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Now, NASA Successfully Acquires GPS Signals On Moon
NASA's Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE), with the assistance of the Italian Space Agency, has become the first device to track and observe Earth-based navigation signals on the surface of the Moon.
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Katy Perry, Jeff Bezos's Fiancee To Fly To Space On Blue Origin Rocket
Pop star Katy Perry and journalist Lauren Sanchez, who is engaged to billionaire Jeff Bezos, are set to join an all-female crew on Blue Origin's next suborbital spaceflight, the company announced Thursday.
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Ex-NASA Leader Says Never Got Elon Musk Offer To Bring Back Sunita Williams
NASA's top officials never received an offer from Elon Musk's SpaceX to bring home two US astronauts marooned in space earlier than planned, the agency's former deputy administrator told Bloomberg.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Debris Falls Over Europe, Crashes in Poland
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s upper stage made an uncontrolled reentry over Europe on February 19, creating a fireball seen across multiple countries. Large debris landed in Poland, with objects found near Poznań and Wiry Village. The Polish Space Agency confirmed the debris came from the Starlink Group 11-4 mission. Authorities are investigating, ...
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How NASA Plans To Stop 'City-Killer' Asteroid
International space agencies, including NASA, are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small but concerning chance of striking Earth in 2032.
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Trump Living In Russian "Disinformation Space": Zelensky After Ratings Remark
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday said Donald Trump was living in a Russian "disinformation space", responding to scathing comments by the US president that Zelensky's popularity rating is four percent.
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"Won't Let Elon Musk Take Part In Space-Related Decisions": Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will not let billionaire Elon Musk take part in any space-related government decisions.
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ISRO's Chandrayaan-4 to Land on Moon and Bring Back Lunar Samples in 2027
India’s space agency ISRO is gearing up for the Chandrayaan-4 mission, scheduled for 2027. This ambitious mission will involve a complex system of five modules, launched using two LVM3 rockets. Once in lunar orbit, two modules will descend to the surface, with one collecting samples and the other remaining on the Moon. The sample return module wi...
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First Astronaut With A Disability Cleared For Space Station Mission
John McFall, a 43-year-old British surgeon and former Paralympian who lost a leg in a motorbike accident when he was 19, said he was "hugely proud" of clearing the hurdle.
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James Webb Telescope to Study Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2024 YR4
Asteroid 2024 YR4, identified in December 2024, has a 2.3% chance of Earth impact in December 2032. Due to uncertainties in ground-based size estimates, JWST will conduct infrared observations in March and May to determine its true dimensions. The European Space Agency estimates its width at 55 metres, but it could be as large as 90 metres. The fin...
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Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore Will Return To Earth On This Date
NASA and SpaceX are accelerating the target launch and return dates for the upcoming crew rotation missions to and from the International Space Station (ISS), which will bring the agency's stranded astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore back.
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ISRO Dismisses Glitch Reports in SpaDeX Docking, Confirms Mission Progress
ISRO has confirmed that its maiden space docking mission, SpaDeX, was successfully completed without technical issues. While docking precision was achieved, orbit-raising efforts faced setbacks due to an oxidiser valve issue. The agency is working on solutions and plans to conduct further experiments. The mission, launched on December 30, 2024, dem...
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Pakistan Joins China's Lunar Mission For Exploring Moon's South Pole
In Islamabad's first major involvement in lunar exploration, Pakistan's space agency SUPARCO has joined hands with China for its upcoming Chang'e-8 moon mission in 2028.
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Russia Space Agency Head Fired Over Failed Moon Mission
The Kremlin removed the head of Russia's space agency after the spectacular failure of Russia's first mission to the moon in 47 years.
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French PM Francois Bayrou Survives No-Confidence Vote
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Wednesday survived a no-confidence vote in parliament, winning some breathing space after less than two months in office but still facing an uncertain future.
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Now, NASA Successfully Acquires GPS Signals On Moon
NASA's Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE), with the assistance of the Italian Space Agency, has become the first device to track and observe Earth-based navigation signals on the surface of the Moon.
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Katy Perry, Jeff Bezos's Fiancee To Fly To Space On Blue Origin Rocket
Pop star Katy Perry and journalist Lauren Sanchez, who is engaged to billionaire Jeff Bezos, are set to join an all-female crew on Blue Origin's next suborbital spaceflight, the company announced Thursday.
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Ex-NASA Leader Says Never Got Elon Musk Offer To Bring Back Sunita Williams
NASA's top officials never received an offer from Elon Musk's SpaceX to bring home two US astronauts marooned in space earlier than planned, the agency's former deputy administrator told Bloomberg.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Debris Falls Over Europe, Crashes in Poland
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s upper stage made an uncontrolled reentry over Europe on February 19, creating a fireball seen across multiple countries. Large debris landed in Poland, with objects found near Poznań and Wiry Village. The Polish Space Agency confirmed the debris came from the Starlink Group 11-4 mission. Authorities are investigating, ...
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How NASA Plans To Stop 'City-Killer' Asteroid
International space agencies, including NASA, are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small but concerning chance of striking Earth in 2032.
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Trump Living In Russian "Disinformation Space": Zelensky After Ratings Remark
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday said Donald Trump was living in a Russian "disinformation space", responding to scathing comments by the US president that Zelensky's popularity rating is four percent.
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"Won't Let Elon Musk Take Part In Space-Related Decisions": Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will not let billionaire Elon Musk take part in any space-related government decisions.
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ISRO's Chandrayaan-4 to Land on Moon and Bring Back Lunar Samples in 2027
India’s space agency ISRO is gearing up for the Chandrayaan-4 mission, scheduled for 2027. This ambitious mission will involve a complex system of five modules, launched using two LVM3 rockets. Once in lunar orbit, two modules will descend to the surface, with one collecting samples and the other remaining on the Moon. The sample return module wi...
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First Astronaut With A Disability Cleared For Space Station Mission
John McFall, a 43-year-old British surgeon and former Paralympian who lost a leg in a motorbike accident when he was 19, said he was "hugely proud" of clearing the hurdle.
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James Webb Telescope to Study Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2024 YR4
Asteroid 2024 YR4, identified in December 2024, has a 2.3% chance of Earth impact in December 2032. Due to uncertainties in ground-based size estimates, JWST will conduct infrared observations in March and May to determine its true dimensions. The European Space Agency estimates its width at 55 metres, but it could be as large as 90 metres. The fin...
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Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore Will Return To Earth On This Date
NASA and SpaceX are accelerating the target launch and return dates for the upcoming crew rotation missions to and from the International Space Station (ISS), which will bring the agency's stranded astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore back.
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ISRO Dismisses Glitch Reports in SpaDeX Docking, Confirms Mission Progress
ISRO has confirmed that its maiden space docking mission, SpaDeX, was successfully completed without technical issues. While docking precision was achieved, orbit-raising efforts faced setbacks due to an oxidiser valve issue. The agency is working on solutions and plans to conduct further experiments. The mission, launched on December 30, 2024, dem...
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Pakistan Joins China's Lunar Mission For Exploring Moon's South Pole
In Islamabad's first major involvement in lunar exploration, Pakistan's space agency SUPARCO has joined hands with China for its upcoming Chang'e-8 moon mission in 2028.
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Russia Space Agency Head Fired Over Failed Moon Mission
The Kremlin removed the head of Russia's space agency after the spectacular failure of Russia's first mission to the moon in 47 years.
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French PM Francois Bayrou Survives No-Confidence Vote
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Wednesday survived a no-confidence vote in parliament, winning some breathing space after less than two months in office but still facing an uncertain future.
