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Japan is poised to launch a spacecraft on the world’s first mission to bring back samples

Japan is set to launch a spacecraft on the world's first mission to bring back [...]

American scientist Margaret Hamilton, who led the development of the computer system used

American scientist Margaret Hamilton, who led the development of the computer system used by NASA's [...]

NASA wants to install a nuclear reactor near the moon’s south pole by 2030

But the fact that they are nuclear makes them significant. NASA wants to install a [...]

But the stakes are potentially ‌higher for ⁠NASA, as a Starship moon-landing vehicle would rely

The Starship engine failure that nearly foiled the orbital debut of SpaceX’s next-generation spacecraft on [...]

Private spacecraft falls back to Earth after failing to rescue aging NASA telescope

The robotic spacecraft that failed to rescue an aging NASA telescope plunged back to Earth [...]

“Scientists estimate that an impact of this magnitude happens on the Moon about once

A researcher at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has found a massive, recently [...]

But as these outposts expand, the study suggests, the space agencies and the governments behind

As NASA and China speed up their lunar space programmes, a more-than-temporary human settlement on [...]

Since the Indian Space Policy of April 2023 , the message has been clear that ISRO would, one

The letter, co-signed by nine employee associations , and addressed to the chairman, seeks clarity [...]

‘AstroRad’ vest offers astronauts lighter shield against solar storms

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The telescope is named after the late Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer

NASA is preparing to launch its next flagship space observatory — one scientists plan to [...]