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December 19, 2024 11:05 AM

Ambassador Kwatra, US Deputy Secy Campbell meet Indian Astronauts, discuss space sector, defence space cooperation

Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Vinay Mohan Kwatra, along with U.S. Deputy Secretary Kurt Campbell and Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer, visited NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Wednesday and met with representatives from...

October 25, 2024 3:17 PM

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts return safely to Earth

Space X's Crew-8 astronauts returned to Earth on the Dragon spacecraft from the International Space Station on Friday (October 25). The spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Matt Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander ...

October 23, 2024 4:25 PM

Moon sample talks show space engagement by rivals US and China

NASA and Chinese officials are engaged in talks to let American scientists analyze rocks retrieved by China from the moon's far side, according to the head of the U.S. space agency, as Washington pursues improved communication with Beijing on issues ...

October 16, 2024 8:32 PM

Prada and Axiom Space aim for the moon with new astronaut suit

Italian luxury group Prada and Houston-based startup Axiom Space unveiled on Wednesday the design of a spacesuit that will be used for NASA's Artemis 3 mission to the moon that is planned for 2026. In its outward appearance, the spacesuit does not s...

October 14, 2024 3:16 PM

NASA spacecraft to study whether Jupiter’s moon Europa can harbor life

NASA is set to launch a spacecraft to Jupiter's moon Europa, considered one of our solar system's most promising spots to search for life beyond Earth, to learn whether this ice-encased world believed to harbor a vast underground ocean is habitable. ...

October 1, 2024 10:46 AM

US FAA grounds SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket after second-stage malfunction

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Monday said SpaceX must investigate why the second stage of its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket malfunctioned after a NASA astronaut mission on Saturday, grounding the rocket for the third time in three months. ...

September 23, 2024 3:05 AM

SpaceX plans to send five uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years, Musk says

SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starship missions to Mars in two years, CEO Elon Musk said on Sunday in a post on social media platform X. Earlier this month, Musk had said that the first Starships to Mars would launch in two years "when ...

September 21, 2024 5:16 PM

NASA releases eerie sound waves from a black hole 250 million light years away

NASA has recorded an eerie audio clip capturing sound waves from a supermassive black hole located 250 million light years away in the Perseus cluster of galaxies. These acoustic waves were transposed up 57 and 58 octaves to make them audible to huma...

September 7, 2024 10:37 AM

Without astronauts, Boeing’s Starliner returns to Earth

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft landed uncrewed in a New Mexico desert late on Friday (September 6), capping a three-month test mission hobbled by technical issues that forced the astronauts it had flown to the International Space Station to remain the...

August 27, 2024 1:17 PM

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore’s plight piles pressure on Boeing’s space unit

NASA's decision to send Boeing's Starliner capsule home without astronauts follows years of missteps by the planemaker in its space business and raises doubts over the future of the unit, analysts and industry sources said. Taking NASA astronauts Bu...