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What is the unusual light seen over US skies? Here’s all the detailsA bright white streak appeared in the night sky over parts of the US after a Chinese rocket released satellites and dumped fuel before reen...- SpaceX to tackle space junk: European agency says it is in talks with Elon Musk's companyThe European Space Agency is in discussions with SpaceX to join its Zero Debris charter, an initiative aimed at reducing space junk by 2030...
- SpaceX plans first manned mission over Earth's polesThe mission will use a SpaceX Dragon capsule equipped with an observation dome. The craft will fly at an altitude of between 265 and 280 mi...
- Russian satellite breaks up into 100 pieces; Here is what it means for Boeing and Sunita William's space projectA defunct Russian Earth observation satellite, the RESURS-P1, has fragmented into over 100 pieces of space debris. This event necessitated ...
- China, France launch satellite to better understand the universeThe 930-kilogram satellite carrying four instruments -- two French, two Chinese -- took off around 3:00 pm (0700 GMT) aboard a Chinese Long...
- Elon Musk's SpaceX launches another 52 Starlink satellites from Florida. Read the detailsLive coverage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Starl...
- Space debris found in rural India likely from 'China rocket'The metal ring -- reportedly two to three metres (6.5-10 feet) in diameter and weighing over 40 kilogrammes (90 pounds) -- was discovered i...
- Space junk on 5,800-mph collision course with moonThe moon is about to get walloped by 3 tons of space junk, a punch that will carve out a crater that could fit several semitractor-trailers.
- China slams US after space station 'close encounters' with Musk's satellitesTiangong, China's new space station, had to manoeuvre to avoid colliding with one Starlink satellite in July and with another in October, a...
- If China tested a new orbital weapon, it’s not much of a surprise“There’s nothing we know from reliable sources,” said Jonathan McDowell, a Harvard astronomer who tracks global space launches. The U.S. mi...
- Chinese rocket debris lands in Indian Ocean, draws criticism from NASADebris from the Long March 5B has had some people looking warily skyward since shortly after it blasted off from China's Hainan island on A...
- 'Great Conjuction': Earthlings treated to rare alignment of Jupiter and SaturnThe spectacle is a near convergence of the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn that coincides with Monday's winter solstice, the shortest day of t...
- China prepares moon probe to bring back lunar rocksBeijing is pouring billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022 and of eventually se...
- China in final preparations for latest lunar missionChang'e 5 is China's most ambitious lunar mission yet and marks the first time in four decades that any country has sought to bring rocks a...
- China's long march in space, from the moon to Mars: Beijing successfully launches roverIt is among a trio of nations, along with the United Arab Emirates and the United States, launching missions to the Red Planet this month, ...
- China launches Mars probe in space race with USAfter watching the United States and the Soviet Union lead the way during the Cold War, China has poured billions of dollars into its milit...
- From the Moon to Mars: China's march across spaceBeijing's space programme has made huge strides in recent years as it scrambles to compete with the US. China's space programme is controll...
- First commercial space taxi a pit stop on Musk's Mars questElon Musk's Mars vision, morphed into a shake-up of the old space industry, and a fleet of new private rockets. Now, those rockets will lau...
- US didn't spy on India's anti-satellite missile test: PentagonIt, however, said the United States was aware about India's first test-fire of an anti-satellite missile.
- China launches rover for first far side of the moon landingChina launched a rover early Saturday morning destined to land on the far side of the moon, a global first that would boost Beijing's ambit...
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