aerospace

NASA launches historic probe to ‘touch Sun’

  by Kerry Sheridan Agence France Presse TAMPA, United States (AFP) -- NASA on Sunday launched a $1.5 billion spacecraft…

NASA counts down to launch of first spacecraft to ‘touch Sun’

by Kerry Sheridan Agence France-Presse TAMPA, United States (AFP) - NASA counted down Friday to the launch of a $1.5…

Airbus to sell 60 smaller planes to JetBlue

NEW YORK, United States (AFP)--Airbus announced Tuesday a deal to sell US airline JetBlue 60 airplanes that were formerly part…

‘Flying brain’ designed to follow German astronaut launches Friday

  by Kerry Sheridan Agence France-Presse TAMPA, United States (AFP) - A floating, ball-shaped, artificial intelligence robot, specially trained to…

NASA plans to send mini-helicopter to Mars

  by Kerry Sheridan Agence France Presse TAMPA, United States (AFP) -- The US space agency said Friday it plans…

SpaceX launches world’s most powerful rocket toward Mars

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States (AFP) -- The world's most powerful rocket, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, blasted off Tuesday on its highly anticipated maiden…

SpaceX performs first ‘static fire’ of Falcon Heavy rocket

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- SpaceX on Wednesday test-fired its Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time in a launch…

SpaceX says rocket worked fine as spy satellite reported lost

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- A SpaceX rocket worked fine in its weekend launch of a secretive government satellite, named…

UPDATE: Russia loses contact with Angolan satellite

by Olga Rotenberg and Anna Smolchenko Agence France-Presse moscow, Russia (AFP) -- Russia has lost contact with Angola's first national…

Russia loses contact with Angolan satellite — space industry source

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia has lost contact with Angosat-1, the first national telecoms satellite for Angola launched from its…

Russia launches telecoms satellite for Angola

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia on Tuesday launched a rocket carrying Angosat-1, the first national telecoms satellite for Angola, from…

SpaceX postpones launch of secretive Zuma mission

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- SpaceX on Thursday postponed the launch of a secretive US government payload known as Zuma, a…

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