Spaceflight
Hayabusa-2: Pieces of an asteroid found inside space capsule
Scientists have been greeted by the sight of jet black chunks of rock and soil from an asteroid after opening a capsule that returned from deep space a week ago
Russia: Angara-5 Carrier Rocket Launched Successfully
Russia's Angara-A5 heavy-class carrier rocket with a payload simulator was successfully test-launched from the Plesetsk spaceport in the country's north, the defense ministry said on Monday.
Elon Musk Rocket Crushes upon Return to Earth
Entrepreneur Elon Musk has launched the latest prototype of his Starship vehicle from Texas.
Codenamed SN8, the unmanned rocket lifted away from the Boca Chica R&D facility on what had been billed as a brief flight to 12.5km.
The 50m-tall vehicle crashed on touchdown but Mr Musk was delighted with how much the test outing achieved.
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SpaceX's Starship prototype explodes on landing after test launch
SpaceX's Starship prototype exploded while attempting to land on Dec. 9 after an otherwise successful test launch from the company's rocket facility in Boca Chica, Texas, live video of the flight showed.
Blue Origin Will Take First Woman Astronaut to the Moon
Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin will take the first woman to the moon's surface, the billionaire said on Friday as NASA nears a decision to pick its first privately built lunar landers capable of sending astronauts to the moon by 2024.
Musk’s SpaceX to bring Starlink internet to Greece
SpaceX, the space company of high-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, plans to make its Starlink broadband satellite internet service available in Greece in the first quarter of 2021, Kathimerini reports.
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Japanese space officials eager to analyze asteroid samples
Japanese space officials said they are excited about the return of a capsule that landed safely in the Australian Outback on Dec. 6 while carrying soil samples from a distant asteroid, and that they are eager to begin analyzing the "treasure" inside.
SpaceX opens era of amateur astronauts, cosmic movie sets
SpaceX's debut astronaut launch is the biggest, most visible opening shot yet in NASA's grand plan for commercializing Earth's backyard.
Amateur astronauts, private space stations, flying factories, out-of-this-world movie sets this is the future the space agency is striving to shape as it eases out of low-Earth orbit and aims for the moon and Mars.
SpaceX's astronaut-riding Dragon approaches space station
SpaceX's astronaut-riding Dragon capsule approached the International Space Station on May 31, just hours after a historic liftoff from Florida.
SpaceX's astronaut-riding Dragon arrives at space station
SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on May 31, following up a historic liftoff with an equally smooth docking in yet another first for Elon Musk's company.