China’s reusable rocket Zhuque-3 to make maiden flight this year: company
Zhuque-3 reusable rocket. Photo: courtesy of LandSpace China’s reusable rocket Zhuque-3 will make its maiden flight this year,…
China launches low Earth orbit satellite group -Xinhua
A Long March-12 carrier rocket carrying the 13th group of low Earth orbit satellites blasts off from the…
China joins space factory race against US with breakthrough in inflatable module tech
China’s “in-orbit factory” has taken shape following a technological breakthrough in the form of an inflatable, reconfigurable space…
Impulse Has A Plan To Deliver Infrastructure To The Moon And Beyond
Alones/Shutterstock Founded in 2021, Impulse Space has been…
The ExoMars Orbiter Captures Dark Streaks on the Slopes of Mars Caused by a Meteorite Impact
Streaks that form on the slopes of Mars, also known as recurring slope lineae (RSL), are a common…
‘Phases of Moon’ Brings Lunar Tracking to GNOME Shell
Phases of Moon is a GNOME Shell extension that betters earlier moon tracking add-ons by not just stating the…
Top astrophysicist moves to Hong Kong to head new HKU institute
World-renowned astrophysicist Zhang Bing has joined the University of Hong Kong as a chair professor after nearly three…
Chinese scientists develop satellite system offering precision, power for space weapons
China recently built a space-based power system prototype for a potential satellite-based particle beam weaponry, the South China…
China launches Lijian-1 Y9 carrier rocket -Xinhua
A Lijian-1 Y9 carrier rocket carrying two technical experiment satellites blasts off from the Dongfeng commercial space innovation…
‘Extremely unusual’ explosion far beyond our Galaxy has astronomers baffled. Here’s what it could be
A giant gamma-ray burst (GRB) has been detected that has astronomers scratching their heads. Gamma ray bursts are…
The International Space Station celebrates 25 years of human life in space. Here’s a look back at it
On October 31, 2000, three astronauts from the United States and Russia blasted off from Kazakhstan on a…