Space

Two Russians, American reach space station

News Hour Correspondent - Sep 16, 2023

In the midst of blazing tensions between Moscow and Washington over Ukraine, two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut launched Friday and docked with the International Space Station. Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, and NASA astronaut Loral...
From the Moon to the Sun: India readies next space mission

News Hour Correspondent - Sep 2, 2023

The Indian space agency aims for yet another accomplishment. A week after its successful unmanned Moon landing, a mission to explore the Sun will be launched on Saturday. At 11:50 am (0620 GMT), Aditya-L1 will launch...
Japan postpones ‘Moon Sniper’ liftoff for third time

News Hour Correspondent - Aug 28, 2023

Due to bad weather, Japan’s space agency postponed the launch of its “Moon Sniper” lunar mission on Monday for a third time. A research satellite created in collaboration with NASA and the European Space Agency was...
NASA and SpaceX postpone launch of ISS crew rotation mission

News Hour Correspondent - Aug 25, 2023

A four-person crew’s flight to the International Space Station has been postponed, according to NASA and SpaceX on Thursday. NASA said the mission was “standing down” from a scheduled Friday launch time, but did not provide...
North Korea says spy satellite launch ends in failure, again

News Hour Correspondent - Aug 25, 2023

Three months after the first spy satellite crashed into the water shortly after launch, North Korea reported that its second attempt to launch a spy satellite into orbit on Thursday failed. The creation of a military...
India’s historic cut-price Moon mission set for touchdown

News Hour Correspondent - Aug 23, 2023

India prepared for its most recent attempt at a Moon landing on Wednesday, a historic occasion for the most populous country in the world as it quickly approaches benchmarks achieved by other space powers. In what...
Russia’s Luna-25 probe crashes on the Moon

News Hour Correspondent - Aug 21, 2023

The Luna-25 probe, Russia’s first Moon mission in nearly 50 years, crashed on the Moon’s surface as a result of an unidentified mishap during pre-landing maneuvers, the Russian space agency Roscosmos announced on Sunday. The accident...
Amazon invests $120 million in internet satellite facility

News Hour Correspondent - Jul 22, 2023

As part of its intentions to create a space internet service that would compete with SpaceX’s Starlink, Amazon announced Friday that it will invest $120 million to develop a satellite assembly facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space...
Australia says mystery beach object may come from space launch

Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 18, 2023

Authorities have been perplexed by a large, barnacle-covered cylinder that has washed ashore on an Australian beach; on Tuesday, the nation’s space agency speculated that it might be leftover rocket launch debris from abroad. The item,...
Japan rocket engine explodes during test

News Hour Correspondent - Jul 14, 2023

An official reported that a Japanese rocket engine exploded during a test on Friday, dealing the nation’s space agency yet another setback. According to Naoya Takegami of the science and technology ministry, the Epsilon S, an...