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China launches robot prototype capable of catching space debris with net
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese space mining start-up launched into low Earth orbit on Tuesday a robot prototype that can scoop up debris left behind by other spacecraft with a big net. The NEO-01, whic...
Apr 27, 2021
Blue Origin protests NASA’s awarding of moon lander contract to SpaceX
(Reuters) - Blue Origin, the space rocket company backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is formally challenging the $2.9 billion moon lander contract awarded by NASA to rival Elon Musk's SpaceX. Blue Orig...
Apr 26, 2021
Exclusive: Space entrepreneur Max Polyakov acquires South Africa’s Dragonfly satellite maker
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Max Polyakov, an ultra-wealthy entrepreneur with ambitions of building a space transportation empire, has acquired South African satellite maker Dragonfly Aerosp...
Apr 26, 2021
Genetic study offers good news for endangered Sumatran rhinoceros
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - A genome study involving the last remaining populations of the Sumatran rhinoceros - a solitary rainforest dweller - is providing what scientists called good news about the ...
Apr 26, 2021
China to consider building an asteroids defence system
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will discuss building a defence system against near-earth asteroids, a senior space agency official said on Saturday, as the country steps up efforts towards realizing its lo...
Apr 24, 2021
Astronauts arrive at space station aboard SpaceX Endeavour
(Reuters) - A four-astronaut team arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour, NASA said, after becoming the first crew ever to be propelled ...
Apr 24, 2021
Costa Rica unveils radar that tracks space objects from a farm
(Reuters) - Surrounded by clear blue skies and fields of sugar cane crops on the Pacific coast, a farm in the northwest of Costa Rica is now home to a giant radar capable of tracking small objects in ...
Apr 23, 2021
Third-trimester vaccination appears safe; Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine effective in those with chronic illnesses
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by t...
Apr 23, 2021
SpaceX rocketship launches 4 astronauts on NASA mission to space station
(Reuters) - NASA and Elon Musk's commercial rocket company SpaceX launched a new four-astronaut team on a flight to the International Space Station early on Friday, the first crew ever propelled towar...
Apr 23, 2021
NASA-SpaceX set to launch next 4-member crew to International Space Station
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - NASA and commercial rocket company SpaceX were due to launch a new four-astronaut team to the International Space Station early on Friday in what would be the first crew pr...
Apr 23, 2021
