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Jul 13, 20244 min read
SpaceX's Falcon 9 grounded after failure dooms batch of Starlink satellites
WASHINGTON - SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket was grounded by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday after one broke...
Jun 28, 20243 min read
Russian satellite breaks up in space, forces ISS astronauts to shelter
WASHINGTON - A defunct Russian satellite has broken up into more than 100 pieces of debris in orbit, forcing astronauts on the...
Jun 26, 20242 min read
China's Chang'e-6 moon probe lands back on Earth
BEIJING -China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe landed on Tuesday in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, making the country the first...
Jun 12, 20242 min read
NASA, Boeing push back Starliner's crewed return to June 18
WASHINGTON - NASA and Boeing said they expect to bring Starliner and its first astronaut crew back to Earth from the International Space...
Jun 8, 20244 min read
Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took 'Earthrise' photo, dead in plane crash
Retired astronaut William Anders, who was one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, capturing the famed "Earthrise" photo during...
Jun 6, 20242 min read
Chile to install world's largest astronomy camera on the edge of Atacama desert
SANTIAGO - With a resolution above 3.2 gigapixels, a nearly three-ton weight and the ambitious task of carrying out an unprecedented...
May 12, 20241 min read
Auroras dazzle in Latin America as solar storm causes rare displays
MEXICO CITY - The biggest geomagnetic storm in two decades, sparked by solar flares, caused dazzling lights displays in parts of Latin...
May 9, 20243 min read
Scientists document remarkable sperm whale 'phonetic alphabet'
The various species of whales inhabiting Earth's oceans employ different types of vocalizations to communicate. Sperm whales, the largest...
Apr 29, 20243 min read
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 three technically...
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