Japan firm fails in historic Moon bid

Japanese start-up ispace conceded Wednesday its ambitious attempt to become the first private company to land on the Moon had failed but pledged to move ahead with new missions.
26 April 2023, 07:07 AM

First 3D-printed rocket lifts off but fails to reach orbit

The world's first 3D-printed rocket launched successfully on Wednesday, marking a step forward for the California company behind the innovative spacecraft, though it failed to reach orbit
23 March 2023, 04:59 AM

Russian Soyuz spacecraft docks at ISS to bring back stranded crew

The Soyuz MS-23, which lifted off from Baikonour space centre in Kazakhstan on Friday, is to bring back Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin, and US astronaut Francisco Rubio in September
26 February 2023, 06:00 AM

Saudi Arabia to send its first woman into space

Rayyana Barnawi will join fellow Saudi male astronaut Ali Al-Qarni on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) "during the second quarter of 2023", the official Saudi Press Agency said on Sunday.
13 February 2023, 13:11 PM

Hubble captures mysterious ‘spokes’ gliding across Saturn’s rings

The return of the spokes is one of the earliest signs that Saturn is entering a new season as it approaches the autumnal equinox of its northern hemisphere, which is expected to occur on May 6, 2025, for the first time in about 15 years.
13 February 2023, 12:42 PM

NASA to test nuclear-powered spacecraft by 2027

NASA will partner with the US military's research and development agency, DARPA, to develop nuclear-powered rockets that could fly astronauts to Mars.
25 January 2023, 05:14 AM

Historic UK rocket mission ends in failure

An attempt to launch the first rocket into orbit from UK soil ended in failure on Tuesday, with scientists reporting an "anomaly" as it neared its goal.
10 January 2023, 06:22 AM

NASA to conduct first global water survey from space

A NASA-led international satellite mission was set for blastoff from Southern California early on Thursday on a major Earth science project to conduct a comprehensive survey of the world's oceans, lakes and rivers for the first time.
14 December 2022, 05:40 AM

NASA's Orion capsule returns to Earth after lunar mission

NASA's Orion capsule barreled through Earth's atmosphere and splashed down in the Pacific ocean on Sunday after making an uncrewed voyage around the moon, winding up the inaugural mission of the US agency's new Artemis lunar program 50 years to the day after Apollo's final moon landing..Th
12 December 2022, 03:20 AM

Chinese astronauts board space station in historic mission

Three Chinese astronauts arrived on Wednesday at China's space station for the first in-orbit crew rotation in Chinese space history, launching operation of the second inhabited outpost in low-Earth orbit after the NASA-led International Space Station.
30 November 2022, 02:52 AM

NASA launches new rocket on maiden flight to Moon

NASA launched the most powerful rocket ever built on a journey to the Moon on Wednesday, in a spectacular blaze of light and sound that marked the start of the space agency's new flagship program, Artemis.
16 November 2022, 07:02 AM

Total lunar eclipse being observed from Bangladesh today

Total lunar eclipse is being observed from Bangladesh today (November 8, 2022).
8 November 2022, 13:38 PM

Scientists discover large "Planet killer" asteroid

An international team of astronomers on Monday announced the discovery of a large asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Earth, creating a small chance far in the future of a catastrophic collision.
2 November 2022, 07:42 AM

Pillars of Creation: James Webb telescope renders detailed images

One of the most celebrated, awe-inspiring images of modern astronomy, revealing colossal spires of interstellar gas and dust called the Pillars of Creation, has been rendered anew with greater depth, clarity and color by the James Webb Space Telescope.
23 October 2022, 15:22 PM

Nasa's Dart spacecraft altered path of asteroid

The spacecraft NASA deliberately crashed into an asteroid last month succeeded in nudging the rocky moonlet from its natural path into a faster orbit, marking the first time humanity has altered the motion of a celestial body, the U.S. space agency announced on Tuesday.
12 October 2022, 04:46 AM

India’s Chandrayaan-2 spectrometer maps abundance of sodium on moon for 1st time

The orbiter of India’s second unmanned expedition to the moon has mapped an abundance of sodium on the lunar surface for the first time, the Indian Space Research Organization said.
8 October 2022, 04:40 AM

World’s first planetary defense test by Nasa successful

NASA's DART spacecraft successfully slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed on Monday in the world's first test of a planetary defense system, designed to prevent a potential doomsday meteorite collision with Earth.
27 September 2022, 03:26 AM

UAE's first lunar rover to be launched in November

The United Arab Emirates will launch its first lunar rover in November, the mission manager said Monday.
20 September 2022, 12:44 PM

Fuel leak disrupts NASA's 2nd attempt to launch Artemis 1 moon mission

NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another hazardous leak Saturday, as the launch team began fueling it for liftoff on a test flight that must go well before astronauts climb aboard.
3 September 2022, 12:09 PM

Nasa ready for second attempt to launch Artemis 1 moon mission

After technical issues halted its first launch attempt, NASA will try again on Saturday (September 3, 2022) to get its new 30-story rocket off the ground and send its unmanned test capsule towards the Moon.
3 September 2022, 06:44 AM