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August 11, 2026 5:52 PM

NASA invites ISRO to join its ambitious Moon Base programme

India and the United States are set to strengthen their cooperation in space exploration, with NASA inviting ISRO to join its ambitious Moon Base program, building on the two countries’ partnership under the Artemis Accords. During the 9th meeting...

June 8, 2026 3:12 PM

NASA to wear Prada as luxury group pushes into space industry

Italian fashion house Prada unveiled on Sunday the inner-layer garment set to be worn by NASA astronauts heading to the moon, underscoring the brand's push to be the first major luxury player to make inroads in the space industry. The body-hugging s...

May 27, 2026 1:43 PM

NASA outlines vision for lunar ‘city’ amid renewed moon race

NASA has outlined an ambitious long-term vision for establishing a sustained human presence on the Moon, signalling a shift from the short-duration Apollo-era missions toward the development of a permanent lunar settlement. During a presentation at ...

May 21, 2026 10:22 AM

NASA’s Perseverance Rover is ready to complete a Martian marathon

For NASA's Perseverance Rover, life on Mars has been a marathon, not a sprint. For more than five years, the six-wheeled robotic explorer has been steadily traversing the Martian surface seeking signs of ancient life, studying its geology and climate...

January 21, 2026 10:19 AM

Sunita Williams retires from NASA after 27 years, three missions and record 608 days in space

Sunita Williams, one of the most accomplished astronauts in the history of human spaceflight, has retired from the American space agency NASA after an extraordinary 27-year career. Her retirement follows a historic and unexpected nine-month mission a...

January 18, 2026 2:18 PM

NASA rolls giant SLS rocket to launchpad for second Artemis moon mission

NASA rolled its massive Space Launch System rocket toward its launchpad in Florida on Saturday, kicking off a final phase of preparations for the agency's Artemis II mission that is poised to send four astronauts around the moon and back as soon as n...

January 8, 2026 3:49 PM

NASA considers rare early ISS crew return due to astronaut’s medical issue

NASA is considering a rare early return of its crew from the International Space Station over an unspecified medical issue involving one of the astronauts, after cancelling a planned spacewalk that had been scheduled for Thursday, the agency said. A...

November 19, 2025 6:52 PM

NASA set to release new images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS

NASA is set on Wednesday to release new images of an interstellar object called 3I/ATLAS that astronomers have determined is a comet probably even older than our solar system. 3I/ATLAS was first spotted in July by an Asteroid Terrestria...

November 5, 2025 8:59 AM

Trump re-nominates Musk ally and private astronaut Jared Isaacman as NASA chief

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was re-nominating Jared Isaacman, the private astronaut and ally of fellow billionaire and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, for the post of NASA administrator, five months after Isaacman's original nomination w...

October 22, 2025 11:34 AM

Musk, NASA chief Duffy jostle over space agency leadership

Acting NASA chief Sean Duffy and billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday traded barbs online over who should lead the space agency, a day after Duffy invited companies to compete with Musk's SpaceX for a moon landing mission. The spat involving the ...