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Intuitive Machines clinches $4.8 billion navigation services contract from NASA
(Reuters) -Intuitive Machines said on Tuesday it has bagged a navigation and communication services contract of up to $4.82 billion from NASA for missions in the near space region. Shares of the space...
Sep 17, 2024
AI experts ready 'Humanity's Last Exam' to stump powerful tech
By Jeffrey Dastin and Katie Paul (Reuters) - A team of technology experts issued a global call on Monday seeking the toughest questions to pose to artificial intelligence systems, which increasingly h...
Sep 16, 2024
Ariane 6 set for new launch this year after software flaw identified
PARIS (Reuters) - Space launch provider Arianespace on Monday reaffirmed plans to stage the second mission of Europe's Ariane 6 launcher before the end of the year after a glitch that marred the inaug...
Sep 16, 2024
Study shows how a woman's brain reorganizes during pregnancy
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pregnancy triggers vast changes in a woman's body - hormonal, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, urinary and more. And, as a new study reveals, the br...
Sep 16, 2024
SpaceX-Polaris crew poised to attempt first private spacewalk
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of private astronauts is set to carry out the first private spacewalk in orbit on Thursday from a SpaceX capsule, testing a new line of spacesuits. A bi...
Sep 11, 2024
Spacecraft carrying Russians and American takes off from Baikonur cosmodrome
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A spacecraft carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts took off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan late on Wednesday evening en route to the International Sp...
Sep 11, 2024
SpaceX set to launch billionaire's private crew on breakthrough spacewalk mission
By Joey Roulette and Gerry Doyle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A crew of four private astronauts on Tuesday were in the final stages of preparation for a risky SpaceX mission to attempt the first-ever privat...
Sep 10, 2024
Musk says SpaceX to launch first uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years
(Reuters) - SpaceX will launch its first uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said in a post on social media platfo...
Sep 07, 2024
Explainer-What is helium and why is it used in rockets?
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) - Two NASA astronauts aboard Boeing's Starliner will stay on the International Space Station for months because of a faulty propulsion system whose proble...
Sep 07, 2024
Without astronauts, Boeing's Starliner undocks from space station
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing's Starliner spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on Friday, leaving behind its first crew of U.S. astronauts to return to Earth empty...
Sep 06, 2024
