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Wang Jie, a Shenzhou-20 astronaut, returns to Earth on the Shenzhou-21 spaceship’s capsule after it touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in northern China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on November 14. Photo: AP
China's space programme

Editorial | US and China should cooperate to make space safe for all

Space safety is one area where Chinese, Americans and everyone else can benefit from coordination and the sharing of information and costs.

China technology

Opinion | For China and the Middle East, a Space Silk Road is written in the stars

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United States

Astronauts launch for space station after being sidelined by Starliner woes

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India

India eyes lift-off for space economy after astronaut ISS milestone

Mission marks progress in India’s programme to become the fourth country to independently carry out human space flights.

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Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla with fellow astronauts aboard the International Space Station on Thursday. Shukla is India’s second astronaut going into space. Photo: Nasa via AP
India

India, Poland and Hungary make space flight comeback with Axiom mission to ISS

Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla is the first Indian in space since Rakesh Sharma, who took part in a Soviet-led initiative in 1984.

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United States

Oldest active Nasa astronaut turns 70 after 220 days in space

Don Pettit returned to Earth on Sunday, the day of his milestone birthday, in a Soyuz capsule with two Russian cosmonauts.

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Space

Nasa’s newly returned astronauts would fly on Starliner craft again

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams defend the performance and future of the Boeing craft that caused their prolonged trip.

Nasa astronauts Suni Williams, left, and Butch Wilmore on Monday. Photo: AFP
United States

SpaceX launches new crew to space station to replace Nasa’s stuck astronauts

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’ initial week-long mission became a nine-month stint after technical issues kept them from returning home.

China's space programme

China’s space station will host Pakistani astronaut as first foreign visitor

The agreement is the latest sign of the close cooperation between the two countries, which will also see a Pakistani rover going to the moon.

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Science

Chinese scientists turn Boeing’s Starliner crisis into missile breakthrough

As Nasa struggles to return two astronauts after issues with the Starliner capsule, China has used the problem to its advantage.

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft experienced helium leaks which stranded two Nasa astronauts at the International Space Station. Now Chinese scientists have used the situation to come up with a scientific breakthrough. Photo: Nasa via AP
Science

China’s Tiangong space station research aims to ‘break technology choke points’

Thousands of experiments to be conducted over the next 10-15 years intended to serve the country’s crewed exploration programme.

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Research on board China’s orbiting Tiangong space station has included a range of weightlessness protection experiments to ensure the physical well-being of astronauts during their missions. Photo: CMSA
Japan

Japan brewery aims to make world’s first space sake, sell it for US$640,000

Asahi Shuzo said the ingredients would be sent to the International Space Station in late 2025.

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Japan

Japan blasts world’s first wooden satellite into space

Data will be sent from the satellite to Japanese researchers to determine if it can withstand extreme changes in temperature.

Science

China launches Shenzhou-19 spacecraft, carrying its third female astronaut

Successful lift-off for three-person crew bound for Tiangong space station, with autonomous rendezvous and docking slated to follow.

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A Long March 2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-19 spacecraft and crew of three astronauts lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwestern China on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
Space

Boeing’s troubled Starliner spaceship lands back on Earth without crew

Starliner’s smooth return was a relief for the aviation giant’s space ambitions after Nasa deemed it too risky to send astronauts home on it.

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Boeing’s Starliner approaching the landing site at White Sands Space Harbor in White Sands, New Mexico, without the astronauts it was supposed to be carrying. Photo: AFP
Space

Nasa explains away strange noise heard by astronaut in Boeing’s Starliner

‘A pulsing sound from a speaker in Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft heard by Nasa astronaut Butch Wilmore … has stopped,’ the space agency said.

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Space

Editorial | Deal boosts hopes of peace in outer space

UN body is to be applauded for reaching agreement on actions to address threats and security challenges.

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Icons and Influencers

Meet Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, the two Nasa astronauts stuck in space

They embarked on what was supposed to be an 8-day Crew Flight Test mission to the International Space Station in June aboard a Boeing Starliner spacecraft, but now they may not return to Earth until next year

Nasa astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams pose before boarding their Boeing Starliner spacecraft on June 5. Photo: AFP
Space

Nasa weighs SpaceX rescue for stranded Boeing Starliner crew

The astronauts may have to be brought home in a rival Crew Dragon capsule in February, in what would be a major embarrassment for Boeing.

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US presidential election 2024

With Musk all in for Trump, what might that mean for US space policy?

A second Trump administration could not only feature much more work for the commercial rocket launcher SpaceX, but also a White House adviser role for Musk.

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History

Christian Pilard’s Little Museum of the World, a cave of wonders in Chai Wan

Pet a prehistoric mammoth, marvel at a meteorite, and even stop pangolin extinction in this unassuming vault inside an industrial building

Christian Pilard is the founder of Little Museums of the World, a small but surprising space of wonders in an unassuming industrial building in Chai Wan. Photo: Bérénice Gohel
United States

Nasa astronauts stuck on ISS confident Boeing Starliner will bring them home

Thruster issues and helium leaks on Boeing capsule have kept two Americans in space far longer than planned.

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The Starliner spacecraft docked to the Harmony module of the International Space Station. Photo: Nasa via AP
Science

China fortifies Tiangong space station after Russian satellite explosion

In 6½-hour mission, two crew spacewalk to install shields against debris and photograph the station’s exterior.

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History

Barbies in space: doll that orbited the earth, and more, go on show

The first Barbie, the one that orbited Earth, the Barbie in a pink spacesuit – London’s Design Museum will mark Barbie’s 65th anniversary with an exhibition that includes Barbies with space links.

United States

SpaceX wins US$843 million to help Nasa destroy International Space Station

The firm will build a vehicle capable of pushing the orbiting facility back down to Earth’s atmosphere when it’s time to retire the station.

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The International Space Station’s ageing components have led Nasa and its foreign partners to set 2030 as a planned retirement date. Photo: Nasa via AFP
Science

As China’s lunar ambitions blast off, it admits it is in a moon race with the US

Outlining its lunar plan, the Chinese space agency has declared for the first time it ‘will compete’ with the US.

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Just weeks after China’s Chang’e-6 probe landed on the far side of the moon, the Chinese space agency has acknowledged it is in a moon race with the US. Photo: CNSA
Space

Boeing Starliner crew aboard ISS after challenging docking

A Boeing Starliner capsule carrying its first ever astronauts docked with the International Space Station after overcoming unexpected challenges arising from thruster malfunctions and helium leaks.

United States

Boeing launches Nasa astronauts for the first time after years of delays

A pair of Nasa test pilots blasted off aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule for the International Space Station, the first to fly the new spacecraft.

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