Everyone's in a Space Race These Days
Gone are the days of the US-versus-Russia space race. "There are now many space races," as numerous nations and private companies get into the game, "and that's good for science," writes Louis Friedman...
View ArticleIran: We Launched 2nd Monkey Into Space
Iran said today it has successfully sent a monkey into space for a second time, part of an ambitious program aimed at manned space flight. Iran's state TV said that the launch of the rocket dubbed...
View ArticleChina Becomes 3rd Country to 'Soft Land' on Moon
State media say China has safely carried out the world's first soft landing of a space probe on the moon in nearly four decades. State television showed pictures of the moon's surface as the Chang'e 3...
View ArticleEurope Launches 2 Satellites— Into Wrong Orbit
The European Space Agency on Friday launched a pair of satellites in the hopes of building a GPS network similar to that of the United States. Problem: They apparently took a wrong turn, and ended up...
View ArticleA Sally Ride Lego Figure? Yep, and She's Not Alone
Mathematician Katherine Johnson was one of the women of NASA depicted in the Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures , and now she's about to get her own Lego figure. Per MIT News , Johnson and four other...
View ArticleIran's 'Message' Fails to Launch
Iran on Tuesday conducted one of at least two satellite launches it planned despite criticism from the United States, but the satellite failed to reach orbit, an official said. The rocket carrying the...
View ArticleMike Pence Announces New 'Space Race'
Mike Pence promised Americans the moon during a meeting of the National Space Council on Tuesday. The vice president said the current NASA plan to have US astronauts on the moon by 2028 was "just not...
View ArticleIsrael's Ambitious Moon Landing Attempt Fails
An Israeli spacecraft lost contact with Earth and crashed just moments before it was to land on the moon late Thursday, failing in an ambitious attempt to make history as the first privately funded...
View ArticleMystery Solved on New Monolith
The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may not be known as a bunch of pranksters, but it conceded Tuesday that a monolith that mysteriously appeared in a field was an official...
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