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SpaceX's first all-civilian orbital mission returns to Earth

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 19 08:16 AM

Four SpaceX tourists landed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida Saturday evening (Sunday in Manila) after spending three days in space. Read more »

Xi affirms importance of China’s space ambitions

Laura Zhou and William Zheng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Sep 18 10:10 AM

Chinese eyes were on the skies this week, with the safe return of its three astronauts after 90 days on board the Tiangong space station on Friday, and a tour on Wednesday of the PLA’s primary satellite control facility by President Xi Jinping, who said space was an important asset that needed to be managed well. Read more »

PH-made cube satellites launch to ISS moved to Sunday

Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 29 05:39 PM

Two cube satellites developed by the Philippines have been launched into space Sunday afternoon (Manila time) after facing delays due to bad weather. Read more »

2 PH-made cube satellites to be launched to ISS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 11:22 AM

According to DOST, this is the first time that two Philippine-made cube satellites would be launched together. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 17, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:15 PM

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

China launches mission to space station

Greg Baker, AFP
Posted at Jun 17 11:06 AM

A Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft and a crew of three astronauts, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert in northwest China. Read more »

Blast off! Chinese rocket carries first crew to new space station

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 17 09:49 AM

JIUQUAN, China - The first astronauts for China's new space station blasted off Thursday for the country's longest crewed mission to date, a landmark step in establishing Beijing as a major space power. Read more »

'Divine Vessel' to mark China's first human spaceflight since 2016

Ryan Woo and Liangping Gao, Reuters
Posted at Jun 14 08:34 AM

BEIJING - A Chinese spacecraft will blast off from the Gobi Desert on a Long March rocket in the coming days, ferrying three men to an orbiting space module for a three-month stay, the first time China has sent humans into space for nearly five years. Read more »

'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 »

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 »

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 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 »

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 »

'I felt really heavy': Astronauts describe returning to Earth on SpaceX capsule

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 07 09:24 AM

WASHINGTON - Four astronauts just returned from the International Space Station described on Thursday their reentry into Earth's atmosphere and ocean splashdown after more than 160 days in space. Read more »

Astronauts leave ISS, begin return journey to Earth on SpaceX craft

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 02 11:09 AM

Four astronauts left the International Space Station on Saturday aboard a SpaceX vessel, after more than 160 days in space which will culminate in a splash landing off the Florida coast.   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 launches first module for new space station

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 29 01:59 PM

China launched the first module of its "Heavenly Palace" space station on Thursday, a milestone in Beijing's ambitious plan to establish a permanent human presence in space. Read more »

Supermoon as seen from the International Space Station

Photo courtesy of the International Space Station
Updated as of Apr 29 02:51 PM

This photo taken April 26, 2021 shows the "Super Moon" photographed from the International Space Station as it was orbiting 267 miles above the southern Indian Ocean and was posted on the agency’s Twitter account on Thursday. Read more »

Recycled SpaceX capsule successfully docks to International Space Station

NASA, AFP
Posted at Apr 25 11:33 AM

This screen grab taken from the NASA live feed shows the SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft at 20 meters of the docking access of the International Space Station on Saturday. Read more »