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Rocket Lab successfully launches first Electron rocket since September failure
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) - Rocket Lab on Friday said it had launched its Electron rocket into space from a facility in New Zealand, the SpaceX rival's first flight since a mission failure in ...
Dec 15, 2023
China launches experimental spacecraft into orbit for third time since 2020
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Thursday successfully launched a reusable robotic spacecraft for the third time since 2020, in a series of secretive orbital test flights that it says are aimed at develop...
Dec 14, 2023
Aborted test and missing parts add to European space woes
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - The final flight of Italy's Vega rocket has been delayed after crucial parts went missing, while the latest test of Europe's new Ariane 6 has been aborted, the European...
Dec 14, 2023
Scientists see risk of lost opportunity for long COVID research in China
By Andrew Silver SHANGHAI (Reuters) - With more than a full year past since China eased restrictions and let COVID-19 sweep its households, scientists are worried a unique opportunity may be slipping ...
Dec 13, 2023
Rocket Lab sets Dec. 15 Electron rocket launch after September failure
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rocket Lab on Tuesday said it was poised to launch its Electron rocket as soon as Dec. 15, carrying a Japanese satellite in what would mark the rocket's first f...
Dec 12, 2023
US military spaceplane poised for 7th launch, first atop SpaceX Falcon Heavy
By Joe Skipper and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. military's secretive X-37B robot spaceplane was poised for liftoff from Florida on Monday on its seventh mission to orbit, ...
Dec 11, 2023
US military spaceplane atop SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch delayed to Monday
(Reuters) - The U.S. military's secretive X-37B spaceplane which was poised for launch on Sunday on the robot craft's seventh mission to orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket has been delayed to Mon...
Dec 10, 2023
China LandSpace’s methane-powered rocket sends satellites into orbit -state media
BEIJING (Reuters) - A rocket developed by LandSpace Technology on Saturday launched three satellites into orbit, state media said, a milestone in the Chinese private rocket startup's mission to test w...
Dec 08, 2023
Fossils show dismembered young dinosaurs in belly of T. rex cousin
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - The young Gorgosaurus knew what it liked for dinner. About 75 million years ago in what is now Canada's Alberta province, this fearsome T. rex cousin set about hunting turke...
Dec 08, 2023
Magnetic surgical robot makes international debut in Chile hospital
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A robot that uses powerful magnets to perform less invasive and more efficient surgeries completed its first international procedure, a gallbladder removal, at a public hospital i...
Dec 06, 2023
