Nasa
With cheers and tears, Houston reclaims its place as ‘space city’
The Artemis II mission elicits deep feelings for many Americans, particularly in the home of mission control
Nasa astronauts reach safe orbit in historic moon mission
[AUSTIN] Nasa’s crew of astronauts launched to space and reached a stable orbit, kicking off a landmark journey that will take them closer to the lunar surface than anyone has been in more than 50 yea...
Nasa set to launch crew to moon for first time in 50 years
NASA astronauts are poised to lift off on Wednesday on a 10-day journey that will slingshot them around the moon, marking humanity’s return to the lunar vicinity for the first time in more than half a...
Nasa to spend US$20 billion on moon base, cancel orbiting lunar station
[WASHINGTON] NASA is cancelling plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and will instead use its components to construct a US$20 billion base on the moon’s surface over the next seven years, it...
Nasa launches mission to study space weather
It can monitor solar storms, which can interfere with technology and power systems on Earth
Nasa blocks Chinese citizens from working on space programmes
NASA has begun barring Chinese nationals with valid visas from joining its programmes, underscoring the intensifying space race between the rival powers.
US astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13, dead at 97
[WASHINGTON] US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 Moon mission which nearly ended in disaster in 1970 after a mid-flight explosion, has died at the age of 97, the National Aeronauti...
Nasa says thousands of employees set to resign from space agency
The prospect of a mass exodus of employees from the agency has raised alarm bells within the industry and at the agency
Another moon landing will take more than rocket science
The first lunar landing took place more than 50 years ago, and there are myriad reasons America has struggled to do it again despite the technological advances
Nasa administrator was once arrested, accused of passing bad checks to casinos
[NEW YORK] President Donald Trump’s nominee for Nasa administrator, Jared Isaacman, was arrested on fraud charges in 2010 and faced lawsuits in two states for writing US$2 million in bad checks to cas...
