Spacecraft

Japan launches uncrewed space mission to become first to gather samples from Mars' moon Phobos

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft lifted off aboard an H3 rocket before dawn from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan.

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The H3 rocket carrying the Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) rover bound for Mars' moon Phobos lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, October 20, 2026 in this photo taken by Kyodo.
The SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy v3 Booster lift off on its 13th test flight from the SpaceX launch complex in Starbase, Texas, U.S., July 24, 2026.

SpaceX's Starship engine failure could cause problem for NASA's 2028 moon mission objectives

A longer delay would pose not only a greater setback to SpaceX's commercial ambitions to rapidly expand its Starlink broadband satellite network, but its pivotal role in NASA's Artemis moon program.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) and Mission Extension Pods (MEPs) launches from Space Force Station's Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 21, 2026.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage to crash into Moon at seven times the speed of sound

The impact will occur on the side of the Moon facing Earth and could raise a cloud of dust and rock fragments that may remain visible through sensitive telescopes for several minutes.

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Blue Origin New Glenn explodes at Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, on May 29, 2026.

WATCH: Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explodes on launch pad

The US Federal Aviation Administration said it was aware of the incident, but added that it was outside its scope and did not impact air traffic in the region.

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Could wormholes be used for future space travel? A new study explains

A theory proposes that wormholes, if they exist, might be more stable than previously suggested.

NOVEMBER 16, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Wormhole corresponding to the maximal analytic extension of the Reissner Nordstrom metric.

Former Virgin Galactic CEO to fly to space - CNBC

Lori Garver, a former deputy administrator of NASA was present at the party and told CNBC that Branson said, "George will be leading our next flight."

JULY 23, 2021ByREUTERS
Guests assemble before billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson departs with his crew for travel to the edge of space at Spaceport America

Sheba hospital in space: Exploring the final frontier of medical science

Sheba Medical Center set to launch medical research into outer space with Rakia mission

JUNE 8, 2021ByZEV STUB
Axiom Space Station

Chinese spacecraft successfully lands on surface of Mars

The Tianwen-1 spacecraft landed on a site on the Southern Utopia Plain, "leaving a Chinese footprint on Mars for the first time," Xinhua said

MAY 15, 2021ByREUTERS
The first high-resolution, color image to be sent back by the Hazard Cameras (Hazcams) on the underside of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is seen after its landing on Mars February 18, 2021.

Chinese rocket Long March 5B crashes near Maldives

The rocket landed at longitude 72.47 degrees east and latitude 2.65 degrees north, which placed it right next to the Maldives in the Indian Ocean.

MAY 9, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE, AARON REICH
Long March-5B Y2 rocket, carrying the core module of China's space station Tianhe, takes off from Wenchang

Chinese rocket in uncontrolled fall back to Earth

The first time the 30-meter long Long March 5B was launched, it nearly landed on US soil.

MAY 4, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Long March-5B Y2 rocket, carrying the core module of China's space station Tianhe, takes off from Wenchang

Out of this world clean-up: First commercial sweeping satellite launched

As Earth's orbit gets dangerously polluted, one space start-up is looking to clean it up by launching the world's first commercial space-sweeping satellite.

MARCH 25, 2021ByMICHAEL STARR
A possible design for the new Amos-8 communications satellite

Russia has begun spaceplane project, says Soviet shuttle designer

"The goal has now been set and the development of a multi-use civilian complex with an orbital plane is in full swing," Olga Sokolova was quoted as saying in comments posted on Molniya's website.

MARCH 24, 2021ByREUTERS
View of Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting Earth in an image taken by NASA astronaut Christopher J. Cassidy August 19, 2020

NASA completes major test on rocket that could take humans back to moon

It was a much-sought-after victory for Boeing after multiple setbacks.

MARCH 22, 2021ByREUTERS
Acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk (L) and Rick Gilbrech, director of NASA's Stennis Space Center react following a second hot fire test of the core stage of a Boeing-built rocket for Artemis missions

SpaceX Starship rocket prototype nails landing... then blows up

For Musk, the billionaire SpaceX founder who also heads the electric carmaker Tesla Inc, the outcome was mixed news.

MARCH 4, 2021ByREUTERS
SpaceX Starship SN10 explodes after liftoff at South Padre Island, Texas