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China launches crewed spacecraft to Chinese space station – state television
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Tuesday sent three astronauts to its newly built space station for a six month-long mission, formally kicking off operation of the second permanently inhabited outpost in ...
Nov 29, 2022
China set to launch Shenzhou-15 spacecraft to its space station on Tuesday
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will launch the Shenzhou-15 spacecraft to its space station at 11:08 p.m. (1508 GMT) on Nov. 29, the China Manned Space Agency said on Monday. The astronauts of the spacecraf...
Nov 27, 2022
India’s first private rocket company looks to slash satellite costs
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) - The startup behind India's first private space launch plans to put a satellite into orbit in 2023 and expects to be able to do so at half of the cost of...
Nov 26, 2022
New space observatory helps solve mystery involving enormous black holes
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most galaxies are built around humongous black holes. While many of these are comparatively docile, like the one at our Milky Way's center, some are fierce - guzz...
Nov 23, 2022
Europe names world’s first disabled astronaut
PARIS (Reuters) - The European Space Agency on Wednesday named the first ever "parastronaut" in a major step towards allowing people with physical disabilities to work and live in space. The 22-nation...
Nov 23, 2022
European space nations wrangle over funding increase
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - European nations raced down to the wire to find an extra four billion euros for space projects on the second day of talks in Paris designed to further climate research ...
Nov 23, 2022
‘Good Night Oppy’ about NASA’s rover mission may make you cry
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When "Good Night Oppy", which follows NASA rovers Opportunity and Spirit before and after they land on Mars, launched at a film festival in September, the documen...
Nov 22, 2022
France, Germany and Italy announce plans and funding details for European space launcher programme
PARIS (Reuters) - The French, Germany and Italian governments announced plans and funding details on Tuesday to move forward with Europe's space launcher exploitation programme, as Europe aims to catc...
Nov 22, 2022
European ministers to debate sharp increase in space funding
PARIS (Reuters) - European ministers are meeting in Paris to negotiate a more than 25% funding boost for space over the next three years as Europe seeks to maintain a lead in Earth observation, expand...
Nov 22, 2022
SpaceX delays Eutelsat mission liftoff to Tuesday
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company SpaceX said on Monday it's postponing the launch of the Eutelsat mission to Tuesday due to additional pre-flight checks. The company is now targeti...
Nov 21, 2022
