Space
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Collection bag from Apollo 11 moon mission to be sold at auction
May 20, 2017News Hour: It is a simple, square white bag that traveled to the moon in 1969 on Apollo 11 and carried back to Earth the first sample of lunar material ever collected. That bag could fetch... -
SpaceX launched a communications satellite for Inmarsat
May 16, 2017News Hour: SpaceX on Monday launched a communications satellite for Inmarsat, marking its first launch for the London-based mobile broadband company. The Inmarsat-5 F4 satellite, built by Boeing, blasted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from... -
3 Australian satellites launched successfully, heading to ISS
Apr 19, 2017News Hour: Three Australian satellites have been launched successfully on Wednesday, heading to the International Space Station (ISS) where they will be deployed to study the Earth’s thermosphere. The three satellites were launched from the Cape... -
NASA to delay the first two missions of its Orion deep-space capsule
Apr 15, 2017News Hour: NASA will probably delay the first two missions of its Orion deep-space capsule, being developed to send astronauts beyond earth’s orbit and eventually to Mars, the US space agency said on Thursday. A report... -
SpaceX reusable cargo ship splashed down in the Pacific Ocean safely
Mar 20, 2017News Hour: A SpaceX reusable cargo ship splashed down in the Pacific Ocean safely on Sunday, ending a mission to supply astronauts on the International Space Station, the company said. The Dragon capsule — the only... -
NASA brings Universe to south by Southwest
Mar 14, 2017News Hour: NASA returns to Austin, Texas, to share its exciting missions, discoveries, technology advancements and plans for future space exploration at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival, March 10-14, and SXSW Tradeshow, March 13-15.... -
China plans to launch 6-8 BeiDou-3 satellites in 2017
Mar 7, 2017News Hour: China plans to launch six to eight BeiDou-3 satellites in 2017, according to a senior designer of the satellite navigation system. It is part of a plan to put 35 BeiDou satellites into space... -
2 private citizens paid money to be sent around the Moon in 2018, says SpaceX
Feb 28, 2017News Hour: SpaceX said on Monday two private citizens have paid money to be sent around the Moon in what would mark the farthest humans have ever traveled to deep space. The United States has not... -
Japanese mission to clear space junk from the Earth’s orbit has ended in failure
Feb 6, 2017News Hour: An experimental Japanese mission to clear ‘space junk’ or rubbish from the Earth’s orbit has ended in failure, officials said Monday, in an embarrassment for Tokyo. Over 100 million pieces of garbage are thought... -
Milky Way galaxy is being pushed across the universe
Feb 2, 2017News Hour: Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, is being pushed across the universe by a large unseen force, according to new research. Although it may not seem like a friendly gesture, the newly discovered Dipole...
