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By Alexander Villegas PUCON, Chile (Reuters) - Nearly 1,500 academics, researchers and scientists specializing in Antarctica gathered in southern Chile for the 11th Scientific Committee on Antarctic R...

(Reuters) - SpaceX on Tuesday said the company is standing down from the Falcon 9 launch of Polaris Dawn scheduled for early Wednesday due to unfavorable weather forecast in splashdown areas off the c...

By Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Tanvi Mehta BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's space agency expects a 20%-30% increase in its budget in the coming years, its head said in a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker interview o...

By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - British Paralympian John McFall will be taking a stand for sports and space this week after becoming the first person with a physical disability to be cleared for futur...

By Gerry Doyle (Reuters) - The launch of SpaceX's four-person Polaris Dawn mission will be delayed by at least a day because of a helium leak in ground equipment at Kennedy Space Center, the company s...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA's decision to send Boeing's Starliner capsule home without astronauts follows years of missteps by the planemaker in its space business and raises doubts o...

(Reuters) - SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission is poised to make history this week with the first privately managed spacewalk, a risky endeavour previously undertaken only by government astronauts . Two of...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station in June aboard Boeing's faulty Starliner capsule will need to return to Earth on a SpaceX vehicle...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - SpaceX's attempt at the first ever private spacewalk next week will be a test of trailblazing equipment, including slim spacesuits and a cabin with no airlock, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA on Thursday said it expects to announce on Saturday its decision on whether the two astronauts who rode Boeing's glitchy Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Stat...