Astronauts finally head home after nine-month ISS stay
A pair of astronauts stranded in space for more than nine months were finally headed home Tuesday after their capsule undocked from the International Space Station.
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Asteroid probe snaps rare pics of Martian moon
On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare images of the red planet’s mysterious small moon Deimos, the European Space Agency said on Thursday...
2 astronauts stranded on space station to touch down early
Two American astronauts who have been trapped on the International Space Station since June could return to Earth earlier in March than expected, NASA said on Tuesday...
SpaceX catches Starship booster, ends with upper stage explosion
The triumph was, however, short-lived when teams lost contact with the upper stage vehicle. SpaceX later confirmed it had undergone ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly,’ the company’s euphemism for an explosion...
US astronauts upbeat 7 months into 8-day mission
Two US astronauts who have been stuck for months on the International Space Station have plenty of food, are not facing a laundry crisis, and do not yet feel like castaways...
NASA eyes SpaceX, Blue Origin to cut Mars rock retrieval costs
NASA announced Tuesday it may turn to Elon Musk’s SpaceX or Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin to help reduce the soaring costs of returning Martian rocks collected by the Perseverance rover to Earth...
NASA’s chief astronaut Joseph M Acaba concludes Bangladesh visit
The chief astronaut of NASA, Joseph M Acaba, concluded a successful visit to Bangladesh after successful engagements with youth, academia, government officials, and media in Dhaka.
Chief astronaut of NASA set to visit Bangladesh for first time
Chief of the astronaut office at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Joseph M Acaba, is set to visit for the first time in Dhaka to engage with local youth, academia, and the media.
SpaceX fails to repeat Starship booster catch, as Trump watches on
SpaceX flew its latest test flight of its Starship megarocket on Tuesday, with president-elect Donald Trump joining Elon Musk to witness the spectacle firsthand in the latest sign of their ever closer ties...
NASA launches probe to study if life possible on icy Jupiter moon
NASA’s Europa Clipper probe blasted off from Florida on Monday, bound for an icy moon of Jupiter to discover whether it has the ingredients to support life.
US forecasts severe solar storm starting Thursday
A massive ball of plasma and accompanying magnetic field ejected from the Sun is expected to strike Earth on Thursday morning, potentially triggering auroras as far south as Alabama, according to US forecasters.
SpaceX docks at ISS to take stranded astronauts home next year
The SpaceX crew that will ferry back in February two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station docked with the orbiting laboratory on Sunday, a live stream of the mission showed.
SpaceX makes history with first spacewalks by private citizens
A pioneering private crew made history on Thursday by becoming the first civilians to perform spacewalks, as NASA hailed ‘a giant leap forward’ for the commercial space industry...
SpaceX launches all-civilian crew for first private spacewalk
SpaceX launched its daring Polaris Dawn mission on Tuesday, a multiday orbital expedition carrying a four-member civilian crew for the first spacewalk by...
Starliner returns to Earth without astronauts
Boeing’s Starliner made its long-awaited return to Earth on Saturday without the astronauts who rode it up to the International Space Station, after NASA ruled the trip back too risky.
