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Japan's reusable rocket startup ISC eyes US test launch in December
By Kantaro Komiya YOKOHAMA (Reuters) -A Tokyo-based rocket startup said on Wednesday it will test-launch a prototype in the United States in December using an American engine, aiming to achieve the fi...
May 28, 2025
Elon Musk plans Mars update after first Starship launch since test failures
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Elon Musk on Tuesday postponed by a few hours an expected update on SpaceX's plan to launch missions to Mars, saying it will take place after a Starship test fli...
May 27, 2025
Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado dead at 81
By Manuela Andreoni SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Sebastiao Salgado, the Brazilian photographer whose black-and-white images of workers, migrants, and humanity's conflicted relationship with nature captivated...
May 23, 2025
Astronomers spot galaxy shaped like the Milky Way but is far more massive
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history that surprisingly is shaped much like our Milky Way - a spiral structure wi...
May 23, 2025
FAA approves return to flight for SpaceX's Starship rocket
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday said it approved SpaceX's Starship to return to flight after its explosive testing mishap in March, allowing Elon Musk's spac...
May 22, 2025
Two galaxies seen in a 'joust' preceding a cosmic mega-merger
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed two distant galaxies - both possessing roughly as many stars as our Milky Way - careening toward each other before their inevitable merg...
May 21, 2025
Study casts doubt on water flows as cause of streaks on Martian slopes
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Images taken of Mars from orbit dating back as far as the 1970s have captured curious dark streaks running down the sides of cliffs and crater walls that some scie...
May 19, 2025
China sets launch of asteroid probe Tianwen-2 for late May, state media reports
BEIJING (Reuters) -China is preparing to launch near-Earth asteroid probe Tianwen-2 at the end of May, state-run CCTV reported on Sunday, in the country's first mission to collect samples from interpl...
May 18, 2025
China's LandSpace launches improved methane-powered rocket
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) - A new methane-powered rocket developed by China's LandSpace Technology launched six satellites into orbit on Saturday, doubling down on a cheap, cleaner fuel th...
May 17, 2025
Japan remains committed to moon missions as Trump cuts NASA budget, JAXA chief says
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan is ready to support the United States' lower-cost lunar missions, its space agency chief said on Friday, after the U.S. administration proposed a $6 billion cu...
May 16, 2025
