No more taxi service to Space Station after Soyuz fiasco
October 12, 2018 | 09:38
Neither the US nor Russia will be able to send astronauts to the ISS until investigators determine why a Soyuz rocket experienced an anomaly after blast-off.
NASA astronauts install high-def cameras during spacewalk
June 15, 2018 | 08:49
Two US space walkers on Thursday (Jun 14) outfitted the International Space Station with a pair of new high-definition video cameras designed to help visiting commercial spaceships dock there in the coming years.
Moonwalking astronaut-artist Alan Bean dies at 86
May 27, 2018 | 10:48
US astronaut Alan Bean, the fourth person to walk on the moon, has died, his family announced in a statement released by NASA. He was 86 years old.
NASA’s new planet-hunter to seek closer, Earth-like worlds
April 16, 2018 | 13:44
NASA is poised to launch a US$337 million washing machine-sized spacecraft that aims to vastly expand mankind’s search for planets beyond our solar system, particularly closer, Earth-sized ones that might harbor life.
NASA counts down to dramatic Mars landing
August 06, 2012 | 16:23
With a mixture of tense nerves and confidence, NASA counted down to the landing of its largest ever robotic rover on Mars, where it will search for signs that life may once have existed.
Large asteroid nears Earth for rare fly-by
November 09, 2011 | 11:09
A big asteroid made its closest fly-by of Earth in 200 years, but there was never a chance of a crash landing as it zipped past our planet, NASA said.
Dead satellite could strike Canada, Africa, Australia
September 24, 2011 | 08:43
The biggest piece of US space junk to fall in 30 years is taking aim at a vast span of territory that includes Canada, Australia and Africa as well as plenty of open ocean, NASA said.
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