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Astronauts finally head home after unexpected nine-month ISS stay
Mar 18, 2025 (AFP)
The SpaceX craft carrying Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams detached from the orbital outpost at 0505 GMT, ending their prolonged mission that has captivated glob...
Trump admin moves to fire hundreds of government scientists
Mar 18, 2025 (AFP)
The firings would result from the EPA, which tackles environmental issues including pollution, clean water and climate change, eliminating its scientific resear...
Moon navigation system advances with Thales Alenia Space leading orbital segment
Mar 18, 2025 (SPX)
Spearheaded by ESA and led by Telespazio, the Moonlight program aims to establish a network of satellites orbiting the Moon to deliver state-of-the-art communic...
Two US 'bumped' astronauts to return to Earth on Tuesday: NASA
Mar 17, 2025 (AFP)
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are to be transported home with another American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft, which arri...
ISRO advances space tech with SPADEX undocking and cryogenic engine milestone
Mar 17, 2025 (SPX)
On March 13, 2025, ISRO completed the critical task of undocking the SPADEX satellites in their first attempt, a maneuver executed in a 460 km circular orbit at...
SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with ISS to reach stranded astronauts
Mar 16, 2025 (AFP)
The astronauts were shown on live TV embracing and hugging their counterparts in zero gravity on the space station shortly after their SpaceX Crew Dragon arrive...
Crew launch to ISS paves way for 'stranded' astronauts' return
Mar 14, 2025 (AFP)
A Falcon 9 rocket with a Crew Dragon fixed to its top blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:03 pm (2303 GMT), carrying a four-member team bo...
More wait for stranded astronauts after replacement crew delayed
Mar 13, 2025 (AFP)
The Falcon 9 rocket propelling the NASA-SpaceX Crew-10 mission was set to blast off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday at 7:48 pm (2348 GMT). But ...
Is Space Tourism A Risky Investment Or The Future Of Travel?
Mar 13, 2025 (SPX)
Such is the case with many other thrilling yet risky adventures, such as white water rafting, bungee jumping, skydiving, and parasailing. And now, space tourism...
NASA fires chief scientist, more Trump cuts to come
Mar 12, 2025 (AFP)
While the move affects only 23 people, a spokeswoman indicated more cuts are coming. The first round notably eliminates the Office of the Chief Scientist, led b...
'Stranded' astronauts closer to coming home after next ISS launch
Mar 12, 2025 (AFP)
The NASA-SpaceX Crew-10 mission is set to launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:48 PM (2348 GMT) on Wednesday. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carries...
Texas tech boom: Silicon Valley's southern outpost rises
Mar 10, 2025 (AFP)
The sprawling, counter-cultural conference -- first launched in 1987 as a music festival -- was always a bit of a Texas outlier, just like its host city Austin,...
Space station's replacement crew arrives in Florida in preparation of SpaceX launch
Mar 07, 2025 (UPI)
The Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft is scheduled to launch no earlier than March 12 and will shuttle the Crew-10 astronauts aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Th...
NASA Turns Off Voyager Science Instruments to Prolong Mission
Mar 06, 2025 (SPX)
On February 25, mission engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California powered down the cosmic ray subsystem aboard Voyager 1, and o...
Baby, you're a firework! Katy Perry to blast off into space
Feb 27, 2025 (AFP)
As if answering the call of her hit song "E.T.," Perry will embark on a star-studded journey alongside journalist Lauren Sanchez, who is Blue Origin owner Jeff ...
The Benefits of Using a Corporate Travel Management Platform
Feb 25, 2025 (SPX)
A corporate travel management platform centralizes all travel-related activities, providing companies with a seamless, efficient, and cost-effective way to hand...
Eyeing China and US, EU hopes clean tech boost will spark growth
Feb 20, 2025 (AFP)
Europe's answer to bring its economy back to life is a battery of measures to be announced next week including boosting its clean tech sector and supporting ene...
Musk furious as critics push back at DOGE's blind destruction of S&T research funding
Feb 20, 2025 (SPX)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are among the hardest hit, with the NIH facing cuts of more tha...
Moon or Mars? NASA's future at a crossroads under Trump
Feb 20, 2025 (AFP)
Speculation is mounting that the Trump administration may scale back or cancel NASA's Artemis missions following the departure of a key official and Boeing's pl...
From Space to Road - How Space Tech is Changing Travel on Earth
Feb 19, 2025 (SPX)
Space-Tech Influence on Car Design and Performance The technology developed to push boundaries in space has trickled down to the automotive industry. After all,...
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