Chile to install world’s largest astronomy camera on the edge of Atacama desert
By Reuters TV and Natalia Ramos SANTIAGO (Reuters) – With a resolution above 3.2 gigapixels, a nearly three-ton weight and the ambitious task of carrying out an unprecedented decade-long exploration,…
New Zealand’s nascent space industry aims for the stars
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The grassy plains on the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island, once home to cattle, have been transformed into a key aerospace facility…
Earliest-known galaxy, spotted by Webb telescope, is a beacon to cosmic dawn
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the earliest-known galaxy, one that is surprisingly bright and big considering it formed during the universe’s infancy…
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…
China lands on moon’s far side in historic sample-retrieval mission
By Liz Lee, Joey Roulette and Joe Brock BEIJING (Reuters) – China landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon on Sunday, a landmark mission aiming to…
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…