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Back to Venus: Upstart company wants to beat NASA in search for life

Ivan Couronne, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 26 02:42 AM

Can a small American aerospace company get to Venus before NASA returns to our superheated planetary neighbor? Read more »

Search for life on Venus could start with this private company

Jonathan O’Callaghan, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 16 06:51 AM

On Monday, scientists announced the astonishing discovery of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus. This chemical could have been produced by a biological source, but scientists won’t know for sure without sending a spacecraft to the planet.   Read more »

Afghan presidential compound hit in rocket attack on capital

Emal Haidary and Usman Sharifi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 18 11:04 PM

Six members of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's honor guard were wounded Tuesday when a rocket struck his palace compound. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 23, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 11:54 PM

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

China launches Tianwen-1 Mars probe

Cai Yang, Xinhua via AP
Posted at Jul 23 05:14 PM

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a Long March-5 rocket carrying the Tianwen-1 Mars probe lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan Province, on Thursday. Read more »

Golf: DeChambeau muscles his way to three-shot victory in Detroit

Frank Pingue, Reuters
Posted at Jul 06 09:10 AM

Bryson DeChambeau cruised to victory at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit on Sunday. Read more »

Golf: Wolff fires 64 to lead Rocket Mortgage Classic by three strokes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 05 09:11 AM

Matthew Wolff had nine birdies in an eight-under 64 to take a three-shot lead at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, where Bryson DeChambeau bombed his way up the leaderboard. Read more »

Golf: Bubba, Varner beat Day, Bryan in PGA charity tuneup match

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 02 10:25 AM

Bubba Watson and Harold Varner III defeated Australian Jason Day and Wesley Bryan 3 and 1 in a nine-hole charity event Wednesday ahead of the PGA Rocket Mortgage Classic. Read more »

Japanese startup's launch of compact rocket fails

Kyodo News
Posted at Jun 14 11:19 AM

TOKYO - The launch of a compact rocket by a Japanese aerospace startup failed Sunday morning in Hokkaido, the company said. Read more »

3 rockets land near Baghdad airport, no casualties: statement

Reuters
Posted at May 06 04:31 PM

Three Katyusha rockets landed in the "perimeter" of Baghdad International Airport on Wednesday, the Iraqi military said. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 6, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 07 12:53 AM

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

N.Korea says it conducted successful test of multiple rocket launchers

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Mar 30 07:32 AM

North Korea's latest test of super-large multiple rocket launchers a day earlier was a success, state media said on Monday. Read more »

Coronavirus spoils NASA's 2024 return-to-moon plan

Joey Roulette, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 20 07:32 PM

WASHINGTON - The coronavirus has dealt a blow to NASA's plan to return Americans to the moon by 2024, as the space agency chief on Thursday ordered the temporary closure of two rocket production facilities after an employee tested positive for the illness. Read more »

Chinese rocket fails on maiden launch - Xinhua

Reuters
Posted at Mar 17 04:46 PM

A new Chinese medium-lift rocket, part of a family of launch vehicles meant to support most of China's launch missions in future, failed on its debut flight, the official news agency Xinhua reported. Read more »

US civil flights banned over Gulf, Iraq, Iran: regulator

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 08 10:44 AM

WASHINGTON, United States - The US Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it was banning US-registered carriers from flying over Iraq, Iran and the Gulf following rocket attacks on US forces in Iraq. Read more »

China launches powerful rocket in boost for 2020 Mars mission

Jing Xuan Teng, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 28 03:20 AM

China launched one of the world's most powerful rockets, Friday, in a major step forward for its planned mission to Mars in 2020. Read more »

Japan to launch spy satellite in January

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 10:49 PM

Japan will launch an H2A rocket carrying a government optical intelligence-gathering satellite in January from a launch site in southwestern Japan, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Monday. Read more »

North Korea again tests 'super-large' rocket launcher: KCNA

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 11 07:47 AM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has supervised a fresh test of a "super-large multiple rocket launcher" system, state media said Wednesday -- the latest in a series of provocations by Pyongyang. Read more »

Converting algae into rocket biofuel

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 09:47 AM

A group of Filipino scientists say they found a way to convert algae into biofuel for rockets. In an interview with ANC's Early Edition, Orbital Exploration Technologies founder Dexter Baño also weighs in on the benefits of creating a Philippine Space Agency. Read more »

Russian humanoid robot boards space station after delay

Maxime Popov, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 28 12:46 AM

MOSCOW - It was second time lucky on Tuesday as an unmanned spacecraft carrying Russia's first humanoid robot docked at the International Space Station following a failed attempt over the weekend. Read more »