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AFP/APP Washington: NASA said on Tuesday it is delaying until March the launch of its first crewed flyby mission to the Moon in more than 50 years after encountering leaks during final tests. The mishaps occurred during a run-through…

AFP/APP South Padre Island: SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket soared through Texas’s golden-hour skies on Monday before splashing down successfully, as the US company seeks to silence critics who doubt Elon Musk’s startup can deliver…

News Desk  Islamabad: India’s ambitions to advance its remote sensing and strategic surveillance capabilities suffered a blow on Sunday after the failed launch of its latest Earth-observation satellite, EOS-09.  The satellite was lost…

AFP/APP Beijing: China is expected to launch a new crewed mission into space this week, as Beijing takes steady steps towards its goal of putting astronauts on the Moon. The Shenzhou-20 mission will blast off from the Jiuquan…

AFP/APP Tokyo: A startup aiming to become Japan's first private firm to put a satellite into orbit postponed a rocket launch for the second day running on Sunday, after its first try ended in a mid-air explosion. Tokyo-based Space One…

AFP/APP Kourou: Europe’s Vega-C rocket launched successfully on Thursday from French Guiana, marking its return to service after a two-year hiatus due to a failed flight in December 2022. This mission is crucial for Europe’s autonomy…

AFP/APP Tokyo: A major fire erupted Tuesday at a Japan space agency site as it tested a solid-fuel Epsilon S rocket, television footage showed. There were no reports of any injuries in the incident in the remote Kagoshima region of…

AA/APP Istanbul: Türkiye's largest aerospace and technology festival, TEKNOFEST, is set to begin Wednesday in the southern city of Adana, offering a five-day celebration of innovation and technology at Adana Sakirpasa Airport. The…

AFP/APP Boca Chica: SpaceX's massive Starship rocket achieved its first ever splashdown during a test flight Thursday, in a major milestone for the prototype system that may one day send humans to Mars. Scraps of fiery debris came…

AFP/APP United States: It may look like an innocent green plant, but its name evokes something far closer to a robot or interstellar rocket. Neo Px is a bioengineered plant capable of purifying indoor air at an unprecedented scale,…