space

Astronauts bid emotional farewell to space station crew

  (Reuters) - The International Space Station's latest expedition officially began on Friday (June 2) after Flight Engineers Oleg Novitskiy of…

Astronaut’s helmet-cam captures space views

Reuters -- The National Aeronautics Space Administration has released an action camera video shot by astronauts on a spacewalk outside…

NASA delays deep-space Orion test to 2019 due to costs

by Kerry Sheridan Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) - The first test flight of NASA's Orion capsule, designed to…

Close call: When asteroids whisk past Earth

by Valerie DEKIMPE Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- A peanut-shaped asteroid 1.3 kilometers (3,280 feet) across streaked past…

Big space rock to streak past Earth on Wednesday

PARIS, France (AFP) -- An asteroid stretching 650 meters (2,000 feet) across is on track to whoosh past Earth on…

Space blanket floats away during historic spacewalk

by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- A space blanket floated away from American astronaut Peggy…

SpaceX poised to launch first recycled rocket

by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- SpaceX is poised to launch its first recycled rocket on…

Japan launches latest North Korea spy satellite

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan launched a new spy satellite on Friday, the country's space agency said, as the region…

Moon tourists in for a rough ride, experts say

by Laurence COUSTAL / Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Non-stop vomiting, a puffy face and…

NASA mulls putting astronauts on deep space test flight

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- The US space agency said Friday it is considering putting astronauts on an upcoming test…

SpaceX blasts off cargo from historic NASA launchpad

by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- SpaceX on Sunday blasted off its Falcon 9 rocket carrying…

India sets record—-104 satellites into orbit

SRIHARIKOTA, India (AFP) -- India successfully put a record 104 satellites from a single rocket into orbit on Wednesday in…

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