space
Cheers as Mars InSight spacecraft lands on Red Planet
Science
November 27, 2018
Cheers as Mars InSight spacecraft lands on Red Planet
Cheers and applause erupted at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Monday as a waist-high unmanned lander, called InSight, touched…
Anxiety at NASA as Mars InSight spacecraft nears Red Planet
Science
November 26, 2018
Anxiety at NASA as Mars InSight spacecraft nears Red Planet
NASA’s top scientists admitted to sleepless nights, sweaty palms, stomach aches and moments of pure terror as their $993…
Big test coming up for tiny satellites trailing Mars lander
Science
November 22, 2018
Big test coming up for tiny satellites trailing Mars lander
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A pair of tiny experimental satellites trailing NASA’s InSight spacecraft all the way to…
How to drive a robot on Mars
Science
November 12, 2018
How to drive a robot on Mars
Some 78 million miles (126 million kilometers) from Earth, alone on the immense and frigid Red Planet, a robot…
Mercury mission to explore origin of Solar System
Science
October 20, 2018
Mercury mission to explore origin of Solar System
Is Mercury’s core liquid or solid, and why — on the smallest planet in our solar system — is…
Russian space rocket fails in mid-air, 2-man US-Russian crew lands safely
World
October 11, 2018
Russian space rocket fails in mid-air, 2-man US-Russian crew lands safely
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan (Reuters) – The two-man US-Russian crew of a Soyuz spacecraft taking them to the orbiting International…
Japan space tourist says moon training ‘shouldn’t be too hard’
Science
October 9, 2018
Japan space tourist says moon training ‘shouldn’t be too hard’
Billionaire Japanese tycoon and future space tourist Yusaku Maezawa’s training to go the moon should not be too tricky,…
Russia says space station leak could be deliberate sabotage
Science
September 4, 2018
Russia says space station leak could be deliberate sabotage
Russia launched checks Tuesday after its space chief said an air leak on the International Space Station last week…
UAE names 2 astronauts to go to International Space Station
Middle East
September 3, 2018
UAE names 2 astronauts to go to International Space Station
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The ruler of Dubai has announced the names of two astronauts from the United…
New Egyptian remote sensing satellite to be launched by end of 2018
Science
September 1, 2018
New Egyptian remote sensing satellite to be launched by end of 2018
Head of the Egyptian-Russian Foundation for Culture and Science, Hussain al-Shafei announced on Friday that the Russian State Corporation…