Space
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Scientists claim progress on solving Earth’s deepest secrets
Jan 13, 2017News Hour: Japanese scientists say that silicon is likely the mystery element in the Earth’s inner core, claiming progress on solving one of the planet’s deepest secrets. Consensus has long been that the centre of the... -
SpaceX plans to resume flights of Falcon 9 rocket on Monday
Jan 7, 2017News Hour: SpaceX plans to resume flights of its Falcon 9 rocket on Monday, after pinning down the cause of a launchpad explosion that destroyed a satellite in September, a spokesman said. The California-based private space... -
NASA announced two unmanned missions to asteroids to study one of the earliest eras in the history of the solar system
Jan 5, 2017News Hour: The US space agency NASA on Wednesday announced two unmanned missions to asteroids designed to study one of the earliest eras in the history of the solar system. They have been dubbed Lucy and... -
SpaceX aims to return its rockets to flight in mid-December
Nov 5, 2016News Hour: SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Friday his space launch company is aiming to return its rockets to flight in mid-December following a launch pad accident two months ago. During an interview with... -
ESA: Images indicate European Mars lander destroyed
Oct 21, 2016News Hour: Images taken by a NASA Mars orbiter indicate that Europe’s missing craft fell to the Red Planet’s surface from a height of 2 to 4 kilometers (1.2 to 2.5 miles) and was destroyed on... -
2 Chinese astronauts entered the new orbiting space laboratory for the first time
Oct 19, 2016News Hour: Two Chinese astronauts entered the country’s new orbiting space laboratory for the first time on Wednesday, state media reported, as Beijing works towards having its own space station. Mission commander Jing Haipeng was first... -
China launched two astronauts into space
Oct 17, 2016News Hour: China launched two astronauts into space on Monday, official media said, on a mission to its orbiting laboratory as the country works towards setting up its own space station. The Shenzhou-11 spacecraft blasted off... -
Europe reaches crucial stage in quest to scour the Red Planet for signs of life
Oct 14, 2016News Hour: Thirteen years after its first, failed attempt to place a rover on Mars, Europe reaches a crucial stage on Sunday in a fresh quest to scour the Red Planet for signs of life, this... -
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to unveil plan to build human colony on Mars
Sep 27, 2016News Hour: SpaceX chief Elon Musk is set on Tuesday to unveil his ambitious plan to build a human colony on Mars after sending a manned spacecraft to the Red Planet within a decade. He will... -
China lost control of it’s space station and set to fall back to Earth
Sep 21, 2016News Hour: Chinese officials appear to have confirmed what many observers have long suspected: that China is no longer in control of its space station. China’s Tiangong-1 space station has been orbiting the planet for about...
