The crew was launched into space in April and will remain in orbit for about six months. On Thursday, astronauts from China’s Shenzhou-20 mission conducted their first extravehicular activity outside the Tiangong space station. RELATED: Russia and China To Build a Power Plant on the Moon During the eight-hour operation, crewmembers Chen Dong and Chen […]

Bolivia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Egypt, Ethiopia, and South Africa will also participate in this international space project. On Thursday, the Russian State Corporation for Space Activities (Roscosmos) and the China National Space Administration (CNSA) signed a memorandum for the construction of a power plant on the Moon. RELATED: NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Begins Mapping Entire Sky […]

This marks a major step toward uncovering new insights into the origins of the universe and the evolution of galaxies. On Thursday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that its SPHEREx space observatory has officially begun science operations. RELATED: NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Makes Asteroid Encounter This marks a major step toward uncovering new […]

There are sulfur-based compounds in the K2-18b planet’s atmosphere. A team of astronomers led by the University of Cambridge have reported the strongest evidence to date of potential biological activity beyond our solar system, following the detection of key molecules in the atmosphere of the distant exoplanet K2-18b, located approximately 124 light-years from Earth. RELATED: […]

Authorities plan to reach operational phases of space tourism and commercial lunar voyages by 2035. China Center for Information Industry Development (CCID) Consulting stated that China’s space tourism sector is expected to reach an early stage of commercial operations within the next five to 10 years, in tandem with the commercial space industry’s ongoing rapid, […]

The crew will conduct 22 experiments aimed at advancing human health and performance in space. On Monday, the United States launched the world’s first human spaceflight mission over the Earth’s polar regions. RELATED: Nearly 2,000 U.S. Scientists Sound Alarm Over Trump’s Assault on Research A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying a four-member crew lifted off aboard […]

The launch of the Spectrum rocket had faced several previous delays due to adverse weather conditions. On Sunday, a German-built rocket launched from Norway’s Andoya Spaceport crashed and exploded shortly after liftoff, marking the first commercial orbital launch from mainland Europe. RELATED: Russia To Discuss Space Cooperation With Musk The Spectrum rocket, developed by German […]

Currently, about 150 U.S. corporations continue to operate in Russia, most of them having done so for over 25 years. On Tuesday, Kiril Dmitriev, the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), announced that his country plans to soon discuss space cooperation between Russia and the United States with SpaceX founder Elon Musk. RELATED: […]

SPHEREx and PUNCH were launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base. On Tuesday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and SpaceX launched two new missions on a single rocket to collect data from galaxies and the sun. RELATED: SpaceX Launches Two Lunar Landers to Moon on One Rocket The […]

The Chang’e-6 mission accomplished humanity’s first-ever sampling from the far side of the moon. A new study of the lunar samples collected by China’s Chang’e-6 mission has verified the hypothesis that the moon was entirely covered by a molten “magma ocean” in the early stages after its birth, providing critical evidence for understanding the moon’s […]