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Rocketship ng SpaceX, sumabog matapos ang test launch

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 07:04 PM

Sumabog sa test launch ang bagong rocketship ng SpaceX. Read more »

NASA's Orion to splash down after record-setting voyage

Lucie Aubourg, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 11 01:03 PM

After making a close pass at the Moon and venturing further into space than any previous habitable spacecraft, NASA's Orion capsule is due to splash down Sunday. Read more »

NASA launches mission to crash into near-Earth asteroid

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 24 09:12 AM

NASA is preparing a mission to smash a spacecraft into an asteroid, a test run should humanity ever need to stop a space rock from wiping out life on Earth. Read more »

China narrowly overtakes US in space launches this 2021

Liu Zhen, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 03 01:18 PM

China has had more space launches in the first 10 months of 2021 than in any previous whole year, and is narrowly ahead of the United States in the intensifying space race. Read more »

Russian crew to return to Earth after filming first movie in space

Evan Gershkovich, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 17 10:09 AM

A Russian actress and director were set to return to Earth on Sunday after spending 12 days in the International Space Station (ISS) shooting scenes for the first movie in orbit. Read more »

Chinese astronauts arrive at space station

Jing Xuan Teng, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 16 09:45 AM

China’s Shenzhou 13 spacecraft left Earth at 12.24am on Saturday, taking its three-person crew – including the country’s second female astronaut – to spend the next 6 months assembling the Tiangong space station. Read more »

China prepares second crew for longer space mission

William Zheng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 08 01:45 PM

Shenzhou 13 spacecraft is expected to be launched from the Gobi Desert in the early hours of October 16, according to sources. The 3 astronauts on board will include a woman – 41-year-old Wang Yaping – and they will spend 6 months at Tiangong. Read more »

China delays next mission to Tiangong space station

South China Morning Post
Updated as of Oct 02 09:56 AM

Two sources familiar with China’s manned space program said the launch date of Shenzhou 13 spacecraft, initially scheduled for Sunday, had now been pushed back to a 'later date in October.' Read more »

China ready to launch first crew to new space station

Ludovic Ehret and Poornima Weerasekara, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 15 11:57 AM

The first crew for China's new space station prepared to blast off this week for the latest step in Beijing's ambitious program to establish itself as a space power. Read more »

Not aliens? Report notes UFOs could be China or Russia experimenting with tech

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 04 03:19 PM

There is no evidence that unexplained aerial phenomena spotted in recent years by US military personnel are aliens, an upcoming government report quoted by The New York Times Thursday said, but officials still can't explain the mysterious aircraft. 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 »

China’s Tianwen-1 Mars probe goes into red planet orbit

Stephen Chen in Beijing, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 11 02:12 PM

The Chinese spacecraft closes in on target and makes complex maneuver to circle the planet. Lander is expected to make touchdown around May and deploy a rover. Read more »

Chinese probe completes moon sampling

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 03 04:13 PM

A Chinese space probe sent to gather material from a previously unexplored part of the moon has completed its mission and is preparing to send back the world's first lunar samples in 4 decades, Beijing said Thursday. Read more »

China launches unmanned spacecraft to Moon to collect lunar soil

Kyodo News
Posted at Nov 24 03:49 PM

China, making its first attempt to retrieve lunar samples, is also considering constructing a research station and conducting human exploration of the Moon in the future. Read more »

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 »