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.
SpaceX's Starship engine failure could cause problem for NASA's 2028 moon mission objectives
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage to crash into Moon at seven times the speed of sound
WATCH: Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explodes on launch pad
Japanese billionaire searches for girlfriend for SpaceX voyage
Maezawa, who recently split up from actress girlfriend Ayame Goriki, 27, has said he plans to take artists on the flight to inspire works based on the experience, in a project he dubbed Dear Moon.
'Bull's-eye' landing caps Boeing's faulty astronaut capsule test mission
Officials from the aerospace company and NASA breathed sighs of relief following the landing, a highly challenging feat.
Boeing's Starliner astronaut capsule fails test to reach space station
The Starliner setback came as Boeing, whose shares dropped 1.6% on the day.
NASA probe nearing sun reveals new details about solar winds
"We were certainly hoping we'd see new phenomena and new processes when we got close to the sun - and we certainly did," Nicola Fox, director of the US space agency's heliophysics division, said.
SpaceIL heading back to space, mission to Mars on the horizon
"Despite the fact that Beresheet crashed, hundreds of kids wrote to us saying we inspired them to become engineers and scientists," co-founder Damari said. "If they can dream it, they can do it."
Israeli stamps show the first Torah scroll flown in space
He also brought a menorah to celebrate Hanukkah, although he was never able to actually light it aboard the spacecraft.
NASA renames cosmic body after nicknaming it with term used by Nazis
It will now be called Arrokoth instead.
