NASA launches ground-breaking climate change satellite WASHINGTON: A tiny NASA satellite was launched Saturday from New Zealand with the mission of improving climate ... Published 26 May, 2024 02:56am
Print Blue Origin flies thrill seekers to space after two-year hiatus WASHINGTON: Blue Origin flew adventurers to the final frontier on Sunday for the first time in nearly two years,... Updated 20 May, 2024 08:39am
Technology China set to launch high-stakes mission to moon’s ‘hidden’ side BEIJING: China will send a robotic spacecraft in coming days on a round trip to the moon’s far side in the first of... Published 29 Apr, 2024 10:55am
World What do scientists hope to learn from total solar eclipse in US? WASHINGTON: When a rare total solar eclipse sweeps across North America on Monday, scientists will be able to gather... Published 07 Apr, 2024 12:21pm
World SpaceX mega rocket lost in final phase of ‘successful’ test flight BOCA CHICA (United States): Starship, the world’s most powerful rocket, flew further and faster than ever before... Published 15 Mar, 2024 04:14am
World First Arab woman to graduate NASA training shoots for the Moon HOUSTON: Like her ancestors before her, Emirati astronaut Nora AlMatrooshi has spent much of her life gazing up at... Published 07 Mar, 2024 11:27am
World Moon landing: US clinches first touchdown in 50 years A spacecraft built and flown by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines landed near the moon’s south pole on... Published 23 Feb, 2024 05:30pm
World US achieves first moon landing in half century with private spacecraft A spacecraft built and flown by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines landed near the south pole of the moon on... Published 23 Feb, 2024 09:11am
World NASA regains contact with mini-helicopter on Mars WASHINGTON: NASA has re-established contact with its tiny helicopter on Mars, the US space agency said Saturday,... Published 21 Jan, 2024 10:39am
World Four astronauts, including Turkey’s first, arrive at space station LOS ANGELES: A four-man crew including Turkey’s first astronaut arrived at the International Space Station (ISS)... Published 21 Jan, 2024 03:10am
World NASA loses contact with its mini-helicopter on Mars WASHINGTON: NASA has lost contact with its tiny helicopter Ingenuity during the hard-working craft’s 72nd flight,... Published 20 Jan, 2024 10:24pm
Technology NASA expected to push back Moon missions WASHINGTON: NASA is holding a briefing Tuesday in which it is widely expected to push back the timeline for the... Published 09 Jan, 2024 09:35pm
Technology NASA to push back moon mission timelines amid spacecraft delays WASHINGTON: NASA is set to delay its next few missions to the moon under a key program as technical hurdles mount... Published 09 Jan, 2024 10:55am
World India's Sun probe reaches solar orbit NEW DELHI: India’s solar observation mission on Saturday entered the Sun’s orbit after a four-month journey, the... Published 06 Jan, 2024 07:35pm
Technology Russia extends cross-flight programme with NASA until 2025 MOSCOW: Russia’s space state agency Roscosmos said on Thursday that a cross-flight programme with NASA to the... Published 28 Dec, 2023 03:14pm
Technology Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin headed back into space after accident WASHINGTON: The American company Blue Origin plans to launch its rocket Big Shepard Monday for the first time since... Published 18 Dec, 2023 11:06am
World After 50 years, US to return to Moon on January 25 WASHINGTON: More than 50 years after the last Apollo mission, the United States will try once again to land a craft... Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am
World NASA to train Indian astronaut for ISS voyage in deepening space ties BENGALURU: NASA will train an Indian astronaut for a voyage to the International Space Station as early as next... Published 29 Nov, 2023 07:02pm
Technology Japan provides up to $80mn subsidy to moonshot startup ispace TOKYO: Japan will provide a subsidy of up to 12 billion yen ($80 million) to moon exploration startup ispace as part... Published 20 Oct, 2023 12:00pm
World NASA launches spacecraft to explore metal-rich asteroid Psyche WASHINGTON: NASA on Friday launched a spacecraft from Florida on its way to Psyche, the largest of the several... Published 14 Oct, 2023 05:32am
World NASA official says ‘no Plan-B’ to Earth The planet is dying and humans may have to find some other place within the solar system in the not-so-far future –... Published 09 Oct, 2023 11:31pm
Life & Style Prada and Axiom Space collaborate to design NASA’s lunar spacesuits MILAN: talian luxury group Prada and Texas-based startup Axiom Space will collaborate to design NASA’s lunar... Published 05 Oct, 2023 01:40pm
World Capsule with NASA’s first asteroid sample heads for Utah touchdown A NASA capsule carrying the largest soil sample ever collected from an asteroid is due to return to Earth on Sunday,... Published 24 Sep, 2023 10:01am
World Mexican Congress holds hearing on UFOs featuring purported ‘alien’ bodies MEXICO CITY: Mexican lawmakers heard testimony that “we are not alone” in the universe and saw the alleged remains... Published 14 Sep, 2023 09:44am
World Russia, US agree additional US astronaut flight to ISS Russian and U.S. space authorities have agreed an additional flight for an American astronaut on board Russia’s... Published 25 Aug, 2023 05:36pm
Technology NASA and SpaceX postpone launch of ISS crew rotation mission KENNEDY SPACE CENTER: NASA and SpaceX said Thursday they have postponed the launch of a crew of four to the... Published 25 Aug, 2023 11:48am
Perspectives India steps on the moon, but Modi missteps on human rights at home Leaders of powerful nations who carry allegations of human rights abuses – no matter how much progress a country makes – are not really remembered within the league of extraordinary gentlemen Updated 24 Aug, 2023 09:59pm
World Why are space agencies racing to the moon’s south pole? BENGALURU/WASHINGTON: India’s space agency is attempting to land a spacecraft on the moon’s south pole, a mission... Published 22 Aug, 2023 10:57am
Technology NASA may delay crewed lunar landing beyond Artemis 3 mission KENNEDY SPACE CENTER: NASA’s Artemis 3 mission, set to return humans to the Moon in 2025, might not involve a crewed... Published 09 Aug, 2023 12:21pm
Technology Webb telescope captures tantalizing evidence for mysterious ‘dark stars’ WASHINGTON: Scientists for the past 15 years have been looking for evidence of a type of star only hypothesized but... Published 18 Jul, 2023 12:04pm