LOS ANGELES | Xinhua | NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who had been stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) since last June, returned to Earth Tuesday afternoon. The duo astronauts returned home with their fellow Crew-9 astronauts, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, …
Read More »U.S. launches new crewed mission to space station, to bring home stranded astronauts
LOS ANGELES | Xinhua | NASA and SpaceX launched a new crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, a critical step to bring home NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore who have been stranded in space since last June. The spacecraft took off aboard a SpaceX …
Read More »Africa, meet 7 black astronauts!
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa | African Media Agency AMA | Africa.com will in the coming week present Africa, Meet 7 Black Astronauts! The free, virtual event features seven Black NASA astronauts. Scheduled for March 18, 2025, this inspiring event invites students, educators, and curious minds from across Africa and beyond to …
Read More »NASA, SpaceX to launch two new missions on single rocket
LOS ANGELES | Xinhua | NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than next Friday, Feb. 28, to launch two new missions on one single rocket — one to study more than 450 million galaxies, and the other to observe the sun’s corona, according to a NASA update on Friday. …
Read More »Boeing’s Starliner returns to Earth, leaving 2 astronauts behind in space
NEW YORK, the United States | Xinhua | Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft landed at the U.S. state of New Mexico early Saturday after a journey of approximately six hours from the International Space Station (ISS), with no astronauts on board, as two astronauts were forced to remain in space until next year …
Read More »New research shows presence of concealed ocean beneath surface of Mars
ASHINGTON | Xinhua | An underground reservoir of water may reside beneath the surface of Mars, according to new research released on Monday. This water, estimated to be located approximately 7 to 12 miles (11.5 to 20 km) below the Martian crust, is hidden within cracks in underground rocks. The …
Read More »Stranded in space, NASA astronauts await rescue
LOS ANGELES, the United States | Xinhua | Two U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronauts find themselves on an unexpectedly extended mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as technical issues plague their return spacecraft, Boeing’s Starliner. The intended short test mission has stretched beyond 60 days, with …
Read More »Stranded in space, NASA astronauts await rescue
LOS ANGELES | Xinhua | Two U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronauts find themselves on an unexpectedly extended mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as technical issues plague their return spacecraft, Boeing’s Starliner. The intended short test mission has stretched beyond 60 days, with no definite return …
Read More »Inside Elon Musk’s plan to Colonise Mars
Thermonuclear blasts and new species ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | For more than two decades, Elon Musk has focused SpaceX, his rocket company, on his lifelong goal of reaching Mars. Over the past year, he has also ramped up work on what will happen if he gets there. Musk, 53, has directed …
Read More »NASA, Boeing launch first crewed mission to space station
LOS ANGELES | Xinhua | NASA and Boeing launched the first crewed mission of Starliner spacecraft from the U.S. state of Florida on Wednesday, sending two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft launched at 10:52 a.m. Eastern Time on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V …
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