National Nov 20, 2020
Astronaut Noguchi says SpaceX ship offered 'best' flight to ISS
The Japanese scientist is one of only three people known to have launched in three different types of spacecraft.
World / Science & Health Nov 16, 2020
Noguchi among four astronauts bound for ISS on SpaceX launch
The launch was the first of what the U.S. hopes will be many routine missions following a successful test flight in late spring.
National Nov 14, 2020
NASA chief touts role of Japan's Soichi Noguchi in upcoming SpaceX mission
"I look forward to all the amazing things that Soichi Noguchi is going to do on the International Space Station," NASA chief Jim Bridenstine said.
National / Science & Health Nov 10, 2020
Japanese astronaut hopes upcoming mission will pave way for 'new future'
Soichi Noguchi will be among four astronauts aboard the Crew Dragon capsule to be launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday.
National / Science & Health Nov 3, 2020
Tests on mice in space uncover protein that may combat aging
by Munehisa Tokunaga
Experiments on mice that were taken to the International Space Station have shown an internal protein has the potential to help slow the aging process, according to a joint study by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Tohoku University.
World / Science & Health Oct 17, 2020
Musk sees ‘fighting chance’ for Starship mission to Mars in 2024
SpaceX founder Elon Musk is "80%-90% confident” that the company’s massive new Starship rocket will reach orbit next year and said there’s a chance it will be ready for an uncrewed cargo mission to Mars in 2024. The initial test flights will be difficult and ...
World / Science & Health Oct 15, 2020
SpaceX to launch satellite tracking rising sea levels
by Jonathan Tirone
The mission will be to track how the accelerating rise of sea levels is changing coastlines, threatening the habitat of more than a third of the world’s population.
National / Science & Health Sep 30, 2020
Japanese and U.S. astronauts 'ready to fly' in Oct. 31 SpaceX mission
The upcoming mission will mark the first in a series of regular, rotational flights to the International Space Station by SpaceX's new crew transportation system.
Business / Corporate Sep 20, 2020
The final frontier? Firms to develop cosmetics for use in outer space by 2023
They said CosmoSkin aims to create cosmetics that feel comfortable on the skin even in the extremely dry, zero-gravity conditions of space.
World / Science & Health Aug 2, 2020
The two NASA astronauts who rode to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's new Crew Dragon are heading home for a Sunday splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, capping a two-month voyage in space that marked NASA's first crewed mission from home soil in ...
World May 31, 2020
Russia has lost its long-held monopoly as the only country able to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station following the flawless manned launch by U.S. company SpaceX. The Russian space agency congratulated the United States and Elon Musk's SpaceX on the first crewed flight ...
World May 24, 2020
SpaceX ready to launch astronauts into space for the first time
In the beginning, everyone was skeptical. But Elon Musk's SpaceX defied expectations — and on Wednesday hopes to make history by ferrying two NASA astronauts into space, the first crewed flight from U.S. soil in nine long years. US President Donald Trump will be among ...