Iran successfully launches Sorayya satellite
By David Evans and David Holmes DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has successfully launched its Sorayya satellite into orbit, Iranian state media reported on Saturday, in a move likely to increase Western concerns about Tehran's nuclear ambitions. The satellite, which is being developed
Japan counts down to precision ‘moon sniper’ landing mission
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan aims to become the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon when it attempts a precision landing on Friday, in what would be a boost for a space programme that has suffered
In moon race with China, U.S. setbacks test role of private firms
By Joey Roulette, Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Ryan Woo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. setbacks this week in the race to the moon with China illustrate the risks of NASA's plans to bet on a new strategy of relying heavily on private
China LandSpace’s methane-powered rocket sends satellites into orbit
By Roxanne Liu, Ella Cao and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -A rocket developed by LandSpace Technology on Saturday launched three satellites into orbit, a milestone in the Chinese private rocket startup's mission to test whether its vehicle using methane and liquid
Iran sends up rocket with test living capsule
By Dubai Newsroom DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran sent up a rocket with a test living space capsule on Wednesday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, as the country pressed on with plans to send astronauts into space. The announcement came 10 years
In a first, a newborn star’s spinning disk is seen in another galaxy
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Our sun and other stars form when a dense clump of interstellar gas and dust collapses under its own gravitational pull. Once a star is born at the center of such a cloud, leftover material
North Korea’s space launch program and long-range missile projects
By Jack Kim, Josh Smith and Ed Davies SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea launched a rocket late on Tuesday carrying what it called a reconnaissance satellite, prompting South Korea to suspend a key part of a military pact it had signed
North Korea’s space launch program and long-range missile projects
By Jack Kim, Josh Smith and Ed Davies SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has notified Japan of a plan to launch a rocket carrying a space satellite between Nov. 22 and Dec. 1, which would be the third attempt by Pyongyang
Astronomers find seven planets being ‘fried’ by their star
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In our solar system, little rocky Mercury is the planet orbiting closest to the sun, perpetually fried by solar radiation seven times more intense than what we experience on Earth. Astronomers using data obtained by NASA's