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China's LandSpace launches improved methane-powered rocket
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) - A new methane-powered rocket developed by China's LandSpace Technology launched six satellites into orbit on Saturday, doubling down on a cheap, cleaner fuel th...
May 17, 2025
Japan remains committed to moon missions as Trump cuts NASA budget, JAXA chief says
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan is ready to support the United States' lower-cost lunar missions, its space agency chief said on Friday, after the U.S. administration proposed a $6 billion cu...
May 16, 2025
FAA approves license modifications for SpaceX Starship Flight 9 mission
(Reuters) -The FAA on Thursday said it approved license modifications for the SpaceX Starship Flight 9 mission, including allowing it to increase the number of operations to up to 25 per year at Boca ...
May 15, 2025
NASA rover observes aurora on Mars in visible light for first time
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA's Perseverance rover has observed an aurora on Mars in visible light for the first time, with the sky glowing softly in green in the first viewing of an auror...
May 15, 2025
Huge ice falls at Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier stir awe and concern
By Bernat Parera PERITO MORENO GLACIER, Argentina (Reuters) -The deep cracking sound bursting from within the ice signals the dramatic fall about to happen. Seconds later, a block of ice some 70 meter...
May 15, 2025
Gravity study shows why the moon's two sides look so different
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An exhaustive examination of lunar gravity using data obtained by two NASA robotic spacecraft is offering new clues about why the two sides of the moon - the one p...
May 14, 2025
Ancient footprints from Australia reveal earliest-known reptile
By Will Dunham (Reuters) -Seventeen footprints preserved in a slab of sandstone discovered in southeastern Australia dating to about 355 million years ago are rewriting the history of the evolution of...
May 14, 2025
Chicago museum's fossil yields insights on famed early bird Archaeopteryx
By Will Dunham (Reuters) -A new analysis of a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in the collection of the Field Museum in Chicago is revealing an array of previously unknown features of the earliest-kn...
May 14, 2025
GPS on the moon: Spanish firm launches lunar navigation system
By Borja Surez MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish technology company GMV has unveiled a GPS-like navigation system for the moon that aims to make lunar missions as intuitive as a drive across town with apps su...
May 09, 2025
SpaceX gets FAA approval to ramp up Starship launches in Texas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday said SpaceX's proposal to increase the annual number of Starship launches from Texas to 25 would not have a major impact on th...
May 06, 2025
