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'Space pups': Mouse sperm stored on ISS produces healthy young

Philip Van Slooten and Lucie Aubourg, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 12 02:42 PM

Japanese researchers found mouse sperm exposed to high levels of cosmic radiation for nearly 6 years produced a large brood of healthy, unremarkable "space pups."  Read more »

Certain areas of economy 'resilient' despite pandemic: Filinvest CEO

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 11 11:44 AM

Office leasing that caters to multinational Business Process Outsourcing (BPOs), as well as the residential property business, is seeing a V-shape recovery, Filinvest Development Corp President and CEO Josephine Gotianun-Yap told ANC. Read more »

LOOK: Nike LeBron 19 debuts next month in 'Space Jam: A New Legacy'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 11:31 PM

LA Lakers superstar LeBron James is set to debut his newest signature sneakers, the Nike LeBron 19, in the upcoming movie Space Jam: A New Legacy. Read more »

Amazon's Jeff Bezos to go to space on Blue Origin rocket

Chris Lefkow, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 08 11:29 AM

Bezos announced plans on Monday to fly into space next month on a rocket built by his company Blue Origin, fulfilling what he said was a lifelong dream.   Read more »

Space agency partners with UN body to boost Philippine disaster response

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 04:32 PM

The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) said it would enter a partnership with a United Nations office on Friday to improve the country's disaster response through satellite monitoring.   Read more »

TikToker in space: Virgin Galactic to send up well-known researcher

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 04 09:03 AM

Space tourism company Virgin Galactic announced Thursday it will send researcher Kellie Gerardi, a well-known figure on TikTok, into space to conduct experiments for several minutes while weightless. Read more »

‘Chance to investigate planet’: NASA announces 2 new missions to Venus

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 03 07:42 AM

NASA announced two new missions to Venus on Wednesday that will launch at the end of the decade and are aimed at learning how Earth's nearest planetary neighbor became a hellscape while our own thrived.   Read more »

China successfully launches cargo resupply spacecraft

Reuters
Posted at May 30 11:47 AM

China on Saturday successfully launched an automated cargo resupply spacecraft to rendezvous with an orbiting module, in the second of a series of missions needed to complete its first permanent space station. Read more »

Competitor fears Musk's SpaceX could 'monopolize' space

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 28 08:34 AM

The launching of thousands of satellites into low Earth orbit by tech billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX threatens the "de-facto monopolization" of space, the head of competitor Arianespace Stephane Israel has warned. Read more »

China, Russia's space programs to share space flight components - Russian agency

Kinling Lo, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 26 03:13 PM

Russia’s space authority will incorporate a Chinese superheavy launcher into its home-grown manned spacecraft for future moon-landing missions, a senior Russian official said. Read more »

China says Martian rover takes first drive on surface of Red Planet

Ryan Woo and Yilei Sun, Reuters
Posted at May 23 10:05 AM

A remote-controlled Chinese motorized rover drove down the ramp of its landing capsule on Saturday and onto the surface of Mars, making China the first nation to orbit, land and deploy a land vehicle on its inaugural mission to the Red Planet.   Read more »

China postpones launch of cargo spacecraft supplying Tiangong Space Station

Liu Zhen in Beijing, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 20 01:18 PM

Tianzhou 2 craft was supposed to launch from Hainan, loaded with fuel, parts, equipment and life supplies to sustain astronauts. The new launch time ‘will be determined later’, Xinhua reports. Read more »

China releases first images of Mars taken by Zhu Rong rover

Eduardo Baptista, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 20 01:09 PM

The pictures provide ‘conclusive proof’ that the craft successfully landed on the red planet, state media says. Zhu Rong touched down on Mars on Saturday. Read more »

World's largest iceberg birthed in Antarctica

Steve Gorman, Reuters
Posted at May 20 10:07 AM

A giant slab of ice with a surface area that spans 4,320 square km has sheared off from the frozen edge of Antarctica into the Weddell Sea, becoming the largest iceberg currently afloat in the world, the European Space Agency said on Wednesday.  Read more »

EXPLAINER: What is China’s Tianwen-1 Mars mission?

Guo Rui in Guangzhou, South China Morning Post
Updated as of May 16 01:04 PM

China’s space scientists have completed a rare feat by landing a rover on the red planet. The mission is part of a bigger program to explore worlds beyond Earth. Read more »

China's Zhurong rover makes history with Mars landing

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 15 10:36 AM

China's Zhurong rover touched down on Mars early Saturday, state media reported, a triumph for Beijing's increasingly bold space ambitions and a history-making feat for a nation on its first-ever Martian mission. Read more »

5 safe outdoor activities you can enjoy today

Megaworld Lifestyle Malls
Posted at May 15 08:00 AM

You can now do the things you love doing before like dining out and doing your fitness routines safely outdoors. 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 »

Japanese billionaire to travel to International Space Station in December

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 13 08:53 PM

Japanese billionaire entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano will be the next tourists to travel to the International Space Station (ISS), Russia's space agency Roscosmos said Thursday. Read more »

China’s Long March 5B rocket makes splash, but good news burns up in the atmosphere

Kristin Huang, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 12 01:19 PM

Casualties were avoided, but China is criticized for failing to plan a ‘targeted re-entry’ to determine where debris would land. The rocket and its predecessor – debris from which landed in Africa – have made the largest uncontrolled descents in 30 years, amid differing views on the risks. Read more »