Boeing Starliner capsule’s first crewed test flight postponed minutes before launch
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – A second attempt at launching Boeing’s new Starliner space capsule on its inaugural test flight with NASA astronauts on…
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft unlocks asteroid Dinkinesh’s dynamic history
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A little asteroid called Dinkinesh – visited last November by NASA‘s Lucy spacecraft – has a surprisingly dynamic history, according to scientists, along with…
Musk’s Starlink back up after brief outage
By Gnaneshwar Rajan (Reuters) – Elon Musk‘s Starlink, the satellite unit of SpaceX, is back up after an outage that affected thousands of users, the company said on Tuesday. “The…
Zimbabwe approves licensing of Musk’s Starlink internet service
By Nyasha Chingono HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s telecom regulator has approved the licensing of Elon Musk’s Starlink, allowing the satellite unit of SpaceX to operate in the southern African country,…
Bezos’ Blue Origin launches first crew to edge of space since 2022 grounding
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) – Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin launched a six-person crew – including the first U.S. Black astronaut candidate from the 1960s – from West Texas…
Perseverance mission raises hopes for life detection on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover has made a significant discovery on Mars: It indicates that the planet’s Jezero crater was once filled with water. This finding raises the exciting possibility that the rover…
What is the 3 Body Problem in simple terms?
For those who’ve eagerly devoured “3 Body Problem,” the latest series on Netflix from the creative minds behind Game of Thrones, David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, and True Blood writer Alexander Woo, a hunger…
Boeing sending first astronaut crew to space after years of delay
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing is poised to send the first Starliner space capsule with a crew of humans into orbit next week, giving it a long-delayed chance…
Resource optimization also invades space research
Resource optimization: NASA wants to seek creative proposals to bring Perseverance rover soil samples to Earth at a significantly lower price. The US Space Agency has now announced this, responding…
China set to launch high-stakes mission to moon’s ‘hidden’ side
By Albee Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – China will send a robotic spacecraft in coming days on a round trip to the moon’s far side in the first…