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SpaceX capsule with ailing astronaut, three crewmates splashes down off California
LOS ANGELES, Jan 15 (Reuters) - A SpaceX capsule carrying a four-member crew home from orbit in an emergency return to earth necessitated by an undisclosed serious medical condition afflicting one of ...
Jan 15, 2026
Astronauts begin early return flight from space station with ailing crew member
By Steve Gorman Jan 14 (Reuters) - A SpaceX capsule departed the International Space Station on Wednesday carrying a four-member crew on an emergency return flight to Earth necessitated by an unspecif...
Jan 14, 2026
Scientists recover genome from woolly rhino eaten by Ice Age wolf
Jan 14 (Reuters) - About 14,400 years ago, a weeks-old wolf puppy ate its last meal - meat from a woolly rhinoceros - shortly before dying on the harsh Ice Age landscape of northeastern Siberia. In a ...
Jan 14, 2026
Astronomers spot white dwarf star creating a colorful shockwave
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact Earth-sized stellar ember - that is creating a colorful shockwave as it moves through space, le...
Jan 12, 2026
Indian rocket launch loses control after liftoff in fresh blow to ISRO
BENGALURU, Jan 12 (Reuters) - An Indian rocket carrying 16 loads of equipment and experiments including an earth surveillance satellite went off track after liftoff on Monday in a fresh setback to the...
Jan 12, 2026
Starlink rival Eutelsat orders 340 OneWeb satellites from Airbus
Jan 12 (Reuters) - Eutelsat, the satellite operator backed by the French and the British governments, has placed an order with Airbus for 340 satellites to refresh and extend its OneWeb low-Earth-orbi...
Jan 12, 2026
NASA, SpaceX set target date for Crew-11’s return to earth
Jan 9 (Reuters) - NASA on Friday said the space agency and SpaceX are targeting to undock the agency's SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International Space Station no earlier than 5 p.m. ET (2200 GMT) ...
Jan 09, 2026
FCC approves SpaceX plan to deploy additional 7,500 Starlink satellites
WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it has approved SpaceX's request to deploy another 7,500 second-generation Starlink satellites as it works to boost i...
Jan 09, 2026
NASA considers rare early ISS crew return due to astronaut’s medical issue
Jan 8 (Reuters) - NASA is considering a rare early return of an astronaut and its crew from the International Space Station (ISS) over an unspecified medical issue, hours after cancelling a planned sp...
Jan 08, 2026
Fossils found in Moroccan cave may be a close Homo sapiens ancestor
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Fossilized bones and teeth dating to 773,000 years ago unearthed in a Moroccan cave are providing a deeper understanding of the emergence of Homo sapiens i...
Jan 07, 2026
