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Astronaut and activist Amanda Nguyen just got back from visiting space on Blue Origin with Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez and others. Photos: @aishabowe, @amandangocnguyen/Instagram
Fame and celebrity

Meet Amanda Nguyen, who just joined Blue Origin’s all-female space flight

An author and civil rights activist who studied astrophysics at Harvard, Nguyen conducted one of the experiments in partnership with the Vietnamese National Space Center – a nod to her heritage.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Aisha Bowe, the rocket scientist on Blue Origin’s all-female space flight

Space

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

Video | Nasa astronauts finally home after 9 months

Nasa astronauts finally back on Earth after 9-month delay
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Space

Nasa astronauts back on Earth after 9 months stuck in space

Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore and Suni Williams splashed down off the Florida coast, capping an end to their prolonged space mission.

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Science

US risks being left in Chinese plasma engine’s wake as Mars race intensifies

While Nasa’s budgetary struggle continues, the red planet may be a step closer for China after it unveiled a powerful new plasma engine.

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Science

China invites the world on its mission to Mars while Nasa reels from Trump cuts

Short deadline for science project submissions suggests Tianwen-3 could be on track to win race to bring samples back to Earth.

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International bidders for a place on board China’s Tianwen-3 mission to Mars have until June to submit letters of intent, with final decisions expected in October. Image: Shutterstock
Space

‘City killer’ asteroid’s chance of hitting Earth increases to 3.1%: Nasa

The updated figure makes 2024 YR4 the most threatening space rock ever recorded by modern forecasting.

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Taiwan

Taiwan signs US$761 million deal for US NASAMS defence package

Contract suggests the missile system will be used to defend Taipei and essential infrastructure.

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Science

China’s Mars mission leaves US for space dust with Nasa at least 4 years behind

Samples collected by Perseverance rover not expected until at least 2035, four years behind Tianwen-3’s ‘grab-and-go’ timetable.

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The US space agency has revised its timeline to retrieve samples from Mars, putting it further behind Chinese plans to bring Martian rocks to Earth by 2031. Photo: Shutterstock
Space

Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe survives close brush with sun’s scorching surface

Space agency confirmed probe had successfully made closest approach to sun. Craft is expected to circle sun until at least September.

An artist’s impression of Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe. Photo: Nasa /Johns Hopkins APL / AFP / Handout
United States

Nasa probe makes closest ever pass by the Sun on Christmas Eve

This daring mission aims to unlock the Sun’s mysteries, and improve space-weather forecasts.

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Donald Trump

Meet Jared Isaacman, Trump’s pick for Nasa head and a friend to Elon Musk

Isaacman has led and funded two SpaceX missions to date – now, US president-elect Donald Trump has tapped him to head Nasa as the agency moves towards more commercial operations.

Donald Trump

Trump picks billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead Nasa

The tech CEO is a close collaborator with Elon Musk, and took part in the world’s first commercial spacewalk with SpaceX.

Inspiration4 crew member Jared Isaacman in orbit in September. Photo: SpaceX
Science

China voices support for Nasa over botched Boeing Starliner space mission

China’s manned space agency supports ‘safety first’ approach and hopes for the safe return of Nasa’s two stranded astronauts.

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, seen here docked at the International Space Station, was expected to bring US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home in June after an eight-day mission. Photo: TNS
Space

Nasa astronaut hospitalised after return from space station

The crew, which splashed down on Earth in a SpaceX capsule, had spent nearly eight months in orbit.

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Space

The astronaut wears Prada – new spacesuit for Nasa moon mission revealed

The Italian luxury brand has teamed up with private company Axiom Space to provide garments for the Artemis 3 project.

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SpaceX

Nasa spacecraft blasts off for Jupiter’s moon Europa in search of life

After a journey of nearly 3 billion kilometres, Europa Clipper is expected to arrive in Jupiter’s orbit in 2030.

An artist’s concept showing Nasa’s Europa Clipper spacecraft flying past Jupiter’s moon Europa. Photo: Nasa/JPL-Caltech via Reuters
Space

SpaceX launches rescue mission for Nasa astronauts stuck in space

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were unable to return to Earth on Boeing’s Starliner as planned because of safety concerns.

US-China relations

US charges employee of Chinese aerospace giant with hacking Nasa, US military

Song Wu, a Chinese national, is charged in Atlanta, Georgia with 14 counts of wire fraud and 14 counts of aggravated identity theft.

Science

China’s Wuhan institute creates nasal Covid-19 vaccine for ‘future pandemics’

‘Broad spectrum’ nanovaccine can target multiple coronaviruses, says team at institute once in spotlight over Covid lab leak theory.

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Mice given the nanovaccine plus two boosters within 42 days produced antibody levels that persisted even after six months, team says in paper published in ACS Nano. Photo: Xinhua
International Space Station (ISS)

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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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft docked to the International Space Station’s Harmony module forward port. Photo: Nasa / TNS
United States

Musk’s SpaceX tightens grip on Nasa by bringing Boeing crew home from ISS

Nasa’s reliance on SpaceX grows as Boeing’s Starliner faces setbacks, highlighting the firm’s dominance in US space missions and satellite launches, while sparking concerns over Musk’s sway on US foreign policy.

Space

SpaceX to bring Boeing’s Starliner astronauts home next year, Nasa says

In a blow to Boeing’s space programme, what was expected to be an eight-day mission to the International Space Station will last for months.

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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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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is seen docked at the International Space Station in July. Photo: Nasa via AP
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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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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