
Russia to send film crew, Japanese billionaire to...
Moscow (AFP) May 13, 2021
Russia said Thursday it would send an actress and a director into space ...
SpaceX signs deal with Google Cloud for satellite...
Washington (AFP) May 13, 2021
Elon Musk's SpaceX announced Thursday that Google would team up with...
Yusaku Maezawa: Japan's billionaire spaceman with a taste...
Tokyo (AFP) May 13, 2021
Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who will travel to the International Space St...
Shareholders approve extension of Momentus deal
WASHINGTON — Shareholders in the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) seeking to merge with in...
Starlink teams up with Google for ground infrastructure...
TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX will install ground stations within Google’s data centers for its Starlink broa...
Japanese tycoon planning space station visit, then moon...
In this Nov. 20, 2018, file photo, Zozo Chief Executive Yusaku Maezawa speaks during a press conf...