Retired major general William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed …
Boeing’s new Starliner capsule and an inaugural two-member Nasa crew safely docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, meeting a key test in proving the vessel’s flight-worthiness and sharpening …
SpaceX’s mega Starship rocket blasted off from Texas on Thursday, the fourth test flight for the spaceship that Nasa and Elon Musk are counting on to get humanity to the …
Boeing launched astronauts for the first time on Wednesday, belatedly joining SpaceX as a second taxi service for Nasa. A pair of Nasa test pilots blasted off aboard Boeing’s Starliner …
Trouble with one of the Hubble Space Telescope’s three remaining gyroscopes, critical for aiming and locking onto targets, has prompted mission managers to switch to a backup control mode that …
Beijing — China said its lunar spacecraft unfurled the country’s red and gold flag for the first time on the far side of the moon before part of the vehicle …
You may have heard about a “parade of planets” that was set to grace the early morning skies on Monday morning with a rare celestial event. But if you missed …
AFTER 166 days circling Earth, China’s secret spaceplane has ejected an unknown object into orbit, according to reports. Little is known about the experimental spacecraft, other than the fact it …
We spoke Chinese at home, but out on the streets I’d only speak English. I was ashamed of being Chinese. We ate Chinese food at home, but when kids would …
HOPE is quickly fading for Earth’s last-remaining Venus mission, after controllers lost contact with the Japanese spacecraft after 14 years. JAXA, Japan’s space agency, has confirmed that it failed to establish …