China is preparing to launch a lunar probe which would land on the far side of the moon and return with samples offering stunning insights – possibly including further evidence of water on Earth’s celestial companion. The pioneering mission, slated for take-off
Russia has circulated a U.N. resolution calling on all countries to take urgent action to prevent putting weapons in outer space “for all time” a week after it vetoed a U.S.-Japan resolution to stop an arms race in space. The Russian draft
US defence experts have raised the alarm as China amasses a huge military space network in a major threat to Taiwan and its allies. The US Space Force issued the stark warning earlier this week as Beijing looks set to triple the
Russia has raised fears it may plan a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space just months after it reportedly obtained anti-satellite weapons. The country’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, vetoed on April 24 a resolution sponsored by the US
A U.S.-led resolution that would prevent using nuclear weapons in outer space received dozens of co-sponsors, but Russia vetoed the measure amid reports it has deployed a weapon that can destroy satellites. “The detonation of a nuclear weapon in space would destroy
China’s space agency is making final preparations to send a new crew to its space station on Thursday as part of its ambitious program that aims to put people on the moon by 2030. The three-member crew of the Shenzhou-18 spacecraft will
For the past year, five fit, academically superior men and women have been spun in centrifuges, submerged for hours, deprived temporarily of oxygen, taught to camp in the snow, and schooled in physiology, anatomy, astronomy, meteorology, robotics, and Russian. On Monday, the
The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) has reportedly been left baffled after discovering “drug-resistant bacteria” on board. Researchers orbiting Earth have confirmed the presence of the bacteria, which poses a risk of evolving into even more resilient strains that could
A driver took brutal revenge on their neighbour who had been parking in their space for three years. A 30-minute clip posted on YouTube by towing company Everything Auto saw the company called by the driver who explained their parking woes before
An incredible human drama in space exploration ended with the miraculous safe return of the three Apollo 13 astronauts on this day in history, April 17, 1970. “In Mission Control, pandemonium erupted,” NASA reports of the joy that overwhelmed the command center