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Historic UK rocket mission set for liftoff

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 10 02:45 AM

The launch will be the first from UK soil. UK-produced satellites have previously had to be sent into orbit via foreign spaceports. Read more »

Super strawberry moon inabangan ng mga Pinoy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 07:28 PM

Ngayong gabi matutunghayan ang Strawberry Supermoon, na pangalawa sa apat na magkakasunod hanggang ngayong Agosto. Read more »

Rico Blanco, Maris Racal, Anne Curtis magbabalik-concert

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 07:58 PM

Nakatakdang bumalik sa concert scene sina Anne Curtis, at ang couple na sina Rico Blanco at Maris Racal. Read more »

Kakaibang 'cube' umano sa buwan nag-viral sa China

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 09 08:50 AM

Pinagmulan ng samu't saring memes at mga espekulasyon ang retrato ng kakaibang mala-cube na bagay na nakita umano ng isang Chinese rover sa malayong bahagi ng buwan. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 09, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 11:42 PM

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

SpaceX craft back on Earth with crew from ISS

Aubrey Gemignani, NASA via AFP
Posted at Nov 09 05:11 PM

A SpaceX craft carrying four astronauts landed back on Earth from the International Space Station, on Monday. Read more »

Chinese astronauts return to Earth

China Daily via Reuters
Posted at Sep 18 03:05 PM

The three Chinese astronauts wave in front of their return capsule after their return to Earth Read more »

Perseid meteor shower to light up skies August 12-13

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 07 08:02 PM

Stargazers are in for a treat next week. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 20, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:06 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Jeff Bezos, astronaut

Handout, Blue Origin via AFP
Posted at Jul 20 11:50 PM

This still image taken from video by Blue Origin shows Jeff Bezos (C), Wally Funk (R) and Oliver Daemen (L) after Blue Origin's reusable New Shepard craft capsule returned from space, safely landing on Tuesday, in Van Horn, Texas. Read more »

Philippines, Japan sign agreement for space projects

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 16 06:36 PM

MANILA — The Philippines and Japan have signed an agreement on space cooperation for potential collaboration in space applications, satellite development, and promotion of space industry. Read more »

Russia picks cast for movie to be shot in space

Reuters
Posted at May 14 07:46 AM

Russia has picked four people to serve as nonprofessional crew members and actors in what is planned to be the first movie to be shot in outer space, Russia's Roscosmos space agency said on Thursday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 29, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:29 PM

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

Shooting for the stars

AFP
Posted at Apr 29 07:26 PM

A band plays music as a Long March 5B rocket, which carries China's Tianhe space station core module, lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center, in southern China's Hainan province on Thursday. Read more »

China eyes asteroid defence system, comet mission

Reuters
Posted at Apr 24 11:04 PM

BEIJING - China will hold discussions on building a defense system against near-Earth asteroids, a senior space agency official said on Saturday, as the country steps up its longer term space ambitions. Read more »

2nd PH cube satellite Maya-2 released to space

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 09:18 PM

The country’s second cube satellite was released to space on Sunday from the International Space Station, the Department of Science and Technology said. Read more »

Scientists look beyond solar system for traces of life

Lucie Aubourg, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 06 03:13 AM

Searching for traces of life on Mars, like NASA is doing, is one thing. But scientists are also looking further afield.  Read more »

Philippines' 2nd cube satellite Maya-2 launched into space

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 22 11:56 PM

Maya-2, the country’s second cube satellite, was launched at the International Space Station early Sunday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 19, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:46 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Perseverance rover's first images on the Red Planet

Bill Ingals, NASA via AFP
Posted at Feb 19 03:44 PM

This NASA photo shows members of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover team watching in mission control as the first images arrive moments after the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars in Thursday at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California Read more »