Space
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US renews space flights with Russia in rare cooperation
Jul 15, 2022The United States and Russia said Friday they would renew flights together to the International Space Station, preserving one of the last areas of cooperation amid Western attempts to isolate Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine.... -
For the first time water found on another planet
Jul 14, 2022NASA’s James Webb Telescope has discovered water on an alien planet for the first time. This water has been found on a planet called WSP-96b, more than 1,000 light years away. News of the Independent. The... -
NASA started opening one of the last samples from the moon, collected 50 years ago
Mar 11, 2022The Apollo missions to the Moon brought a total of 2,196 rock samples to Earth. But NASA has only just started opening one of the last ones, collected 50 years ago. For all that time, some... -
China denied responsibility for a rocket set to slam into the Moon
Feb 22, 2022China on Monday denied responsibility for a rocket set to slam into the Moon, after experts said the piece of space junk likely came from Beijing’s lunar exploration programme. Astronomers initially thought the wayward object was... -
Musk is ‘sure’ that the Starship will be sent into orbit this year
Feb 13, 2022Despite tremendous hype ahead of the uncommon presentation, Elon Musk gave an update on SpaceX’s plans to create its interplanetary Starship rocket on Thursday night but stopped short of revealing a firm launch date for an... -
Up to 40 SpaceX high-speed internet satellites knocked out of orbit by a geomagnetic storm
Feb 10, 2022Up to 40 SpaceX high-speed internet satellites have been knocked out of orbit by a geomagnetic storm shortly after launch, but pose little threat to Earth as they burn up in the atmosphere, the company said.... -
Daughter of first American astronaut to launch on Blue Origin flight
Dec 13, 2021On Saturday, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will launch its third private crew into space, this time featuring the daughter of America’s first astronaut. The voyage will last about 11 minutes, beginning from the company’s Texas facility... -
Boeing gained US authorization for a project to launch satellites
Nov 5, 2021Boeing on Wednesday gained US authorization for a project to launch satellites that will provide internet services from space. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said in a statement it had approved a license for the aerospace... -
NASA and SpaceX delayed a mission sending astronauts to the International Space Station to avoid “a large storm system”
Oct 30, 2021NASA and SpaceX have delayed a mission sending four astronauts to the International Space Station to avoid “a large storm system,” the agency said on Saturday. The astronauts of “Crew-3” were due to launch aboard a... -
NASA to launch Lucy probe to investigate Jupiter asteroids
Oct 16, 2021NASA plans to send the Lucy spacecraft on a 12-year mission to examine a group of rocky planets known as the Jupiter Trojan asteroids for the first time, providing new insights into the solar system’s creation....
