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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams walk at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The first attempt by Boeing to send an uncrewed Starliner to the space station in 2019 failed due to software and engineering glitches (Photo: Reuters)

Boeing calls off Starliner crew launch in final minutes of countdown

3 min read . 01 Jun 2024

Rayyanah Barnawi is the first woman from the Arab world ever launched into Earth orbit and the first Saudi woman to fly in space

Private astronaut crew, including first Arab woman in orbit, heads for splashdown

2 min read . 31 May 2023

The four-member crew should reach the International Space Station (ISS) about 25 hours later (AFP)

Elon Musk's SpaceX set to launch next International Space Station crew for NASA

3 min read . 27 Feb 2023

Ukraine crisis: The former head of the National Space Council says that tensions in eastern Ukraine – and heightened Western fears of a Russian invasion – should not have a significant impact on the International Space Station or U.S.-Russia cooperation in space. (AP)

US-Russian cooperation in space abides despite tensions over Ukraine

3 min read . 24 Feb 2022

SpaceX has said that a geomagnetic storm triggered by a large burst of radiation from the sun has disabled at least 40 of the 49 newly launched satellites last Thursday (Photo: AP)

Geomagnetic storm disables 40 SpaceX satellites

1 min read . 10 Feb 2022

Thursday's exercise marks the 245th spacewalk in support of assembly and upkeep of the space station, and the first on record delayed due to a debris alert, NASA spokesperson Gary Jordan said

After delay, Nasa astronauts set for spacewalk to replace faulty space station antenna

2 min read . 02 Dec 2021

The DART spacecraft, a cube-shaped box with two rectangular solar arrays, is due to rendezvous with the Didymos-Dimorphos pair in late September 2022 (Photo: Reuters)

NASA to launch test mission of asteroid-deflecting spacecraft

2 min read . 23 Nov 2021

Branson, one of six Virgin Galactic Holding Inc employees strapping in for the ride, has touted the flight as a precursor to a new era of space tourism

Virgin Galactic's Branson arrives on bike for space launch aboard rocket plane

4 min read . 11 Jul 2021

File photo: Richard Branson, right, founder of Virgin Galactic, and company executives gather for photos outside the New York Stock Exchange (AP)

Virgin Galactic's Branson calls his upcoming spaceflight a 'pinch-me moment'

2 min read . 07 Jul 2021

Iceberg A-76, half the size of Puerto Rico, is now floating on the Weddell Sea.

Antarctica gives birth to world's largest iceberg

1 min read . 20 May 2021

Nasa’s Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with the agency’s Mars 2020 rover, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020, to demonstrate the viability and potential of heavier-than-air vehicles on the Red Planet. Photo: Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech

Historic Mars helicopter test flight set for early April

2 min read . 25 Mar 2021

NASA rover Perseverance hurtles toward historic landing attempt on Mars

3 min read . 18 Feb 2021

The SpaceX Starship SN9 explodes into a fireball after its high altitude test flight from test facilities in Boca Chica, Texas, US on February 2, 2021. (REUTERS)

SpaceX Starship prototype rocket explodes on landing after test launch

2 min read . 03 Feb 2021

Flames from Wildfire (AP)

California governor calls wildfires 'deadly moment,' urges residents to flee

2 min read . 22 Aug 2020

Pedestrians walk past the closed Metropolitan Museum of Art as streets remain relatively quiet due to the continuing outbreak of COVID-19 in the Manhattan borough of New York. (REUTERS)

As coronavirus scams double, US Covid-19 fraud losses near $100 million

1 min read . 06 Aug 2020

A father speaks to his son as they look at signs left on a fence surrounding the White Houser after large peaceful protests the day before against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Washington. (REUTERS)

From small towns to cities, US sees biggest rallies yet for racial justice

3 min read . 07 Jun 2020

The last time total solar eclipse unfolded from the Pacific to the Atlantic was in 1918. The last total eclipse seen anywhere in the US took place in 1979. Photo: AP

As solar eclipse nears, millions hope for a clear sky

4 min read . 21 Aug 2017

A file photo of American comedian actor Jerry Lewis. He was 87 when his last movie, Max Rose, came out in 2013. Photo: Reuters

Jerry Lewis, comedy legend and charity fundraiser, dies at 91

5 min read . 21 Aug 2017

Nasa’s Juno probe logged its close encounter with Jupiter’s most distinctive feature on Monday evening Pacific time as it passed about 5,600 miles above the clouds of the mammoth cyclone. Photo: Reuters/Nasa

Nasa’s Juno probe grazes Jupiter’s clouds in brush with Great Red Spot

2 min read . 12 Jul 2017

Beth Fukumoto said divisive campaign rhetoric during the 2016 elections convinced her the Republican Party no longer reflected her political values or the interests of her state’s diverse population. Photo: Reuters

Hawaii lawmaker who criticised Donald Trump joins Democrats

2 min read . 23 Mar 2017