Private mission carrying first Saudi astronauts to visit ISS set for launch CAPE CANAVERAL: A private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) organized by Axiom Space is due to blast... Updated 21 May, 2023 03:26pm
World NASA chief sees Russians and Americans together on space station through 2030 OTTAWA: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Tuesday condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of ... Published 26 Apr, 2023 06:15am
World SpaceX Starship, world's biggest rocket, explodes during first flight test BOCA CHICA AND MEDFORD COLONIA: Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, exploded during its first flight on... Published 21 Apr, 2023 12:05am
Technology NASA to reveal crew for 2024 flight around the Moon HOUSTON: NASA is to reveal the names on Monday of the astronauts – three Americans and a Canadian – who will fly... Published 03 Apr, 2023 11:19am
World NASA, Boeing aiming for July launch of Starliner space capsule WASHINGTON: The first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space capsule to the International Space Station (ISS)... Published 31 Mar, 2023 06:45am
World NASA SpaceX Crew-5 splashes down after 5-month mission WASHINGTON: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 returned to Earth on Saturday after a five-month stay aboard the International... Published 12 Mar, 2023 11:42am
Technology NASA to reveal crew members in April for flight around Moon WASHINGTON: NASA will announce the names next month of the four astronauts – three Americans and one Canadian – who... Published 10 Mar, 2023 11:49am
Technology Japan’s new rocket fails after engine issue, in blow to space ambitions TOKYO: Japan’s new medium-lift rocket failed on its debut flight in space on Tuesday after the launcher’s... Published 07 Mar, 2023 11:06am
Technology Latest four-member SpaceX crew docks with International Space Station A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule arrived safely at the International Space Station (ISS) early on Friday, carrying two... Published 03 Mar, 2023 12:14pm
Technology SpaceX Dragon crew to blast off for ISS WASHINGTON: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to blast off early Monday for the International Space Station... Published 27 Feb, 2023 11:36am
Technology SpaceX test-fires engines of massive Starship rocket booster WASHINGTON: SpaceX conducted a successful test-firing on Thursday of the engines on the most powerful rocket ever... Published 10 Feb, 2023 12:11pm
Technology Phew! Truck-sized asteroid misses Earth LOS ANGELES: Bruce Willis: you can stand down. A truck-sized asteroid that suddenly loomed out of the darkness a few... Published 27 Jan, 2023 03:59pm
Technology UAE astronaut says not required to fast during Ramadan on ISS HOUSTON: Emirati astronaut Sultan al-Neyadi said Wednesday that he will not be required to fast during Ramadan while... Published 26 Jan, 2023 12:34pm
World NASA launches satellite for landmark study of Earth's water WASHINGTON: A satellite lifted off Friday from California on a mission to survey nearly all bodies of water on ... Published 16 Dec, 2022 10:45pm
World SpaceX rocket sends first global water survey mission into orbit LOS ANGELES: A SpaceX rocket blasted off early on Friday carrying a U.S.-French satellite designed to conduct an... Published 16 Dec, 2022 06:01pm
Technology Unexplained leak from docked Soyuz spacecraft cancels Russian ISS spacewalk A planned routine spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station was called off on... Published 15 Dec, 2022 11:25am
World NASA’s Orion capsule returns to Earth, capping Artemis I flight around moon NEW YORK: NASA’s Orion capsule barreled through Earth’s atmosphere and splashed down in the Pacific ocean on... Published 12 Dec, 2022 06:07am
Technology NASA Moon capsule Orion due to splash down after record-setting voyage WASHINGTON: After making a close pass at the Moon and venturing further into space than any previous habitable... Published 11 Dec, 2022 11:07am
Technology Webb telescope promises new age of the stars PARIS: The James Webb Space Telescope lit up 2022 with dazzling images of the early universe after the Big Bang,... Published 07 Dec, 2022 12:56pm
World NASA's Orion spaceship slingshots around Moon, heads for home WASHINGTON: NASA's Orion spaceship made a close pass of the Moon and used a gravity assist to whip itself back... Published 06 Dec, 2022 12:33am
World NASA Moon mission ‘exceeding’ expectations WASHINGTON: On the third day after lifting off from Florida bound for the Moon, the Orion spacecraft is “exceeding... Published 19 Nov, 2022 10:01am
Opinion ‘Like the Moon’: Astronauts flock to Spanish isle to train Kneeling on the edge of a deep crater, astronaut Alexander Gerst uses a chisel to collect a sample of volcanic rock... Published 13 Nov, 2022 03:03am
World Piece of Challenger space shuttle found off Florida coast WASHINGTON: Divers searching for a World War II-era aircraft near the Bermuda Triangle have found a piece of an... Published 11 Nov, 2022 10:42am
Life & Style Veteran French designer Philippe Starck now looks to space PARIS: Philippe Starck, the prolific French architect and designer who has made everything from lemon juicers to ... Published 08 Nov, 2022 06:36pm
World ‘Beaver blood moon’ offers world’s last total lunar eclipse until 2025 Nighttime skywatchers from East Asia to North America will be treated to the rare spectacle of a “Beaver blood moon”... Published 08 Nov, 2022 02:49pm
Technology New potentially hazardous asteroid discovered WASHINGTON: An international team of astronomers on Monday announced the discovery of a large asteroid whose orbit... Published 01 Nov, 2022 09:33am
World NASA targets November 14 for Moon rocket launch WASHINGTON: NASA said Wednesday it would try again to launch its mega Moon rocket on November 14 with backup dates... Published 12 Oct, 2022 10:25pm
World Florida scrambles to prepare as Hurricane Ian churns toward coast TAMPA: Residents across Florida scrambled to place sandbags around their homes and stockpile emergency supplies on... Published 27 Sep, 2022 12:27pm
Technology ‘A new era’: NASA strikes asteroid in key test of planetary defence LAUREL: Bullseye: A NASA spaceship on Monday struck an asteroid seven million miles away in order to deflect its... Published 27 Sep, 2022 10:14am
Technology NASA says delayed Moon rocket passed fueling test WASHINGTON: NASA said Wednesday it had successfully trialed the fueling process for its new rocket, after technical... Published 22 Sep, 2022 10:26am