Space Science
SpaceX capsule with world's first all-civilian orbital crew splashes down off Florida
The quartet of newly minted citizen astronauts comprising the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission safely splashed down in the Atlantic off Florida’s coast on Saturday (Sept 18), completing a three-day flight of the first all-civilian crew ever launched into Earth orbit.
What life is like aboard the SpaceX Dragon capsule
The first space tourism mission by Elon Musk's SpaceX blasted off from Florida on Wednesday and the four crew members -- a billionaire and three other Americans -- have already seen more than 25 sunsets and sunrises. SpaceX has released few details about their adventure since they reached an orbit that is more distant than that of the International Space Station. Here's what we know about their life on board:
SpaceX capsule with world's first all-civilian orbital crew set for splashdown
The quartet of newly minted citizen astronauts comprising the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission were due to splash down in the Atlantic off Florida on Saturday, completing a three-day flight of the first all-civilian crew ever launched into Earth orbit.
Mars rocks collected by Perseverance boost case for ancient life
Both samples, slightly wider than a pencil in diameter and about six centimeters long, are now stored in sealed tubes in the rover's interior.
NASA confirms Perseverance Mars rover got its first piece of rock
NASA confirmed Monday that its Perseverance Mars rover succeeded in collecting its first rock sample for scientists to pore over when a future mission eventually brings it back to Earth.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sues NASA over Moon lander contract
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sued the U.S government over NASA's decision to award a $2.9 billion lunar lander contract to Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Bezos offers NASA $2 billion in exchange for moon mission contract
Fresh off his trip to space, billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos on Monday offered to cover up to $2 billion in NASA costs if the U.S. space agency awards his company Blue Origin a contract to make a spacecraft designed to land astronauts back on the moon.
Chinese researchers propose deflecting 'Armageddon' asteroids with rockets
Chinese researchers want to send more than 20 of China's largest rockets to practice turning away a sizable asteroid - a technique that may eventually be crucial if a killer rock is on a collision course with Earth.
SpaceX blasts off NASA's new planet-hunter, TESS
NASA blasts off its newest planet-hunting spacecraft, TESS, a $337 million satellite that aims to scan 85 percent of the skies for cosmic bodies where life may exist.
NASA's new planet-hunter to seek closer, Earth-like worlds
NASA is poised to launch a $337 million washing machine-sized spacecraft that aims to vastly expand mankind's search for planets beyond our solar system, particularly closer, Earth-sized ones that might harbor life.
India successfully puts IRNSS-1I navigation satellite into orbit
India puts into orbit navigation satellite IRNSS-1I, a part of its satellite navigation system NavIC in copy-book style.
Chinese space station burns up over South Pacific
China’s Tiangong-1 space station re-enters the earth’s atmosphere and burns up over the middle of the South Pacific, the Chinese space authority says.
Astronomers find the 'impossible': A galaxy without dark matter
Stupefied astronomers unveil the first and only known galaxy without dark matter, the invisible and poorly-understood substance thought to make up a quarter of the Universe.
Alien life in our Solar System? Study hints at Saturn's moon
Humanity may need look no further than our own Solar System in the search for alien life, researchers probing one of Saturn's moons say.
NASA turns selfies by Mars rover into stunning self-portrait
NASA has transformed selfies taken by its Mars rover Curiosity into a stunning self-portrait.
Watch ‘super blue blood moon’ and lunar eclipse in Bangladesh sky
If you miss it tonight, you will have to wait for another 35 years to get the chance to see it. On Bangladesh sky, the entire lunar event – also named “super blue blood moon” -- started at 4:49pm and will end at 10:09pm (local time).
Pentagon’s secret UFO hunting programme
At last the Pentagon has acknowledged funding a secret multi-million-dollar programme to investigate sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO).
Fly me to the Moon: For some, lunar village takes shape
By 2040, a hundred people will live on the Moon, melting ice for water, 3D-printing homes and tools, eating plants grown in lunar soil, and competing in low-gravity, "flying" sports.