Heavy clouds near the Kennedy Space Center forced NASA to call off Sunday’s launch of the…
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Canadian astronaut Payette to blast off Saturday
If the weather co-operates, Canadian astronaut Julie Payette will make history Saturday as she blasts into…
Massive supernova occurred 11 billion years ago
Astronomers on Wednesday said they had found the farthest supernova ever detected, a giant star that…
Europe launches study into manned spacecraft scheme
The European Space Agency (ESA) said it had taken an important first step in a tentative…
U.S. manned space flight in doubt 40 years after moon walk
U.S. ambitions to send astronauts back to the moon as a prelude to missions to Mars…
Vatican should learn from Galileo mess, prelate says
The Catholic Church should not fear scientific progress and possibly repeat the mistake it made when…
European rocket hoists biggest-ever telecoms satellite
A European rocket placed the world's biggest commercial telecommunications satellite into geostationary orbit, launch operator Arianespace…
NASA, Japan publish detailed map of Earth
NASA and Japanese researchers published the most detailed topographical map of Earth ever on Monday, offering…
Scientists bid adieu to plucky solar probe
U.S. and European scientists were Tuesday bidding farewell to the tenacious solar probe Ulysses which has…
Aldrin made strong case to be first on moon
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin has no regrets about being the second man to walk on the moon…