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NASA spacecraft lands on red planet after six-month journey
This illustration made available by NASA in October 2016 shows an illustration of NASA’s InSight lander about to land on the surface of Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech…
Watch: Cool video of a spacecraft leaving Earth, from ISS
The images were taken from the European-built Cupola module with a camera set to take pictures at regular intervals. Russian Progress MS-10 cargo spacecraft was…
Arianespace launches Morocco’s second earth observation satellite
It will be mainly used for mapping, land surveying, agricultural monitoring, prevention and management of natural disasters, monitoring changes in the environment and desertification as…
‘We trust our rocket’, crew says ahead of first space launch since failure
Two minutes into that launch, a rocket failure forced Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin and US astronaut Nick Hague to abort their mission and hurtle back…
China unveils stealth combat drone in development
The CH-7′s chief designer Shi Wen says the aircraft can “fly long hours, scout and strike the target when necessary.” (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) A Chinese…
Climate change a threat to oysters
Researchers studied three groups of Olympia oysters from different areas of the California coast where the influence of rainfall on seawater salinity varies. (Photo: ANI)…
NASA probe nearing interstellar space
Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 is a little less than 17.7 billion kilometres from Earth, or more than 118 times the distance from Earth to…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe swinging by Venus on way to sun
This illustration from NASA shows the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun. Launched in August 2018, the spacecraft will get a gravity assist on…
Scrawny dwarf planet, named Goblin, found well beyond Pluto
A round frozen world just 186 miles (300 kilometres) across, the Goblin was spotted by astronomers in 2015 around Halloween, thus its spooky name. (Photo:…
NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover seen, but still not heard
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory released the photo Tuesday. (Photo: AP) NASA’s Mars rover, Opportunity, has been seen, but still not heard. A spacecraft around Mars…
