Space debris might fall over China, India amid Ukraine conflict
MOSCOW: The head of Russia’s space agency has that new sanctions imposed on his country could have dire consequences for the International Space Station program. “Do you want to destroy our cooperation on the ISS?” read one of the tweets
NASA starts bringing new space telescope into focus
WASHINGTON: NASA has embarked on a months-long, painstaking process of bringing its newly launched James Webb Space Telescope into focus, a task due for completion in time to begin peering into the cosmos by early summer. Mission control engineers at
South Korea launches first domestic space rocket
SEOUL: South Korea launched its first domestically developed space rocket on Thursday but failed to put its dummy payload into orbit, a setback in the country’s attempts to join the ranks of advanced space-faring nations. The Korea Space Launch Vehicle
NASA launches space probe to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids
MIAMI: NASA launched a first-of-its-kind mission to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, two large clusters of space rocks that scientists believe are remnants of primordial material that formed the solar system’s outer planets. The space probe, dubbed Lucy and packed inside
NASA postpones launch of Boeing Starliner after space station mishap
WASHINGTON: NASA postponed a planned launch of a Boeing CST-100 Starliner capsule to the International Space Station after the orbiting outpost was briefly thrown out of control by jet thrusters inadvertently activated on a newly docked Russian module. The Starliner
World’s richest man Bezos set to blast off into space
WASHINGTON: Jeff Bezos, the richest person in the world, is set to join the astronaut club on the first crewed launch by Blue Origin, another key moment in a big month for space tourism industry. The mission comes days after
Branson set to fly to space aboard Virgin Galactic rocket plane
LOS ANGELES: Decades after burnishing his reputation as a wealthy daredevil mogul in a series of boating and hot-air balloon expeditions, Richard Branson is poised to promote his burgeoning astro-tourism venture by launching himself to the final frontier. Branson’s Virgin
First astronauts arrive at Chinese space station
BEIJING: The first astronauts arrived at China’s new space station in the country’s longest crewed mission to date, a landmark step in establishing Beijing as a major space power. The trio blasted off on a Long March-2F rocket from the
Space trip with Jeff Bezos sells for $28 million
WASHINGTON: A mystery bidder paid $28 million at auction for a seat alongside Jeff Bezos on board the first crewed spaceflight of Blue Origin next month. The Amazon founder revealed this week that both he and his brother Mark would
Coldplay releases new single ‘Higher Power’ in space
LONDON (Reuters): British band Coldplay chose has released their latest single “Higher Power” by beaming up into space. The rock group, known for hit songs “Paradise” and “Hymn For The Weekend”, linked up with the International Space Station (ISS) to speak
Blue Origin will fly first crew to space in July
LOS ANGELES: Jeff Bezos company Blue Origin will send its first crew to space on July 20 and is offering one of the seats to the winner of an online auction. The trip will last a total of ten minutes,
Four astronauts return from ISS aboard SpaceX capsule
WASHINGTON: Four astronauts returned safely to Earth from the International Space Station early in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, parachuting to splash-down in the Gulf of Mexico, NASA said. Their return marked the end of the first crew rotation mission
SpaceX Crew Dragon brings new crew to ISS
WASHINGTON: A recycled SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts docked with the International Space Station on Saturday, the third time Elon Musk’s company has safely delivered humans to the orbital outpost. The spacecraft named Endeavour, piloting herself autonomously, locked
SpaceX rocket launches 4 astronauts on NASA mission to space station
WASHINGTON: NASA and Elon Musk’s commercial rocket company SpaceX launched a new four-astronaut team on a flight to the International Space Station, making it the first crew ever propelled into orbit by a rocket booster recycled from a previous spaceflight.
Fawad to lay foundation stone of Islamabad Space Observatory today
ISLAMABAD: The federal capital is all set to get an observatory and a space museum to take the stargazers on a spectacular journey through the universe. Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry will lay the foundation stone of
Russia, China to collaborate on joint lunar space station
MOSCOW: Russia and China have agreed to build a lunar space station, as Moscow seeks to modernise its extraterrestrial might and catch up with the United States in the space race. Russia, which sent the first man into space during
Pakistani space scientist denies presence of UFO in Karachi
LAHORE: A Pakistani space scientist has denied the existence of an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) in Karachi, saying the object viewed in the sky was a type of cloud. Javed Sami, a space scientist and professor at Punjab University, reacting
Pakistani space scientist at Cambridge University wins Young Leaders Award
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan space scientist Dr Yarjan Abdul Samad who works at the prestigious University of Cambridge has been announced as the winner of this year’s Young Leaders Award. He has the distinction as the first space scientist hailing from Pakistan
China becomes second country to unfurl its flag on moon
BEIJING: China has become the second country in history to unfurls its flag on the moon more than 50 years after the United States. The pictures from China’s National Space Administration show the five-starred Red Flag holding still on the
SpaceX launches second crew of astronauts into space
CAPE CANAVERAL: Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX launched four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station, NASA’s first full-fledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately owned spacecraft. SpaceX’s newly designed Crew Dragon capsule, which the
Three-man US-Russian crew returns to Earth from ISS
MIAMI (AFP): An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts touched down on the Kazakhstan steppe on Thursday, completing a 196-day mission that began with the first launch under lockdown conditions. NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and
Microsoft teams up with Elon Musk’s SpaceX for space initiative
SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft is partnering with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk-led SpaceX and others as it expands its cloud-computing platform into space. The partnership would allow Microsoft to connect its Azure cloud computing platform to SpaceX’s network of low-Earth orbiting satellites,
NASA probe touches down on asteroid Bennu in historic mission
MIAMI (AFP): After a four-year journey, NASA’s robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex briefly touched down on asteroid Bennu’s boulder-strewn surface to collect rock and dust samples in a precision operation 200 million miles (330 million kilometers) from Earth. The so-called “Touch-And-Go” or
Astronauts on SpaceX craft depart ISS for Earth
WASHINGTON: The two astronauts on board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft at the International Space Station have begun their journey back to Earth. NASA footage showed the capsule drifting slowly away from the ISS in the darkness of space, ending
Russia rejects US accusations over firing space weapon
MOSCOW: Russia has dismissed accusations from the United States and Britain that it had tested an anti-satellite weapon in space. The United States Space Command on Thursday accused Russia of test-firing an anti-satellite weapon in space and warned against “real,
UAE set to make history with launch of Mars probe
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) plans to make history on Wednesday with the scheduled launch of the ‘Hope’ mission, which will make it the first Arab nation to send a probe to Mars. A rocket carrying the unmanned spacecraft
UAE to launch first Mars mission with weeks
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will become the first Arab country to send a mission to Mars with the next forty days that will reach the red planet within seven months. “This mission is not just about the UAE
Landing on Moon: China successfully launches new space rocket
BEIJING: China has successfully launched its own rocket that will be sent astronauts to the Moon. China aims at completing the space station of the rocket by 2022. The Long March-5B carrier rocket took off at the Wenchang Space Launch
Tom Cruise to film aboard International Space Station
LOS ANGELES: Tom Cruise is partnering with NASA to shoot a movie, at least in part, aboard the International Space Station, making it the action film to be shot in space. The head of NASA confirmed that the space agency
Iran’s satellite mission fails in blow to space program
TEHRAN: Iran said that launched satellite on Sunday as “successfully,” but failed to put it in orbit, in a blow to its space program that the US claims to be a front for missile production. Long-standing animosity between Tehran and
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