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NASA probe Osiris-Rex 'kisses' asteroid Bennu in historic mission

Ivan Couronne, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 21 08:45 AM

After a four-year journey, NASA's robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex briefly touched down on asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface on Wednesday to collect rock and dust samples in a precision operation 200 million miles (330 million kilometers) from Earth. Read more »

NASA spacecraft to grab an asteroid sample

Reuters
Posted at Oct 21 05:41 AM

WASHINGTON - A NASA probe orbiting an asteroid over 100 million miles from Earth will make a perilous attempt on Tuesday to snatch a sample from the celestial body’s rocky surface to bring home the space agency’s first handful of pristine asteroid rocks. Read more »

Got any signal up here? Nokia to build mobile network on moon

Reuters
Updated as of Oct 19 07:33 PM

Finland's Nokia has been selected by NASA to build the first cellular network on the moon, the company said on Monday. Read more »

China, US space rivalry may heat up after NASA Artemis Accords signed, analysts say

South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 16 01:25 PM

Rivalry between China and the United States in space exploration is expected to intensify after Washington signed a legal framework for behavior in space with seven other nations, Chinese observers say. Read more »

Russia shuns US lunar program, as space cooperation under threat

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 13 07:16 AM

Russia is unlikely to participate in the Moon-orbiting station planned by the United States, a Russian official said Monday, marking the probable end of the type of close cooperation seen for two decades on the International Space Station. Read more »

Japan, US astronauts 'ready to fly' in Oct. 31 SpaceX mission

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 30 04:30 PM

The upcoming mission will mark the first in a series of regular, rotational flights to the International Space Station by SpaceX's new crew transportation system following its certification by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.   Read more »

Chinese space station could end US space supremacy, says NASA chief

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 24 11:46 AM

NASA chief Jim Bridenstine told lawmakers Wednesday it was crucial for the US to maintain a presence in Earth's orbit after the International Space Station is decommissioned so that China does not gain a strategic advantage.   Read more »

TINGNAN: ‘Bright turquoise’ na view ng Earth tampok sa larawan ng NASA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 12:30 PM

Tanaw sa larawan ang mga Cuba, The Bahamas, and southern Florida na kuha ng isa sa kanilang astronauts. Read more »

NASA Moon mission to cost $28 billion

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 22 10:03 AM

WASHINGTON - NASA on Monday revealed its latest plan to return astronauts to the Moon in 2024, and estimated the cost of meeting that deadline at $28 billion, $16 billion of which would be spent on the lunar landing module. Read more »

Life on Venus? Astronomers see a signal in Its clouds

Shannon Stirone, Kenneth Chang and Dennis Overbye, New York Times
Updated as of Sep 15 11:29 AM

High in the toxic atmosphere of the planet Venus, astronomers on Earth have discovered signs of what might be life. Read more »

Scientists find gas on Venus linked to life on Earth

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 15 05:45 AM

PARIS - The atmosphere of Venus contains traces of phosphine gas -- which on Earth can be attributed to living organisms -- scientists said on Monday, in a fresh insight into conditions on our nearest planetary neighbor. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 14, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 12:26 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Tiny asteroid buzzes by Earth, closest flyby on record: NASA

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 19 10:09 AM

WASHINGTON - An asteroid the size of an SUV passed 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) above Earth, the closest asteroid ever observed passing by our planet, NASA said Tuesday.   Read more »

Filipino-made app gauging COVID-19 lockdown impact wins NASA hackathon

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 14 01:49 PM

Filipino-made app G.I.D.E.O.N., which uses various satellite and other open-source data to assess current and probable economic impact of lockdowns, has won best use of data in NASA's Space Apps challenge.  Read more »

Dwarf planet Ceres is an ocean world: study

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 11 06:55 AM

The dwarf planet Ceres -- long believed to be a barren space rock -- is an ocean world with reservoirs of seawater beneath its surface, the results of a major exploration mission showed Monday.   Read more »

Glaciers could have sculpted Mars valleys: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 04 06:08 AM

The question of whether ancient life could have existed on Mars centers on the water that once flowed there, but new research published Monday suggests that many of the Red Planet's valleys were gouged by icy glaciers, not rivers. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 3, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 12:47 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Endeavor’s Splashdown

Bill Ingalls, NASA/AFP
Updated as of Aug 03 09:08 AM

This NASA photo released on Sunday shows the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft as it lands with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida.  Read more »

SpaceX brings NASA astronauts home safe in milestone mission

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 03 06:53 AM

America's first crewed spaceship to fly to the International Space Station in nearly a decade returned safely to Earth on Sunday, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico.   Read more »

NASA's Perseverance rover bound for Mars to seek ancient life

Gianrigo Marletta and Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 30 10:53 PM

NASA's latest Mars rover Perseverance launched Thursday on an astrobiology mission to look for signs of ancient microbial life -- and to fly a helicopter-drone on another world for the first time.   Read more »