Space
Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lands on the moon in ‘victory cry of a new India’
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) - An Indian spacecraft became the first to land on the rugged, unexplored south pole of the…
Russia’s first lunar mission in 47 years smashes into the moon in failure
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Russia's first moon mission in 47 years failed when its Luna-25 space craft spun…
Scientists discover that universe is awash in gravitational waves; Discover that it has a background ‘hum’
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists unveiled evidence that gravitational waves, the ripples in the fabric of space-time predicted by Albert…
China will launch Shenzhou-16 mission to Chinese space station on May 30
BEIJING, May 29 (Reuters) - China will send three astronauts to its now fully operational space station on Tuesday as part of…
Space startup partners with SpaceX to launch commercial space station
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - Vast, a startup backed by cryptocurrency billionaire Jed McCaleb, is aiming to launch a…
Mystery Chinese spacecraft returns to Earth after 276 days
BEIJING, May 8 (Reuters) - An experimental Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth on Monday after staying in orbit for 276 days, China's…
Japan’s ispace says bid to make first commercial moon landing failed
By Kantaro Komiya and Joey Roulette April 26 (Reuters) - Japanese startup ispace inc 9348.T said its attempt to make the first…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX postpones debut flight of Starship rocket system
Elon Musk's SpaceX ha scalled off a highly anticipated launch of its powerful new Starship rocket, delaying the first uncrewed test flight…
UPDATED: Lift off of ESA Jupiter mission postponed
The European Space Agency (Esa) posponed the a satellite to the planet Jupiter, one of the organisation's most ambitious missions ever. The…
Five planets to stage rare alignment
Five planets will stage a rare spectacular event in the night sky by lining up together starting March 27. The show is…
WATCH: Japan’s new rocket fails after engine issue, in blow to space ambitions
Japan's new medium-lift rocket failed on its debut flight in space on Tuesday after the launcher's second-stage engine did not ignite as…
Astronomers target dark side of the Moon in search for alien life
Telescopes placed on the dark side of the Moon could pick up the first signs of intelligent alien life, and peer back…