Beijing (AFP) Dec 30, 2019 - A Chinese court on Monday sentenced the scientist who claimed to be behind the world's first gene-edited babies to three years in prison for illegal medical practice, state media reported.
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 29, 2019 - NASA astronaut Christina Koch set the record Saturday for the longest single space flight by a woman at 289 days. Koch, 40, surpassed the record set by Peggy Whitson, who spent 288 consecutive
Moscow (AFP) Dec 27, 2019 - Russia's defence minister told President Vladimir Putin on Friday the first Avangard hypersonic missiles had been put into service, in a move hailed as a major coup for Moscow.
Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2019 - China Friday launched one of the world's most powerful rockets in a major step forward for its planned mission to Mars in 2020.
Beijing (XNA) Dec 27, 2019 - China's 15-tonne reusable liquid oxygen-methane engine completed a run test with a duration of 500 seconds in Beijing on Wednesday. The engine, named JD-1, was developed by the Beijing-based r
Jiuquan, China (XNA) Dec 27, 2019 - A commercial suborbital carrier rocket developed by a private Chinese company was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 4:50 p.m. Wednesday (Beijing Time). Th
Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 27, 2019 - The rocket is carrying three Gonets-M communication satellites and a Blitz-M technology satellite to orbit and marks Russia's 25th space launch this year. The Russian military reported later that th
London (AFP) Dec 26, 2019 - In 2020, will the wow factor return to consumer hardware? Will blockchain and 5G punch into the mainstream? Or will the world unify against Big Tech's tax-avoiding practices?
Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 24, 2019 - Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos has approved a preliminary design of a super heavy-lift launch vehicle and also appointed the head of the project, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 24, 2019 - Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft completed the first land touchdown of a human-rated capsule in U.S. history Sunday at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, wrapping up the company's uncrewed
Cologne, Germany (SPX) Dec 24, 2019 - The intensity of space radiation is much greater outside Earth's protective magnetic field. This causes problems for the human body and represents a challenge for future crewed space missions to the
Washington (AFP) Dec 22, 2019 - Boeing's new Starliner unmanned spacecraft returned to Earth on Sunday, landing in the New Mexico desert in the United States six days early after a clock problem prevented a rendezvous with the International Space Station.
Paris (AFP) Dec 22, 2019 - The first Ariane space rocket lifted off over the forests of French Guiana 40 years ago, enabling Europe to at last take its place as an independent player in the international race for space.
Newport, United Kingdom (AFP) Dec 22, 2019 - Wales is better known for its factory closures than high-tech achievements. But in Newport, a former bastion of the coal industry, a handful of semiconductor manufacturers dream of a new Silicon Valley.
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 20, 2019 - While Starliner tests its capabilities during Boeing's first uncrewed Starliner flight test, astronauts are getting ready to fly through extensive training at NASA's Johnson Space Center. As home to
Cape Canaveral (AFP) Dec 20, 2019 - Boeing's Starliner spacecraft won't achieve its mission objective of docking with the International Space Station, NASA said Friday, dealing a blow to the agency's plans to end US dependence on Russian rockets for astronaut taxi rides.
