Heads up! A used Chinese rocket is tumbling back to Earth this weekend.
The chances of it hitting a populated area are small, but not zero. That has raised questions about how the country’s space program designs its missions.
Japanese startup to carry UAE lunar rover to the moon in 2022
Space exploration firm ispace will also provide communications and power during the journey and on the lunar surface.
Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi and NASA crew return to Earth in SpaceX capsule
The four-member team was initially due to return in late April but their departure was pushed back due to unfavorable weather conditions.
Japan's Akihiko Hoshide among new ISS crew after SpaceX launch
The commercially developed SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon ship carrying a group of four astronauts successfully docked with the International Space Station on Saturday.
As satellites proliferate, telescopes go dark
Satellites reflect sunlight, causing bright trails across the night sky, which in turn can impede crucial observations or corrupt astronomical data.
SpaceX rocketship launches four astronauts on NASA mission to space station
Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide is part of the four-person crew set to arrive at the space station after a 24-hour journey.
Hamburgers on the moon? Astronaut jokes with Suga about lunar project
Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi has an idea of what an international project to go back to the moon will eventually lead to: Humans enjoying hamburgers on the lunar surface. Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga laugh during a call from the International ...
NASA’s Mars helicopter completes first flight on another world
Like the first flight of an airplane by Wilbur and Orville Wright, the flight did not go far or last long, but it showed what could be done.
NASA is hoping to make history early Monday when the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter attempts the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. The space agency had originally planned the flight for April 11 but postponed it over a software issue that was identified during a ...
NASA says SpaceX wins $2.9 billion contract for moon lander, with 2024 goal
NASA said Friday it has awarded billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's private space company SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts to the moon as early as 2024, picking it over Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics Inc. The ...
NASA is targeting early April for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to make the first attempt at powered, controlled flight on another planet, the space agency said Tuesday. Right now, the ultralight aircraft remains fixed to the belly of the Perseverance rover, which touched down on ...
A new study funded by NASA proposes that the planet's water didn't disappear but is trapped within minerals in the crust.
