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Musk and engineers from his rocket company, SpaceX, built a small submarine and shipped it to Thailand to help with the rescue. (Photo: AP)

NASA clears SpaceX test flight to space station

The approval cleared a key hurdle for SpaceX in its quest to help NASA revive America's human spaceflight program.

25 Feb 2019 11:11 AM IST

With the engine shut down, Unity coasted upward to an apogee of 84,271 feet (25,686 meters). (Photo: Virgin Galactic)

Branson's Virgin Galactic takes another step toward space tourism

The reusable SpaceShipTwo craft previously flew to an altitude of more than 51 miles in December 2018.

24 Feb 2019 10:48 AM IST

The successful launch of a rocket from high-altitude balloon makes space more accessible to micro-satellites.

High-altitude balloon makes space more accessible to micro-satellites

The test launch of the rockoon in December was a success.

23 Feb 2019 11:40 AM IST

On its website, NASA explains that it does use the materials for wind experiments launched on sounding rockets to the upper atmosphere.

NASA clears SpaceX test flight to space station

NASA awarded SpaceX $2.6 billion, and Boeing Co $4.2 billion to build separate rocket and capsule launch systems.

23 Feb 2019 9:40 AM IST

Scientists believe that asteroids and comets crashing into early Earth delivered organic compounds and water that seeded the planet for life. (Photo: NASA)

Japanese space probe touches down on asteroid to collect samples

It is the second Japanese spacecraft to land on an asteroid after Hayabusa touched down on Itokawa in 2005.

22 Feb 2019 9:37 AM IST

US astronaut Nick Hague, right and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), walk prior the launch of Soyuz MS-10 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)

Space crew unfazed ahead of first launch since rocket failure

Together with NASA astronaut Christina Koch they are due to blast off for the International Space Station.

22 Feb 2019 9:36 AM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transporting the Tess satellite lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, April 18, 2018. The satellite known as Tess will survey almost the entire sky, staring at the brightest, closest stars in an effort to find any planets that might be encircling them. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX, Boeing design risks threaten new delays for US space program

There are serious challenges to the current launch schedules for both SpaceX and Boeing.

22 Feb 2019 9:34 AM IST

The unmanned robotic lander dubbed Beresheet - Hebrew for the biblical phrase in the beginning - soared into space from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at about 8:45 p.m. EST (0145 GMT Friday) atop the 23-story-tall rocket. (Photo: AP)

Israel's first lunar lander launched from SpaceX rocket

Beresheet, about the size of a dishwashing machine, was one of three payloads carried aloft by the Falcon 9.

22 Feb 2019 9:33 AM IST

A Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The Falcon Heavy, has three first-stage boosters, strapped together with 27 engines in all. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX granted nearly USD 300 million by US Department of Defense

The investment will see SpaceX launch three crucial missions, including the NROL-87, NROL-85, and AFSPC-44 missions.

21 Feb 2019 4:24 PM IST

First human Mars mission needs comedians

First human Mars mission needs comedians

Future astronauts may have to prove they have a funny bone to calm tensions.

17 Feb 2019 3:44 AM IST

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station experience decreased physical fitness because of a decrease in the way oxygen moves through the body, according to a Kansas State University kinesiology study. Photo courtesy of NASA.

NASA mulls buying new rides to space from Russia amid programme delays

The US space agency has since had to rely on Russia's Roscosmos program to ferry astronauts to the orbital space station

16 Feb 2019 10:02 AM IST

In a big boost to Indias nuclear energy programme the Kaiga Generating Station (KGS) - 1 of the Kaiga Atomic Power Station (KAPS) on Monday morning broke the world record by achieving 941 days of continuous operation, said the Department of Atomic Energy(DAE).

Japan's Kyushu Electric to scrap aging nuclear reactor

Kyushu Electric will scrap the No.2 reactor at the Genkai plant, about 930 km (580 miles) west of Tokyo.

14 Feb 2019 11:10 AM IST