Europe’s Jupiter probe to stage daring lunar-Earth fly-by
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) – European scientists were poised to attempt a first in orbital gymnastics late on Monday, tapping into the gravity of the Moon and then the…
SpaceX’s Polaris crew set for first private spacewalking mission next week
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A four-person crew for SpaceX‘s Polaris Dawn mission arrived in Florida on Monday ahead of their Aug. 26 launch to space for a mission…
Seismic data indicates huge underground reservoir of liquid water on Mars
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An immense reservoir of liquid water may reside deep under the surface of Mars within fractured igneous rocks, holding enough to fill an ocean…
Scientists propose warming up Mars by using heat-trapping ‘glitter’
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The idea of transforming Mars into a world more hospitable to human habitation is a regular feature of science fiction. But could this be…
Meteorite impacts identified as driver of moon’s tenuous atmosphere
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON Reuters) – The NASA astronauts who became the first people to land on the moon’s surface in the 1960s and 1970s also discovered a previously unknown…
ISS station will drop into the Pacific by 2031
The International Space Station (ISS) will finish its work by 2030, and then it will be deorbited and dropped into the Pacific Ocean by the following year. NASA made the…
SpaceX in talks to land and recover Starship rocket off Australia’s coast
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – SpaceX is in talks with U.S. and Australian officials to land and recover one of its Starship rockets off Australia’s coast, a possible first…
Explainer video: how space telescopes work
Have you ever gazed at the night sky and wondered about the vastness beyond those twinkling stars? Space telescopes are our powerful tools that help unravel the mysteries of the…
Analysis – Taiwanese rocket startup may be early test of Japan’s space hub plans
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – A Taiwanese startup aims to become the first foreign firm to launch a rocket from Japan by early next year, part of a plan…
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 grounded after failure dooms batch of Starlink satellites
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – SpaceX‘s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket was grounded by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday after one broke apart in space and doomed…