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In this screengrab, recovery vessels approach the SpaceX Crew-11 capsule to evacuate a crew member after a pre-dawn splashdown near San Diego on Thursday. Photo: Nasa/AP
United States

Astronauts splash down on Earth after first-ever medical evacuation

The crew’s mission on the International Space Station was cut short by over a month.

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Space

Nasa to carry out first-ever space medical evacuation for astronaut

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China's space programme

Editorial | US and China should cooperate to make space safe for all

China technology

Opinion | For China and the Middle East, a Space Silk Road is written in the stars

Traditionally reliant on the US, Arab countries are turning to Beijing as relations with Washington sour over the Gaza humanitarian crisis.

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A Long March-2C rocket carrying a MisrSat-2 blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China on December 4, 2023, in a joint China-Egyptian effort. Photo: EPA-EFE/Xinhua
United States

Astronauts launch for space station after being sidelined by Starliner woes

Catching a ride in a SpaceX capsule, a US-Japanese-Russian crew of four rocketed from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre.

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India

India eyes lift-off for space economy after astronaut ISS milestone

Mission marks progress in India’s programme to become the fourth country to independently carry out human space flights.

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India

India, Poland and Hungary make space flight comeback with Axiom mission to ISS

Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla is the first Indian in space since Rakesh Sharma, who took part in a Soviet-led initiative in 1984.

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A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Axiom 4 crew lifts off from Kennedy Space Centre Launch Complex 39A on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
United States

Oldest active Nasa astronaut turns 70 after 220 days in space

Don Pettit returned to Earth on Sunday, the day of his milestone birthday, in a Soyuz capsule with two Russian cosmonauts.

Space

Nasa’s newly returned astronauts would fly on Starliner craft again

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams defend the performance and future of the Boeing craft that caused their prolonged trip.

United States

SpaceX launches new crew to space station to replace Nasa’s stuck astronauts

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’ initial week-long mission became a nine-month stint after technical issues kept them from returning home.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule Endurance carrying the Crew-10 mission lifts off in Florida on Friday. Photo: Nasa TV via AFP
China's space programme

China’s space station will host Pakistani astronaut as first foreign visitor

The agreement is the latest sign of the close cooperation between the two countries, which will also see a Pakistani rover going to the moon.

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Tiangong is preparing to receive its first foreign astronaut. Photo: Xinhua
Science

Chinese scientists turn Boeing’s Starliner crisis into missile breakthrough

As Nasa struggles to return two astronauts after issues with the Starliner capsule, China has used the problem to its advantage.

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Science

China’s Tiangong space station research aims to ‘break technology choke points’

Thousands of experiments to be conducted over the next 10-15 years intended to serve the country’s crewed exploration programme.

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Japan

Japan brewery aims to make world’s first space sake, sell it for US$640,000

Asahi Shuzo said the ingredients would be sent to the International Space Station in late 2025.

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Bottles of Japanese sake brands on display at a store in Okaya, Nagano prefecture. Photo: AP
Japan

Japan blasts world’s first wooden satellite into space

Data will be sent from the satellite to Japanese researchers to determine if it can withstand extreme changes in temperature.

LignoSat, the world’s first satellite made from wood, developed by scientists at Kyoto University in Japan and logging company Sumitomo Forestry. Photo: Jiji Press/AFP
Science

China launches Shenzhou-19 spacecraft, carrying its third female astronaut

Successful lift-off for three-person crew bound for Tiangong space station, with autonomous rendezvous and docking slated to follow.

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Space

Boeing’s troubled Starliner spaceship lands back on Earth without crew

Starliner’s smooth return was a relief for the aviation giant’s space ambitions after Nasa deemed it too risky to send astronauts home on it.

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Nasa explains away strange noise heard by astronaut in Boeing’s Starliner

‘A pulsing sound from a speaker in Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft heard by Nasa astronaut Butch Wilmore … has stopped,’ the space agency said.

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft docked to the International Space Station’s Harmony module forward port. Photo: Nasa / TNS
Space

Editorial | Deal boosts hopes of peace in outer space

UN body is to be applauded for reaching agreement on actions to address threats and security challenges.

Icons and Influencers

Meet Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, the two Nasa astronauts stuck in space

They embarked on what was supposed to be an 8-day Crew Flight Test mission to the International Space Station in June aboard a Boeing Starliner spacecraft, but now they may not return to Earth until next year

Space

Nasa weighs SpaceX rescue for stranded Boeing Starliner crew

The astronauts may have to be brought home in a rival Crew Dragon capsule in February, in what would be a major embarrassment for Boeing.

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is seen docked at the International Space Station in July. Photo: Nasa via AP
US presidential election 2024

With Musk all in for Trump, what might that mean for US space policy?

A second Trump administration could not only feature much more work for the commercial rocket launcher SpaceX, but also a White House adviser role for Musk.

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Elon Musk, who relies on China as a core market for his business empire, has pledged to support Trump’s campaign, creating a complicated and geopolitically entangled path to these ambitions. Photo: @realDonaldTrump/Truth Social
History

Christian Pilard’s Little Museum of the World, a cave of wonders in Chai Wan

Pet a prehistoric mammoth, marvel at a meteorite, and even stop pangolin extinction in this unassuming vault inside an industrial building

United States

Nasa astronauts stuck on ISS confident Boeing Starliner will bring them home

Thruster issues and helium leaks on Boeing capsule have kept two Americans in space far longer than planned.

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Science

China fortifies Tiangong space station after Russian satellite explosion

In 6½-hour mission, two crew spacewalk to install shields against debris and photograph the station’s exterior.

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Astronaut Li Cong works outside Tiangong space station. The Shenzhou-18 crew completed its second spacewalk at 10.51pm Hong Kong time on Wednesday, according to CMSA. Photo: Xinhua
History

Barbies in space: doll that orbited the earth, and more, go on show

The first Barbie, the one that orbited Earth, the Barbie in a pink spacesuit – London’s Design Museum will mark Barbie’s 65th anniversary with an exhibition that includes Barbies with space links.

A doll in the likeness of astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will be on display in London’s Design Museum to mark Barbie’s 65th anniversary. Photo: Mattel
United States

SpaceX wins US$843 million to help Nasa destroy International Space Station

The firm will build a vehicle capable of pushing the orbiting facility back down to Earth’s atmosphere when it’s time to retire the station.

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Science

As China’s lunar ambitions blast off, it admits it is in a moon race with the US

Outlining its lunar plan, the Chinese space agency has declared for the first time it ‘will compete’ with the US.

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