South Korea launched its first homegrown space rocket on Oct. 21, but failed to put a dummy satellite into orbit. The Korean Satellite Launch Bechile II, also known as Nuri, took off from the Naro Space Center in Bongnae-myeon Township …
A Russian film crew safely returned to Earth after wrapping up the scenes for the first film shot in space. Russian producer-director Klim Shipenko, actress Yulia Peresild, and cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy landed southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan in …
Russia on Tuesday has launched in a historic first an actor and film director into space to make the world’s first movie in orbit. Actor Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) together …
Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin announced that actor William Shatner would be blasting into space aboard the company’s New Shepard rocket during a scheduled October 12, 2021 launch. “I’ve heard about space for a long time now. I’m taking …
NASA has turned to private companies to build new space stations as it is planning to cease operations in the International Space Station (ISS) by the end of this decade. NASA launched the Commercial LEO Destinations project in March of …
Chinese astronauts returned to earth after accomplishing a 90-day mission to an unfinished space station on Friday, September 17. Chinese state media reported that the three astronauts, Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo, arrived safely in a small return …
The fire alarm has rung out at the Russian segment of the ISS during recharging operations. Russian space agency Roscosmos reported that the incident happened at 01:55 GMT in the Zvezda module while the station’s batteries were being recharged. “After …
NASA delayed the launch of its high-powered James Webb Space Telescope from October to December as it is yet to be shipped to its launch site. NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) announced in a statement that the launch …
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday has grounded Virgin Galactic amid an investigation of the company’s July spaceflight which went off trajectory during its descent. “Virgin Galactic may not return the SpaceShipTwo vehicle to flight until the FAA approves …
Taiwan Innovative Space Company (TiSPACE) has announced on Monday that it has received its first rocket launch permit from the Australian government. TiSPACE partnered with the Australian space company Southern Launch to send the first Taiwanese rocket into space after …