space

NASA dubs 2024 Moon mission ‘Artemis,’ asks for $1.6 billion

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- NASA's next mission to the Moon will be called Artemis, the US space agency announced…

Amazon’s Bezos unveils lunar lander project ‘Blue Moon’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Jeff Bezos, who heads both Amazon and space company Blue Origin, unveiled a lunar lander…

New space race to bring satellite internet to the world

by Ivan Couronne WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Anxiety has set in across the space industry ever since the world's…

Japan creates first artificial crater on asteroid

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese scientists have succeeded in creating what they called the first-ever artificial crater on an asteroid,…

‘Marsquake’: first tremor detected on Red Planet

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Scientists said Tuesday they might have detected the first known seismic tremor on Mars in a…

Japan probe sends ‘impactor’ to blast asteroid

by Miwa SUZUKI TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A Japanese probe on Friday launched an explosive device at an asteroid, aiming…

Israeli spacecraft starts orbiting moon on maiden voyage

JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) -- An Israeli spacecraft on the country's first lunar mission began orbiting the Moon on Thursday, completing a…

After the Moon in 2024, NASA wants to reach Mars by 2033

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- NASA has made it clear they want astronauts back on the Moon in 2024, and…

Indian satellite destruction created 400 pieces of debris, endangering ISS: NASA

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The head of NASA on Monday branded India's destruction of one of its satellites a…

New close-ups of the mini-moons in Saturn’s rings

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Nestled between Saturn's rings are a collection of mini-moons that NASA's Cassini spacecraft skimmed past…

Modi declares India ‘space superpower’ as satellite downed by missile

by Jalees Andrabi NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India said Wednesday it destroyed a low-orbiting satellite in a missile test…

US to speed up astronaut return to Moon: target 2024

by Ivan Couronne WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Donald Trump's administration announced Tuesday it was speeding up plans to send…

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