Space

As asserted by Pyongyang, Japan stated on Wednesday that it was still uncertain if North Korea had been successful in launching a military spy satellite into orbit. “The (Japanese) government at this point is not confirming...

Australians began voting Monday on a name for the country’s first home-made Moon rover, with a shortlist including “Mateship”, “Roo-ver” and “Kakirra” — an Indigenous word for the Earth’s satellite. Australia’s space industry will develop the...

SpaceX’s uncrewed spacecraft Starship, developed to carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, was presumed to have failed in space minutes after lifting off on Saturday during its second test, after its first attempt ended in...

After spending five months in orbit at the nation’s space station, three Chinese astronauts made a safe return to Earth on Tuesday, according to state media. At 8:11 am (0011 GMT), Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu, and...

The largest asteroid sample ever gathered in space, whose first photographs will be released by NASA on Wednesday, is expected to provide information about the early history of our solar system and potentially even the beginnings...

On Monday, the Russian portion of the International Space Station (ISS) experienced its third coolant leak in less than a year, sparking new concerns about the nation’s space program’s dependability despite assurances from officials that the...

India’s Sun-monitoring spacecraft has crossed a landmark point on its journey to escape “the sphere of Earth’s influence”, its space agency said, days after the disappointment of its Moon rover failing to awaken. The Aditya-L1 mission,...

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...

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...

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...