Space
China begins construction on radar system against near-Earth asteroid impact
China has recently begun constructing a new deep-space active observation facility in the Southwestern city of Chongqing, in order to boost its…
WATCH: First all-private astronaut team aboard space station heads for splashdown
The first all-private astronaut crew to fly aboard the International Space Station (ISS) headed for splashdown Monday off the coast of Florida,…
EU lays out $6.8 billion satellite communication plan in space race
The European Commission on Tuesday set out a 6 billion-euro ($6.8 billion) satellite communications plan, part of a push to cut the…
International Space Station swerves to dodge space junk
MOSCOW, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The International Space Station performed a manoeuvre on Friday to temporarily swerve away from a fragment of…
Citing debris risk, NASA delays spacewalk to fix space station antenna
A spacewalk planned for Tuesday to repair a faulty antenna on the International Space Station was postponed indefinitely, NASA said, citing a…
NASA launches test mission of asteroid-deflecting spacecraft
A spacecraft that must ultimately crash to succeed was launched late on Tuesday from California on a NASA mission to demonstrate the…
VIDEO: SpaceX crew splashes down after return from International Space Station
Four astronauts strapped inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast on…
South Korea’s Moon vows ‘Korea space age’ after rocket test falters
GOHEUNG, South Korea, Oct 21 (Reuters) - South Korea's first domestically built space rocket blasted off on Thursday, but failed to fully…
Russian filmmakers land after shoot aboard space station
A Soyuz space capsule carrying a cosmonaut and two Russian filmmakers has landed after a 3 1/2-hour trip from the International Space…
China launches second crewed mission to build space station
JIUQUAN, China, Oct 16 (Reuters) - China on Saturday launched a rocket carrying three astronauts - two men and one woman -…
UK’s Prince William says great minds should focus on saving Earth not space travel
Britain's Prince William has taken a thinly veiled swipe at the billionaires embroiled in a space tourism race, saying the world's greatest…
Launching into space? Not so fast. Insurers balk at new coverage
An ever-swelling amount of space debris is threatening satellites that hover around Earth, making insurers leery of offering coverage to the devices…