Space travel should not be just ‘for the elites’, says new British astronaut Rosemary Coogan, European Space Agency’s second UK recruit, will be deployed to…
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Russia is taking a big gamble as it prepares to launch its first spacecraft to the Moon since 1976 on Friday. After decades of failed space missions, and with the war in Ukraine making it a pariah on the international stage, Russia is hoping to re-emerge as a major player in space exploration and consolidate its alliance with China.
Chandrayaan-3: Historic India Moon mission sends new photos of lunar surface India’s space agency has sent images of the Moon taken by the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft,…
They could be just 400million years old.
It’s been classified as an ‘ultramassive’ black hole.
Reason for UK rocket launch failure revealed The reason for the failure of the UK’s first-ever satellite mission last month has been revealed – the…
The small asteroid created a shooting star and an ‘airburst’ when it exploded according to star-gazers.
Newly discovered green comet comes close to Earth On Wednesday, a newly discovered comet will make its closest approach to our planet. Astronomers say the…
Peake, who flew to the ISS in 2015, will become an ambassador for the European Space Agency.
Dr Syed Mian, 36, developed a repetitive strain injury (RSI) following hours of lab work at King’s College London.
UK space launch ends in failure The UK’s first-ever satellite mission launch has ended in failure. A jumbo jet operated by Virgin Orbit – Sir…
UK space launch: Historic rocket mission set to blast off The first ever orbital space launch from British soil is getting ready to make history. …
Its satellites could be equipped with ‘direct-to-cellular’ hardware.
The distant star was ‘squeezed like a toothpaste tube’ by the black hole, say astronomers.
A Chinese rocket is plummeting back to Earth for the fourth time in a so-called un-controlled re-entry following its mission to launch the last…
NASA explained on its NASA Sun Science Facebook page that the dark patches making up the eyes and mouth in the image are known…
Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov has died at the age of 80.
Polyakov holds the record for the longest-ever trip to space – a massive 437 full days orbiting the Earth between 1994 and 1995 on the Mir space station.
TRT World says NASA has released the first image from its new space telescope, offering the deepest view of the universe ever captured.
Arab News says Iran said on Wednesday it intended to conduct a test launch of its new solid-fueled rocket, despite a series of catastrophic failures and growing evidence that Israel may be sabotaging Tehran’s aerospace program.
The Metro says Pete Davidson’s voyage to the great beyond is now just a pipe dream as the comedian has dropped out of his scheduled space flight.
France24 says a Russian-European mission to land a rover on Mars has been suspended due to the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Independent says The wreck of Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship which has not been seen since it was crushed by the ice and sank in the Weddell Sea in 1915.
Arab News says Iran likely suffered another failed launch of a satellite-carrying rocket in recent days attempting to reinvigorate a program criticized by the West.
The Guardian says Nasa is exploring ways to keep the international space station in orbit without Russian help, but doesn’t see any immediate signs Moscow is withdrawing.
The Independent says scientists have spotted a “mysterious” object letting out giant blasts of energy, three times an hour.