China to launch lunar probe this year, testing capability for 'march towards deep space'
China on Tuesday announced plans to launch a probe to bring back samples from the moon before the end of the year, which state media cast as competition to U.S. President Donald Trump's ambitions to revitalize U.S. space exploration. The Chang'e-5 lunar probe is undergoing ...
China will develop rockets that can be launched into space from aircraft, a senior official told the state-run China Daily newspaper, as Beijing aims to send hundreds of satellites into orbit for military, commercial and scientific programs. The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology has ...
Life here, there and everywhere in the universe
Maybe only one planet in a million has intelligent life, you say? Okay, then there are at least 140 million planets with intelligent life in this galaxy alone.
China plans to launch its first cargo spacecraft in April, state media reported Tuesday, taking a step toward its goal of establishing a permanently manned space station by 2022. President Xi Jinping has prioritized advancing China's space program, saying it was needed to enhance national ...
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. better known as SpaceX, plans to launch its Falcon 9 rockets every two to three weeks, its fastest rate since starting launches in 2010, once a new launch pad is put into service in Florida next week, the company's president ...
ISS delivery complete, Kounotori prepares to test magnetic debris-removal tech next week
A unmanned Japanese cargo ship that decoupled from the International Space Station on Friday is scheduled to test an experimental technology for removing space debris over the next week. After lowering itself to an orbit 20 km below the ISS, Kounotori 6 will deploy a ...
How space could trigger an economic crisis
The World Economic Forum's annual assessment of global risks, published this month, rates extreme weather events as the most likely risk to the world.
JAXA fails in bid to launch world's smallest satellite-carrying rocket
A malfunction forces JAXA to terminate a satellite launch in mid-flight, sending a tiny but costly experimental rocket and its payload tumbling into the ocean.
China launched a satellite to monitor its greenhouse gas emissions early on Thursday, the latest step in efforts to cut its carbon footprint, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The launch follows the United States joining China in formally ratifying the Paris agreement to curb ...
Upgraded Epsilon solid fuel rocket places satellite in orbit
An upgraded solid fuel rocket was successfully launched Tuesday from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said. The Epsilon rocket was launched at about 8 p.m. and the ERG satellite for studying Earth's radiation belts was released at about ...
Launch of mini-satellites gives forecasters eye into hurricanes
Eight small satellites, designed to improve hurricane forecasts by detecting the wind speeds within storms, blasted off on Thursday aboard an air-launched Pegasus rocket, a NASA TV broadcast showed. From a vantage point 317 miles (510 km) above Earth, the satellites will use radio signals ...
The world's smallest carrier rocket, developed in Japan, is scheduled to be launched Jan. 11, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Thursday. The 2.6-ton rocket, about the size of a telephone pole measuring 9.5 meters in length and 0.5 meters in diameter, will be launched ...
