Launch of private US moon lander postponed by technical glitch in Florida
By Joe Skipper and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – The planned launch of a robotic moon lander built by Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines was called off less…
Job cuts spill beyond tech sector
By Zaheer Kachwala, Harshita Mary Varghese, Samrhitha Arunasalam, Arsheeya Bajwa, Priyanka.G and Jaspreet Singh (Reuters) – Several U.S. and Canadian companies, mostly in sectors such as technology and media, have…
Plans to ship human ashes, drink container to Moon spark legal debate
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An array of unconventional, privately funded plans to exploit the moon, including as a site for human ashes and sports-drink containers, has gathered steam…
Spate of job cuts continues unabated at Big Tech, media firms
By Zaheer Kachwala, Harshita Mary Varghese, Samrhitha Arunasalam, Arsheeya Bajwa and Priyanka.G (Reuters) – Big Tech and media companies in the United States continue to announce fresh job cuts, a…
Russian cosmonaut sets record for most time in space – more than 878 days
By Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko on Sunday set a world record for total time spent in space, surpassing his compatriot Gennady Padalka…
Don’t wake us from the dream of life on Mars
Just as politicians rarely keep what they promise before the election, so Elon Musk has deluded us for years about the possibility of living on Mars. After the proclamations and…
Musk’s SpaceX sued for negligence in accident that led to worker’s coma
By Marisa Taylor and Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s SpaceX is facing a negligence lawsuit brought by the wife of a worker whose skull was fractured during a…
What you need to know about the April total solar eclipse
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The moon will completely blot out the sun for millions of people in North America along a path crossing from Mexico into the United…
Mars rover data confirms ancient lake sediments on red planet
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – NASA’s rover Perseverance has gathered data confirming the existence of ancient lake sediments deposited by water that once filled a giant basin on…
Japan’s SLIM moon craft short on power after successful lunar landing
By Kantaro Komiya and Joey Roulette TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Saturday became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon, but solar power issues threatened to cut…