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SpaceX cancels Starship megarocket launch in latest setback
AFP, Published on 25/08/2025
» SOUTH PADRE ISLAND (UNITED STATES) - SpaceX canceled a planned test flight for its Starship megarocket on Sunday, saying it needed time to troubleshoot problems, in the latest setback for Elon Musk's behemoth after a series of explosive failures.
Trump orders space regulations eased in win for Musk
AFP, Published on 14/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday easing regulations for the private space industry, including eliminating some environmental reviews, in a move likely to please his erstwhile advisor Elon Musk.
US astronaut Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 commander, dead at 97
AFP, Published on 09/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 mission to the Moon which nearly ended in disaster in 1970 after a mid-flight explosion, has died at the age of 97, NASA announced Friday.
Nasa races to put nuclear reactors on Moon and Mars
AFP, Published on 06/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - The United States is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the Moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first system by the end of the decade.
A nuclear reactor on the moon? come again?
New York Times, Published on 05/08/2025
» NEW YORK — The acting administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has issued a directive to fast-track efforts to put a nuclear reactor on the moon.
US, India to launch powerful Earth-monitoring satellite
AFP, Published on 30/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - A formidable new radar satellite jointly developed by the United States and India is set to launch Wednesday, designed to track subtle changes in Earth's land and ice surfaces and help predict both natural and human-caused hazards.
Skimming the Sun, probe sheds light on space weather threats
AFP, Published on 16/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - Eruptions of plasma piling atop one another, solar wind streaming out in exquisite detail -- the closest-ever images of our Sun are a gold mine for scientists.
Tesla slides 7% as Musk's 'America Party' reignites investor angst
Published on 07/07/2025
» Tesla shares fell nearly 7% in premarket trading on Monday, after CEO Elon Musk's plans to launch a new US political party reignited investor concerns about his commitment to the electric-vehicle maker's future.
Third-ever confirmed interstellar object blazing through Solar System
AFP, Published on 03/07/2025
» PARIS - Astronomers on Wednesday confirmed the discovery of an interstellar object racing through our Solar System -- only the third ever spotted, though scientists suspect many more may slip past unnoticed.
Earth's satellites at risk if asteroid smashes into Moon: study
AFP, Published on 23/06/2025
» PARIS - If a huge asteroid smashes into the Moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming towards Earth that would threaten satellites and create a spectacular meteor shower, according to researchers.