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Apollo 8 astronaut Anders, who took 'Earthrise' photo, reported dead in plane crash
By Steve Gorman and Peter Cooney (Reuters) - Retired astronaut William Anders, one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, who captured the "Earthrise" photo during NASA's Apollo 8 mission, died ...
Jun 07, 2024
Aquafarming becomes main global source for fish, U.N. food agency says
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - For the first time farmed aquatic production has exceeded the catch from traditional captured fisheries, the U.N. food and agriculture agency said on Friday, unders...
Jun 07, 2024
Genome study shows how horses galloped into human history
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The advent of horse-based transportation represented one of the seminal moments for humankind, connecting ancient peoples by enabling them to move quickly over lo...
Jun 07, 2024
Planet-forming disk around small star offers big surprises
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stars about the size of our sun are not the most common ones in the Milky Way. Much smaller stars are way more common - and those host the most rocky planets in t...
Jun 06, 2024
Uranium fuel planned for high-tech US reactors a weapons risk, scientists say
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A special uranium fuel planned for use in next-generation U.S. nuclear reactors poses security risks because it can be used without further enrichment for use...
Jun 06, 2024
Boeing's Starliner capsule set for docking with space station
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) - Boeing's Starliner capsule faces a crucial test on Thursday when it is expected to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) on the spacecraft's first trip to orbit ...
Jun 06, 2024
China's Chang'e-6 transfers moon samples to spacecraft set for journey back to Earth
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Chang'e-6 probe succesfully transferred on Thursday samples it collected from the moon's far side to a spacecraft in lunar orbit, state news agency Xinhua reported. After r...
Jun 06, 2024
China's Space Pioneer raises $207 million to fund rocket development
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing-based rocket developer Space Pioneer said on Thursday that it had completed more than 1.5 billion yuan ($207 million) round of fundraising that will go towards financing th...
Jun 06, 2024
For SpaceX's next Starship test flight, surviving hypersonic return is key
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) - SpaceX's giant Starship rocket is scheduled for a fourth test flight to space on Thursday with a tricky primary objective: survive a blazingly hot re-entry through Earth's...
Jun 06, 2024
Factbox-Who are the first astronauts to fly aboard Boeing's Starliner?
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Two veteran NASA astronauts with 500 days of previous spaceflight experience between them are the first crew of Boeing's pxpCST-100 Starliner space capsule, launched to spa...
Jun 05, 2024
