‘Experience of a lifetime’: Billionaire Branson achieves space dream
by Lucie AUBOURG Agence France Presse British billionaire Richard Branson flew into space Sunday aboard a Virgin Galactic vessel,…
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Trailblazing woman pilot, 82, to fly into space with Bezos
by Lucie AUBOURG WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Barrier-breaking woman aviator Wally Funk, 82, will join Jeff Bezos this month…
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Rocket blasts off carrying first Chinese crew to new space station
by Ludovic EHRET JIUQUAN, China (AFP) -- The first astronauts for China's new space station blasted off Thursday for the…
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Astronauts install new rollout solar panels on International Space Station
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Astronauts Thomas Pesquet of France and Shane Kimbrough of the United States spacewalked outside the…
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China ready to launch first crew to new space station
by Ludovic EHRET and Poornima WEERASEKARA BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The first crew for China's new space station prepared to…
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to take first Blue Origin flight into space
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced Monday he will fly into space next month on the…
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Pacific readies for ‘Super Blood Moon’ celestial show
by Andrew BEATTY SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Stargazers across the Pacific Rim can cast their eyes skyward on Wednesday night…
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China’s Mars rover starts roaming the Red Planet
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) -- China's Mars rover drove from its landing platform and began exploring the surface on Saturday, state-run…
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Chinese Mars rover beams back first photos
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Solar panels against an alien landscape, ramps and rods pointing at the Martian horizon -- China's…
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NASA’s giant Webb telescope succeeds in key pre-launch test
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The world's largest and most powerful space telescope unfolded its giant golden mirror for the…
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China’s rocket out of control but risk of damage low, say experts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmM_nrDjiAQ by Juliette COLLEN Agence France Presse China's rogue rocket is in an uncontrolled free-fall towards Earth and no…
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Chinese rocket to tumble back to Earth in uncontrolled re-entry
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A large segment of a Chinese rocket is expected to make an uncontrolled re-entry into the…
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