space

Hard landing: Japan firm fails in historic Moon bid

by Sara HUSSEIN Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese start-up ispace conceded Wednesday its ambitious attempt to become the…

Fly me to the Moon: Firms lining up lunar landings

Tokyo, Japan (AFP) by Sara HUSSEIN Japan's ispace on Wednesday became the latest company to try, and fail, at a…

SpaceX Starship, world’s biggest rocket, explodes during first flight test

Starbase, United States | AFP | Thursday 4/20/2023 by Patrick Fallon with Chris Lefkow in Washington SpaceX's Starship, the most…

Kim orders launch of North Korea’s first spy satellite

by Claire LEE Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country has…

SpaceX postpones test flight of Starship, world’s biggest rocket

by Patrick Fallon with Chris Lefkow in Washington SpaceX on Monday postponed the first test flight of Starship, the most…

China rocket launch sends debris into sea near Taiwan: Taipei authorities

Taipei, Taiwan | AFP | Sunday 4/16/2023 China said Sunday it had launched a satellite into orbit, with authorities in…

NASA unveils ‘Mars’ habitat for year-long experiments on Earth

  Four small rooms, a gym and a lot of red sand -- NASA unveils a new Mars-simulation habitat, in…

Europe’s JUICE mission blasts off towards Jupiter’s icy moons

by Juliette COLLEN The European Space Agency's JUICE space probe successfully took off on Friday for a mission to discover…

China to ban ships from area near Taiwan due to ‘falling rocket wreckage’

by Matthew WALSH China will ban ships from entering an area north of Taiwan on Sunday due to "possible falling…

China sets up no-fly zone near Taiwan for ‘space activities’: Taipei

  Taipei, Taiwan | AFP | Wednesday 4/12/2023 China will set up a brief no-fly zone north of Taiwan on…

NASA unveils ‘Mars’ habitat for year-long experiments on Earth

HOUSTON, United States (AFP) -- Four small rooms, a gym and a lot of red sand -- NASA unveiled on…

Runaway black hole creating trail of new stars: scientists

Los Angeles, United States | AFP | A huge black hole is tearing through space, leaving behind a 200,000-light-year-long trail…

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