Blue Origin’s new Glenn Rocket explodes during launchpad test
An uncrewed Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on the launchpad during a test on Thursday, in a major setback for Jeff Bezos’ space venture as it seeks to narrow ...
Artemis II moon crew flies farther than humans have ever gone before
The four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission flew deeper into space on Monday than any humans before them, as they cruised through a rare flyby of the shadowed ...
Artemis capsule boost puts astronauts moon-bound for record-breaking journey
The Orion capsule carrying four astronauts in NASA’s Artemis II mission executed a key thruster firing on Thursday that will kick the crew out of Earth’s orbit and ...
Cyprus contributes to Nasa’s Artemis mission, says space organisation head
Cyprus is playing a role in Nasa’s historic Artemis mission, with local research helping address health challenges faced by astronauts, the president of the Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO), ...
NASA launches four astronauts on world’s first crewed lunar mission in half a century
Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday on NASA’s Artemis II mission, a high-stakes voyage around the moon that marks the United States’ boldest step yet toward returning ...
Nasa’s Artemis astronauts enter final preparations for Moon mission
The four astronauts selected for Nasa’s Artemis II mission were due to arrive in Florida on Friday, entering the final phase of preparations for the first crewed journey toward ...
Delays with SpaceX’s Starship risk NASA moon landing timeline
SpaceX’s Starship has accumulated at least two years of development delays since NASA picked the rocket as an astronaut moon lander in 2021, and is expected to require more time ...
NASA shakes up moon program with new test mission before astronaut lunar landing
NASA is adding a spacecraft docking test to its Artemis moon program before landing its first astronauts on the moon in over half a century, overhauling the flagship U.S. ...
More evidence suggests Saturn’s moon Enceladus could support life
A fresh look at data collected by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has uncovered more evidence that Saturn’s moon Enceladus may be able to support life, with additional complex organic ...
SpaceX launches joint astronaut crew to ISS in Nasa’s Crew-11 mission
An international crew of four astronauts launched toward the International Space Station from Florida on Friday aboard a SpaceX rocket, embarking on a routine Nasa mission that could be the ...
NASA rover finds fresh evidence of the warm and wet past of Mars
A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence of the planet’s warmer and wetter ancient ...
Russia takes an American astronaut to the space station
A Russian spacecraft safely delivered an American astronaut Jonathan Kim and two Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, a flight hailed by Moscow as an example ...
NASA astronauts head home on SpaceX capsule after drawn-out space station stay
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams departed the International Space Station early on Tuesday morning in a SpaceX capsule for a long-awaited trip back to Earth, nine months after ...
Stuck Nasa astronauts one step closer to home after SpaceX crew-swap launch
NASA and SpaceX on Friday launched a long-awaited crew to the International Space Station that opens the door to bringing home US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have ...
Trump’s Nasa pick says his future SpaceX missions “a question mark”
US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Nasa administrator, tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, said on Wednesday that the private astronaut missions he has planned with Elon Musk’s SpaceX “may ...
Nasa welcomes Cyprus to Artemis Accords
Nasa associate administrator Jim Free on Thursday welcomed Cyprus to the Artemis Accords, a set of principles and agreements established to govern international cooperation in the exploration and use of ...
Cyprus role in returning to the moon
Global space players have chosen Cyprus as the base for the first international space innovation centre, which will build bridges of cooperation in humanity’s effort to return to the ...
Martian subsurface harbours oceans of life-giving liquid water
A study released on Monday using data from NASA’s Mars InSight lander shows evidence of liquid water far below the surface of the fourth planet, advancing the search for ...
Climate change: the August deadline and truly uncharted territory
When you spend four years writing a book on climate change, you get to know most of the leading players. I have never seen them so dismayed.
“By August, if ...
Nasa images unlock complex history of two near-Earth asteroids
In the moments before Nasa’s DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos in a landmark planetary defence test in 2022, it took high-resolution images of this small celestial object and ...
‘Life beyond Earth’: top Nasa scientist in Cyprus
Cyprus’ chief scientist for the deputy ministry of research Demetris Skourides on Tuesday met Nasa scientist Alexandra Lockwood ahead of her presentation of the latest findings from the James Webb ...
US nears attempt at first moon landing in half century with private robot spacecraft
A spacecraft built and flown by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines sailed around the moon on Thursday to attempt the first U.S. touchdown on the lunar surface in more than ...
NASA announces end of history-making Mars helicopter mission
NASA said on Thursday that its miniature robot helicopter Ingenuity, which in 2021 became the first aircraft to achieve powered flight on another planet, can no longer can fly, ending a ...
Japan’s SLIM probe lands on moon but can’t generate solar power
Japan on Saturday became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon but the probe was not generating solar power, its space agency said, during a mission to ...