Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Science News (Master Feed)
SpaceX's Starlink loses contact with satellite, says no threat to space missions
March 30 (Reuters) - SpaceX's Starlink said one of its satellites had an anomaly on-orbit on Sunday, leading to a loss of communications with the spacecraft at roughly 560 km (347.97 miles) above Eart...
Mar 30, 2026
NASA set for first crewed moon return in over half a century
By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, March 30 (Reuters) - NASA is preparing to launch the first crew of astronauts toward the moon in over 53 years with its second Artemis mission, a critical tes...
Mar 30, 2026
Voyager, Icarus Robotics to test free-flying robot on space station
By Akash Sriram March 30 (Reuters) - Space-tech firm Voyager Technologies has secured a mission management contract with robotics startup Icarus Robotics to demonstrate a free-flying robotic system on...
Mar 30, 2026
Outer space conditions hamper sperm's ability to navigate toward an egg
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - As humankind moves toward the goal of establishing a long-term presence on the moon and Mars, the question of whether reproduction is possible in extrat...
Mar 30, 2026
Starcloud reaches $1.1 billion valuation as AI space race heats up
By Akash Sriram March 30 (Reuters) - Orbital compute infrastructure startup Starcloud has raised $170 million at a $1.1 billion valuation, as companies including Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blu...
Mar 30, 2026
Key milestones in NASA's Artemis moon program
April 1 (Reuters) - NASA's Artemis program is the U.S. effort to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since the Apollo era and eventually establish a sustained human presence there, a goal...
Mar 30, 2026
Factbox-How NASA's Artemis II moon mission will unfold
April 1 (Reuters) - NASA's Artemis II mission, which launched on Wednesday, is expected to last about 10 days, sending four astronauts on a high-speed journey around the moon and back in the first cre...
Mar 30, 2026
NASA's Artemis astronauts enter final preparations for Moon mission
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - The four astronauts selected for NASA's Artemis II mission arrived in Florida on Friday, entering the final phase of preparations for the first crewed...
Mar 27, 2026
Japan's ispace delays NASA-sponsored moon landing to 2030
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO, March 27 (Reuters) - Japanese spacecraft startup ispace said on Friday it will further delay a U.S. government-sponsored lunar mission to 2030 and cut its global workforce, in...
Mar 27, 2026
Satellite observations offer insight into a tsunami's early stages
March 27 (Reuters) - Observations made by a satellite operated by the U.S. and French space agencies shortly after a strong earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula last year are giving scie...
Mar 27, 2026
