NASA, Boeing clear two technical hurdles for Starliner’s debut crew flight
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing and NASA quelled two technical issues on the company’s Starliner spacecraft, including a “design vulnerability” requiring a temporary workaround, to get the capsule…
NASA chief asks nations to work together on climate change
By Stefanie Eschenbacher MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – NASA is hoping that nations will work together more closely in the future on topics such as climate change, including greenhouse gas emissions,…
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…
White House directs NASA to create time standard for the moon
By Joey Roulette and Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Tuesday directed NASA to establish a unified standard of time for the moon and other celestial bodies,…
China launches signal relay satellite for mission to moon’s hidden side
By Albee Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Wednesday launched a satellite that will act as a communications bridge between ground operations on Earth and an upcoming…
Japan’s Space One Kairos rocket explodes on inaugural flight
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Kairos, a small, solid-fuel rocket made by Japan’s Space One, exploded shortly after its inaugural launch on Wednesday as the firm tried to become…
Spanish startup Sateliot joins race for cheap space connections
By Inti Landauro and Miguel Vidal NIGRAN, Spain (Reuters) – Spanish space startup Sateliot is raising cash to send 100 microwave oven-sized satellites to the orbit, entering a crowded race…
Nobel laureates sound alarm as Argentina cuts science funding
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Sixty-eight Nobel laureates in chemistry, medicine, economics, and physics sent a letter on Wednesday to Argentine President Javier Milei voicing concern that cuts…
How a Chinese rocket failure boosted Elon Musk’s SpaceX in Indonesia
By Stefanno Sulaiman, Devjyot Ghoshal and Joe Brock JAKARTA (Reuters) – When a Chinese rocket malfunctioned shortly after launch in April 2020, destroying Indonesia’s $220 million Nusantara-2 satellite, it was…
Japan takes another shot at next-generation H3 rocket launch
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will try again this weekend to launch its new flagship rocket, the H3, in a bid to restore its space program after the…