Elon Musk is accelerating the development of Starship, SpaceX’s giant next-generation rocket, after the spacecraft reached Earth orbit for the first time. The company has received authorisation from the US federal administration
NASA has announced plans to bring the Crew‑11 team aboard the International Space Station (ISS) home several days earlier than originally scheduled due to a medical concern involving an unidentified astronaut. Officials
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Previously undisclosed Ministry of Defence documents show that Britain’s military actively investigated the possibility that UFOs, or “unidentified aerial phenomena” (UAP), could represent real and highly advanced technology during the 1990s. According
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China’s rocket startup LandSpace, long inspired by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is stepping into the spotlight after conducting the country’s first reusable rocket test earlier this month, Reuters reports. Although the maiden flight
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Russia has announced ambitious plans to build a nuclear power plant on the moon by 2036 to support its lunar space program and a joint Russian-Chinese research station, as global powers intensify
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Morgan Stanley is emerging as a leading contender for a top underwriting role in SpaceX’s long-anticipated initial public offering, leveraging its long-standing relationship with chief executive Elon Musk, according to people familiar
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High above Earth, some 22,000 miles into space, an unacknowledged encounter in 2022 revealed how rapidly outer space is being transformed into a new arena of military competition. An American patrol satellite
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After months of political turbulence and scrutiny in Washington, tech billionaire and private astronaut Jared Isaacman has been confirmed as the next administrator of NASA, placing a leading advocate of commercial spaceflight
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SpaceX is moving forward with an insider share sale that values Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company at about $800 billion, laying the groundwork for what could become the largest initial public
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SpaceX is accelerating plans for an initial public offering that could raise more than $30 billion and value the company at roughly $1.5 trillion, according to people familiar with the matter. Reporting
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Scientists have detected the largest-known spinning structure ever observed in the universe — a colossal filament of galaxies, gas and dark matter twisting through space like a cosmic carousel. The team, using
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A Russian Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft launched to the International Space Station on Thursday, carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut, a live stream of the event showed. The Soyuz 2.1a rocket
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The European Space Agency (ESA) is requesting €22 billion ($25.5 billion) from its member states over the next three years, a 36% increase from its previous budget, as it moves to strengthen
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China faced a tense period for its crewed space programme as the Shenzhou-22 spacecraft was rapidly launched to serve as a lifeboat for the Tiangong space station, also known as the “Heavenly
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Amazon’s satellite internet program has a new name—and, increasingly, a new purpose. The initiative formerly known as Project Kuiper will now operate under the name “Leo,” a reference to the network’s placement
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Chinese astronauts stranded aboard the Tiangong space station are set to return to Earth on Friday, after a suspected piece of space debris damaged their spacecraft and delayed their original departure. The
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