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For SpaceX's next Starship test flight, surviving hypersonic return is key
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) - SpaceX's giant Starship rocket is scheduled for a fourth test flight to space on Thursday with a tricky primary objective: survive a blazingly hot re-entry through Earth's...
Thomson Reuters Jun 06, 2024
Factbox-Who are the first astronauts to fly aboard Boeing's Starliner?
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Two veteran NASA astronauts with 500 days of previous spaceflight experience between them are the first crew of Boeing's pxpCST-100 Starliner space capsule, launched to spa...
Thomson Reuters Jun 05, 2024
Chile to install world's largest astronomy camera on the edge of Atacama desert
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - With a resolution above 3.2 gigapixels, a nearly three-ton weight and the ambitious task of carrying out an unprecedented decade-long exploration, the largest digital camera ever ...
Thomson Reuters Jun 05, 2024
Boeing to try again to launch first Starliner crewed mission
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is set for a third attempt to fly astronauts to space for the first time on Wednesday, a much-delayed testing milestone in the aer...
Thomson Reuters Jun 05, 2024
Europe's Ariane 6 rocket debut planned for July 9
BERLIN (Reuters) -Europe's new Ariane 6 satellite launcher will stage a long-awaited inaugural flight on July 9, the head of the European Space Agency said at the Berlin Airshow on Wednesday. The dela...
Thomson Reuters Jun 05, 2024
Space janitor startup Astroscale jumps 51% in Tokyo debut
TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Japanese space junk removal startup Astroscale Holdings rose 51% in their debut on Tokyo's growth market on Wednesday. The stock first traded at 1,281 yen per share, compar...
Thomson Reuters Jun 04, 2024
SpaceX's next Starship test gets FAA go-ahead
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday said it issued a license for SpaceX's fourth flight of its Starship rocket system, another test mission along the company's p...
Thomson Reuters Jun 04, 2024
Rare fossil of adolescent Tyrannosaurus - 'Teen Rex'- found by US kids
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - A rare fossil of an adolescent Tyrannosaurus rex has been excavated in North Dakota's badlands - a find noteworthy for the scientific insight it may offer into the life hist...
Thomson Reuters Jun 04, 2024
New Zealand’s nascent space industry aims for the stars
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The grassy plains on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island, once home to cattle, have been transformed into a key aerospace facility for the Pacific natio...
Thomson Reuters Jun 03, 2024
China's Chang'e-6 probe lifts off from far side of moon
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Chang'e-6 probe has lifted off from the far side of the moon, starting its journey back towards Earth, state media Xinhua announced on Tuesday. The probe, which departed th...
Thomson Reuters Jun 03, 2024
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