space

Object found in the Milky Way ‘unlike anything astronomers have seen’

by Maddison Connaughton Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Australian researchers have discovered a strange spinning object in the Milky…

Webb telescope reaches final destination, a million miles from Earth

by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at its cosmic parking spot…

Russia’s only female cosmonaut to travel to space in September

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) - Russia's sole active female cosmonaut, Anna Kikina, is due to travel to the International Space Station…

Japan space tourist eyes Mariana Trench trip after ISS

  by Tomohiro OSAKI TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa said Friday his trip into space had given…

Webb telescope fully deploys sunshield in mission milestone

by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed its tennis-court sized sunshield Tuesday,…

James Webb telescope sets off on million-mile voyage

by Pierre CELERIER The world's most powerful space telescope on Saturday blasted off into orbit, headed to an outpost 1.5…

Japanese space tourists return to Earth after 12 days on ISS

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- A Japanese billionaire was to return to Earth Monday after spending 12 days on the International…

Russia’s cosmos town, an isolated relic of Soviet glory

by Nikolay KORZHOV Agence France-Presse BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AFP) - Malik Mutaliyev walks by an abandoned amusement park in wintry Baikonur,…

Japanese billionaire arrives at ISS

by Anastasia CLARK BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AFP) -- A Japanese billionaire arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday, marking Russia's…

Russian rocket blasts off carrying Japanese billionaire to the ISS

by Anastasia CLARK Agence France-Presse BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AFP) - A Russian rocket lifted off on Wednesday carrying a Japanese billionaire…

Japanese tycoon ‘excited’ ahead of trip to ISS

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AFP) - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa said Tuesday he was feeling "excited" ahead of his mission to the International…

NASA announces 10 latest astronaut trainees

HOUSTON, United States (AFP) -- NASA announced Monday its 10 latest trainee astronauts, who include a firefighter turned Harvard professor,…

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