CAPE CANAVERAL (REUTERS) – Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX will try again on Sunday (Jan 19) to destroy one of its own rockets in a…
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Nasa finds Indian's Vikram moon lander with help of amateur space enthusiast
WASHINGTON (AFP) – India’s Vikram lunar lander, which crashed on its final approach to the Moon’s surface in September, has been found thanks in part…
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Nasa overpaid Boeing by hundreds of millions of dollars: Auditor
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Nasa “overpaid” Boeing by hundreds of millions of dollars on a fixed contract to develop a spaceship to carry astronauts to the…
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Nasa plans to send water-hunting robot to moon surface in 2022
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Nasa will send a golf cart-sized robot to the moon in 2022 to search for deposits of water below the surface, an…
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China to test next commercial space rockets in 2020 and 2021
BEIJING (REUTERS) – China will launch test flights for the next two space rockets in its Smart Dragon series meant for commercial use in 2020…
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US astronauts embark on the first all-female spacewalk
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir made history on Friday (Oct 18) when they stepped outside the International Space Station (ISS)…
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Saturn is the solar system's 'moon king,' with 20 more spotted
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Saturn is now being recognised as the “moon king” of our solar system, with astronomers spotting 20 more of them orbiting the…
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Black hole rips apart doomed star in "rare" event
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Scientists have captured a view of a colossal black hole violently ripping apart a doomed star, illustrating an extraordinary and chaotic cosmic…
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils new Mars rocket prototype, expects missions in months
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has unveiled the latest iteration of his space company’s newly assembled Starship, outlining a speedy development timeline for…
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India locates missing Moon lander, no communication yet
NEW DELHI (AFP) – Indian space scientists were desperately trying on Tuesday (Sept 10) to establish communication with their broken Moon lander, having located the…
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India's Moon probe enters lunar orbit
BANGALORE (AFP) – India’s Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft entered lunar orbit on Tuesday (Aug 20), executing one of the trickiest manoeuvres on its historic mission to…
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Former Nasa flight director Chris Kraft dies at 95
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Nasa’s first flight director Chris Kraft, who played a critical role in the American space race, has died just days after 50th…
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Space crew to blast off for ISS on moon landing anniversary
BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN (AFP) – US, Italian and Russian astronauts are set to blast off into space Saturday (July 20) in a launch coinciding with the…
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India to make new bid to launch Moon rocket on Monday
NEW DELHI (AFP) – India will make a new bid to launch a landmark mission to the Moon on Monday (July 22), a week after…
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