Washington DC (UPI) Jul 1, 2024 - In its third attempt in more than a year, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency successfully launched Monday its new H3 rocket carrying with it this time an observation satellite intended to monitor damage on Earth from natural disasters.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2024 - As NASA prepares for extended missions to the Moon and Mars, a newly selected concept aims to grow habitats using fungi for future explorers. Researchers at NASA Ames Research Center in California
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2024 - The speed of getting to space relies on more than just the thrust of a rocket. Before any countdown begins, satellite systems must be designed, manufactured, and tested to ensure they meet the uniqu
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 01, 2024 - Beijing: Space Pioneer, a Chinese aerospace company, experienced an accidental rocket launch during a developmental test in Gongyi, central China. Beijing Tianbing Technology Co, also known as
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2024 - Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and U.S. space transportation company Firefly Aerospace have entered into a collaborative agreement to launch satellites using Firefly's Alpha rocket from Esrange Spa
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 01, 2024 - China's remarkable achievement of retrieving the first-ever samples from the far side of the moon has sparked discussions about the United States' strategy of excluding China from space projects. Ex
Grand Forks ND (SPX) Jul 01, 2024 - For about 15 minutes on July 21, 1961, American astronaut Gus Grissom felt at the top of the world - and indeed he was. Grissom crewed the Liberty Bell 7 mission, a ballistic test flight that
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 01, 2024 - The two Proba-3 satellites were positioned facing each other in a cleanroom, with cameras, LEDs, a laser, and shadow sensors activated sequentially to test the systems that will allow the pair to se
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2024 - One of most lethal forms of cancer, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PADC), has been classed on wrong side of chemosensitivity scale- those varieties that are very resistant to chemotherapy. The pr
Paris (AFP) June 28, 2024 - Europe's weather satellite operator has cancelled plans to use the European rocket Ariane 6 less than two weeks before its first-ever launch, opting to go with US firm SpaceX instead, the French newspaper Le Monde has reported.
Washington (AFP) June 28, 2024 - The first astronauts to fly Boeing's troubled Starliner are definitely not stranded at the International Space Station, NASA insisted Friday despite having no clear timeframe for bringing them home.
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jun 27, 2024 - What if the future of space travel were to look less like Space-X's rocket-based Starship and more like NASA's Hyper-X, the hypersonic jet plane that, 20 years ago this year, flew faster than any
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 27, 2024 - The acceleration of space exploration, spurred by astronaut recruitment and private space travel, signals a future where space travel becomes more common. However, many questions remain about the ph
Seoul (AFP) June 26, 2024 - North Korea test-fired what appeared to be a hypersonic missile on Wednesday, but the launch ended in a mid-air explosion, an official from Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
Washington (AFP) June 26, 2024 - NASA on Tuesday said it had picked SpaceX to build a vessel to carry the International Space Station back through Earth's atmosphere and on to a final resting place in the Pacific Ocean after it is retired in 2030.
Pefkochori, Greece (AFP) June 25, 2024 - The waves of the Aegean Sea lap gently at the tables and chairs of two beach restaurants on Greece's Halkidiki peninsula.
