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Trump affirms 2028 moon landing goal, cancels space council in executive order
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The Trump administration enshrined the U.S. goal to put humans back on the moon by 2028 and defend space from weapon threats in a sweeping executive order on Thursday th...
Dec 18, 2025
Starlink says it has lost communication with one of its satellites
Dec 18 (Reuters) - SpaceX's Starlink said it experienced an anomaly on satellite 35956 on Wednesday, which led to a loss of communications with the vehicle at 418 km (259.73 miles). "The satellite is ...
Dec 18, 2025
Lasers turn back time on Rome’s Column of Marcus Aurelius
By Crispian Balmer ROME, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Just as cosmetic surgeons wield lasers to smooth away wrinkles, archaeologists in Rome are firing beams of light at history itself, peeling away decades of ...
Dec 18, 2025
US Senate confirms private astronaut, Musk ally Jared Isaacman as NASA chief
WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman to become President Donald Trump's NASA administrator, making an advocate of Mars mis...
Dec 17, 2025
Brazil to get satellite internet from Chinese rival to Starlink in 2026
BRASILIA, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Chinese low Earth orbit satellite company SpaceSail will start providing internet access to remote areas in Brazil in the first half of 2026, President Luiz Inacio Lula da...
Dec 17, 2025
Japan cancels H3 rocket launch due to 'facility trouble'
TOKYO, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Japan's space agency cancelled on Wednesday its planned H3 rocket launch carrying the Michibiki No.5 satellite system due to "facility trouble", the Japan Aerospace Explorati...
Dec 16, 2025
Thousands of dinosaur footprints found on Alpine cliffs near Winter Olympics site
MILAN, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Italian paleontologists have uncovered thousands of dinosaur footprints on a near-vertical rock face more than 2,000 metres above sea level in the Stelvio National Park, a di...
Dec 16, 2025
Russia says damaged launch pad crucial to its space programme will be fixed by February
MOSCOW, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Russia's space agency said on Tuesday that work was underway to repair a damaged launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan that underpins its space programme and t...
Dec 16, 2025
Italy crafts lab-grown snacks with fruit residues, plant cells and a 3D printer
ROME, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Scientists in Italy are developing sweet snacks with lab-grown plant cells and fruit residues, producing a material that a 3D printer can then process into 'pastries' with hig...
Dec 15, 2025
Analysis-Musk's Mars mission adds risk to red-hot SpaceX IPO
By Joey Roulette, Ross Kerber and Echo Wang WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Investors eyeing SpaceX's potential blockbuster IPO may need to brace themselves as CEO Elon Musk balances his risky quest to...
Dec 12, 2025
