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China complains to US over Elon Musk’s ‘dangerous’ satellites

China is calling on the United States to protect a Chinese space station and its three-member crew after Beijing complained that satellites launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX nearly struck the station. A foreign ministry spokesman accused Washington on ...

29 Dec 2021 at 09:25

James Webb, nine, watches James Webb telescope blast into space

It will take the James Webb telescope just 30 days to reach the sun’s orbit, but for one little boy it will be the journey of a lifetime. Barry and Sarah Webb met while studying physics at Nottingham Trent University. So it was only natural for ...

08 Jan 2022 at 11:25

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Nasa nails trickiest job on newly launched space telescope

Nasa has successfully completed the most complicated and critical job on its newly launched space telescope: unrolling and stretching a sunshade the size of a tennis court. Ground controllers cheered and bumped fists once the fifth and final ...

04 Jan 2022 at 20:55

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Space telescope’s ‘golden eye’ opens to complete last major hurdle

Nasa’s new space telescope opened its huge, gold-plated, flower-shaped mirror on Saturday, the final step in the observatory’s dramatic unfurling. The last portion of the 21-foot mirror swung into place at flight controllers’ command, ...

08 Jan 2022 at 19:55

Shetland can be ‘at the heart’ of UK space industry, says minister

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Shetland can be ‘at the heart’ of UK’s space industry, says minister

Shetland can be “at the heart” of the space industry in the UK, a new Scotland Office minister has said. In his first engagements since being appointed by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, John Lamont visited the SaxaVord space port on ...

11 Nov 2022 at 17:39

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China ready to launch next crew to its orbiting space station

China said all systems are ready to launch the next crew to its orbiting space station early on Wednesday, the latest mission to make the country a major space power. The two men and one woman will replace the astronauts who ...

29 Oct 2024 at 08:12

Space science is ‘directly relevant’ to life on Earth, UK astronaut says

Experiments conducted in space are “directly relevant” to people’s day-to-day lives on Earth, the UK’s newest astronaut has said. European Space Agency astronaut Rosemary Coogan has just started a new phase in her training, ...

28 Nov 2024 at 06:39

New rocket thruster could mean humans boldly go on never-ending space trips

Scientists are working on a new rocket thruster which could open up “never-ending” deep space exploration by using any type of metal as fuel. The team at the University of Southampton say that metals found on comets and ...

27 Sept 2024 at 12:28

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Nasa’s new space telescope ‘hunky-dory’ after problems fixed

Nasa’s new space telescope is doing well more than a week after lift-off, following a pair of problems overcome by ground controllers, officials have said. The tennis court-size sunshield on the James Webb Space ...

03 Jan 2022 at 20:55

UK scientists ‘excited’ about playing key roles in ESA’s Jupiter mission

Scientists in the UK have spoken of their excitement about playing key roles in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) mission to launch a spacecraft to Jupiter. Juice, which stands for Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, ...

13 Apr 2023 at 12:12

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India’s lunar rover to conduct experiments on moon’s surface

A lunar rover descended a ramp from the lander of India’s spacecraft within hours of its historic touch-down near the moon’s south pole, Indian space officials have said, as the country celebrated its new ...

25 Aug 2023 at 09:17

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SpaceX capsule arrives to take stranded astronauts home – but not until February

The two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June welcomed their new ride home with Sunday’s arrival of a SpaceX capsule. SpaceX launched the rescue mission on Saturday with a ...

29 Sept 2024 at 22:59

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