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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
Scientists hope genetic engineering can revive the American chestnut tree
(Reuters) - A day before Earth Day, retired forester Rex Mann watched as scientists signed an agreement with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina to allow for the eventual planting o...
Apr 22, 2021
A black hole dubbed ‘the Unicorn’ may be galaxy’s smallest one
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered what may be the smallest-known black hole in the Milky Way galaxy and the closest to our solar system - an object so curious that they ...
Apr 22, 2021
NASA extracts breathable oxygen from thin Martian air
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NASA has logged another extraterrestrial first on its latest mission to Mars: converting carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into pure, breathable oxygen...
Apr 21, 2021
Russia plans to launch own space station after quitting ISS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is ready to start building its own space station with the aim of launching it into orbit by 2030 if President Vladimir Putin gives the go-ahead, the head of its Roscosmos spa...
Apr 21, 2021
