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…
Boeing Starliner capsule’s first crewed flight delayed over rocket glitch
By Nathan Gomes, Shivansh Tiwary and Nilutpal Timsina (Reuters) – Boeing’s <BA.N> long-awaited first crewed test flight of the new Starliner space capsule was called off for at least 24…
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…
Scientists explore how to improve crop yields – on Mars
By Will Dunham (Reuters) – For future human bases or colonies on Mars to be self-sustaining, a reliable source of home-grown food will be a must. It simply would be…
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…
Injury rates for Musk’s SpaceX exceed industry average for second year
By Marisa Taylor WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Injury rates at SpaceX facilities continued to exceed an industry average in 2023, according to a Reuters review of safety data reported to U.S.…
The first non-American astronaut on the Moon will be Japanese
Japanese astronaut: The United States is the only country to have taken its astronauts to the Moon. So far, twelve men have walked on lunar soil, but there will be…
Women in STEM: the females who shaped the world
Women in STEM Women in STEM: Every year, on the fourth Thursday in April, International Girls in ICT Day (which takes place on the 25th of April) shines a spotlight…
Delta rockets retired with launch of US reconnaissance satellite
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – The U.S. Space Force and a Boeing-Lockheed joint venture sent a secret reconnaissance payload to orbit on Tuesday atop a Delta IV Heavy rocket, the…