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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 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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Science

New Dawn: Pan Jianwei reveals high-orbit quantum satellite for global network

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US-China relations

China moving ‘breathtakingly fast’ in space military tech: US general

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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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A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Axiom 4 crew lifts off from Kennedy Space Centre Launch Complex 39A on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
Japan

Japan firm blames faulty space laser for doomed moon mission

Despite back-to-back failures, ispace is planning its third moon landing attempt in 2027 with Nasa’s cooperation.

Elon Musk

How much of a future does Elon Musk really have in US politics?

The billionaire Tesla chief, after leaving Trump administration, has suggested founding a third political party. But would it succeed?

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United States

SpaceX Starship explodes in setback to Musk’s Mars mission

A huge blast enveloped the rocket as it stood upright on a test stand in Texas.

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A SpaceX rocket explodes at Starbase in Texas late on Wednesday. Photo: rocketfuture.org via AP
Science

China to lead global space weather monitoring and warning network

Latest agreements add to country’s initiative in long-term surveillance system to protect communications, power grids.

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Science

Mengzhou spacecraft for China’s moon-landing mission passes landmark test flight

In safety test, safety capsule touched down with airbag cushioning to ensure astronauts survive during rocket failures at lift-off.

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China's space programme

Opinion | Threat of US-China land grab in space demands urgent legal reforms

Strengthening peaceful uses of space can only be done by negotiating with China and other nations bound by the same obligations as the US.

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China’s Long March 2F rocket, carrying three astronauts for the Shenzhou 20 manned space mission, heads for a space station, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Jiuquan, northwestern China, on April 24. Photo: AP
Science

China’s landmark orbital refuelling mission: why US spy satellites hover nearby

Shijian-25 is expected to use its robotic arms to latch onto Shijian-21 and replenish its fuel.

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A Long March-3B rocket carrying the Shijian-25, blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China in January. Photo: Xinhua
United States

Planetarium’s discovery about outer solar system shocks astronomers

‘Freak accident’ finding has changed thinking on shape of the Oort Cloud, a theoretical area of deep space believed to be a source of comets.

SpaceX

Trump-Musk clash threatens to ground US space ambitions

US president’s threat to pull Musk contracts casts a shadow over critical Nasa, Pentagon and commercial space initiatives.

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Japan

Japan firm apologises after moon landing mission fails again

The company lost contact with the Resilience spacecraft, which was carrying a rover with a shovel to gather lunar dirt.

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Takeshi Hakamada, CEO of ispace, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Friday. Photo: AFP
Science

Milky Way’s cosmic collision: is it less likely than we thought?

A new study suggests our galaxy’s long-predicted merger with Andromeda is now essentially a coin flip.

An illustration shows a stage in the potential merger between the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxy, as viewed in Earth’s night sky in 3.75 billion years. Photo: Nasa/ESA via Reuters
Donald Trump

Trump to replace his nominee for Nasa head

Original pick Jared Isaacman, a billionaire with ties to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, was only days away from his planned Senate confirmation vote.

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Science

China doubles down on building cutting-edge telescopes in Thailand

13-metre Chiang Mai radio antenna and another being built in southern Thailand expected to aid GPS, climate research and quake forecasting.

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SpaceX

Musk sets ambitious 2026 goal for uncrewed Starship Mars voyage

Optimal planetary alignment drives aggressive timeline for SpaceX mission.

Reaching Mars hinges on whether Starship can accomplish a number of challenging technical feats. File photo: Nasa via Reuters
Science

Hunt for elusive ‘Planet Nine’ at edge of solar system offers surprise

Discovery of a possible dwarf planet suggests our cosmic backyard holds many more secrets to uncover.

Science

China plans to arm Tiangong space station with self-defence bots: scientist

Sun Zhibin says robotic thruster could latch onto unidentified object approaching critical Chinese space infrastructure and push it away.

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Science

China’s Tianwen-2 lifts off on mission to bring asteroid samples back to Earth

Plan is for spacecraft to first visit 2016 HO3, which could be a fragment of the moon, then start a seven-year journey to comet 311P.

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China’s Tianwen-2 probe, atop a Long March-3B carrier rocket, lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Thursday. China launched its first asteroid sample-return mission, an endeavour to shed light on the formation and evolution of asteroids and the early solar system. Photo: Xinhua
United States

SpaceX Starship tumbles out of control, breaks apart in latest test setback

SpaceX confirmed spacecraft experienced ‘a rapid unscheduled disassembly’ in ninth test launch.

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SpaceX’s next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its Super Heavy booster. Photo: Reuters
Music

Strauss’ Blue Danube heading to space for composer’s birthday

European Space Agency will beam the waltz into deep space to mark 200 years since composer’s birth, after it was passed over by Nasa in 1977.

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Style Edit: Omega’s space legacy continues, from Nasa’s Gemini missions to today

In 1965, it became Nasa’s official chronograph for astronauts on manned space missions, thereby launching a legacy now reimagined in a retro-futuristic design that blends heritage and modern mechanics.

Artificial intelligence

Chinese scientist behind supercomputer in orbit: ‘Put AI in space’

Space has once again become the frontier of scientific exploration, and AI should be part of it, says Zhejiang Lab director Wang Jian.

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A Long March 2D rocket carrying a space computing satellite constellation blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China on May 14. Photo: Xinhua
Science

Nasa’s Mars Perseverance snaps a selfie as a Martian dust devil blows by

The composite of 59 images taken by the rover’s robot arm camera took an hour to capture.

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Perseverance takes a selfie on Mars on May 10. Image: Nasa via AP
US-China relations

For China, Golden Dome shows US is ‘obsessed with absolute security’

Foreign ministry says missile defence system ‘violates the principle of peaceful use of outer space’ and risks turning it into battlefield.

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Donald Trump

Trump picks ‘Golden Dome’ missile shield to counter China, Russia

US Space Force general will lead the ambitious missile shield programme involving a network of satellites.

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