NASA Moon launch to attract up to 400,000 visitors
September 06, 2022 | 11:31
Up to 400,000 visitors are expected to flock to the Florida coast on Saturday, hoping to catch a glimpse -- and hear the roar -- of NASA's rocket launch to the Moon.
Nokia and NASA to install 4G on the Moon
October 20, 2020 | 08:00
Nokia's network equipment will be installed remotely on the Moon's surface using a lunar hopper built by Intuitive Machines in late 2022, Nokia said.
NASA plans for return to Moon to cost $28 billion
September 22, 2020 | 11:27
NASA on Monday revealed its latest plan to return astronauts to the Moon in 2024, and estimated the cost of meeting that deadline at $28 billion, $16 billion of which would be spent on the lunar landing module.
Boeing spacecraft lands in New Mexico after aborted mission
December 23, 2019 | 16:22
Boeing's new Starliner unmanned spacecraft returned to Earth on Sunday (Dec 22), landing in the New Mexico desert in the United States six days early after a clock problem prevented a rendezvous with the International Space Station.
NASA satellite finds crashed Indian Moon lander
December 03, 2019 | 08:52
A NASA satellite orbiting the Moon has found India's Vikram lander which crashed on the lunar surface in September, the US space agency said Monday.
50 years ago, humanity's first steps on another world
July 21, 2019 | 17:58
Americans were celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing on Saturday (Jul 20), a generation-defining event watched by half a billion people globally, as the US seeks to pivot to a new era of crewed space exploration.
NASA will fly a drone to Titan to search for life
June 28, 2019 | 17:26
For its next mission in our solar system, NASA plans to fly a drone copter to Saturn's largest moon Titan in search of the building blocks of life, the space agency said on Thursday (Jun 27).
Hacker used US$35 computer to steal restricted NASA data
June 25, 2019 | 10:21
A hacker used a tiny Raspberry Pi computer to infiltrate NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory network, stealing sensitive data and forcing the temporary disconnection of space-flight systems, the agency has revealed.
Russian, North American astronauts to return to earth
June 25, 2019 | 10:06
The first crew to blast off to the International Space Station following a launch accident that deepened doubts over Russia's space programme is set to return to earth Tuesday (Jun 25).
NASA to open International Space Station to tourists from 2020
June 08, 2019 | 09:49
NASA said on Friday (Jun 7) it will open up the International Space Station to business ventures including space tourism as it seeks to financially disengage from the orbiting research lab.
To get to the Moon in 2024, the rocket is just NASA's first headache
April 12, 2019 | 12:09
In the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, Alan Campbell, a project manager for space systems at the famed Draper Laboratory that built the computer which took astronauts to the Moon 50 years ago, is waiting for news from NASA.
SpaceX Dragon capsule successfully docks on ISS
March 04, 2019 | 12:58
WASHINGTON: The demonstration mission of SpaceX's new Crew Dragon capsule successfully docked on Sunday (Mar 3) on the International Space Station, passing a key test before it can begin taking US astronauts into space.
NASA and China collaborate on moon exploration
January 19, 2019 | 10:15
The space agencies of the United States and China are coordinating efforts on moon exploration, NASA said on Friday (Jan 18), as it navigates a strict legal framework aimed at protecting national security and preventing technology transfer to China.
NASA spaceship zooms toward farthest world ever photographed
December 31, 2018 | 15:48
A NASA spaceship is zooming toward the farthest, and quite possibly the oldest, cosmic body ever photographed by humankind, a tiny, distant world called Ultima Thule some four billion miles (6.4 billion km) away.
NASA's Dawn asteroid mission ends as fuel runs out
November 02, 2018 | 15:40
WASHINGTON: Dawn, a NASA spacecraft that launched 11 years ago and studied two of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, has ended its mission after running out of fuel, officials said Thursday (Nov 1).
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