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Total solar eclipse wows crowds across Latin America

Thousands travelled across Chile and Argentina to catch a glimpse of the celestial event which won't be seen again until 2048.

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Russia successfully test-launches Angara-5 space rocket

It blasted off from Plesetsk cosmodrome in northwest Russia on Monday.

Russia

Russia completes second successful test launch of Angara A5 rocket

Russia has successfully launched its Angara A5 rocket, the second successful test flight of the rocket officials said.

USA

SpaceX’s Starship test flight explodes on touchdown

An unmanned test flight for SpaceX’s Starship, a rocketship Elon Musk hopes will carry people to Mars, ended in a spectacular explosion upon touchdown on Wednesday night.

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World News

NASA recruits companies to collect moon rock for as little as $1

The contracts are primarily intended to set a legal precedent for the exploitation of extraterrestrial resources by the private sector going forward.

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Astronomers produce most detailed 3D map yet of the Milky Way

The first accurate 3D map of the Milky Way has been unveiled by the European Space Agency which could help shed fresh light on the Galaxy.

Latvia

Latvian technology could one day prevent asteroids from hitting Earth

Latvia's space technology tradition dates back to Soviet times when Sputnik - the first man-made satellite to orbit the Earth - was launched in 1957.

China

China's space probe will bring rocks back to Earth from the moon

It will be the first time samples from the moon have been brought back to Earth since the 1970s.

Switzerland

Europe signs €86 million deal to bring space trash home

The European Space Agency said on Thursday that the deal with ClearSpace SA will lead to the "first active debris removal mission in 2025".

Green News

Why has the UK Space Agency won an award for sustainability?

The Agency has been honoured for its International Partnership Programme.

World News

NASA spacecraft leaking asteroid samples into space

NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft has collected too much material from the asteroid Bennu, millions of miles from Earth, and it is now spilling its contents into space.

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Astronaut and cosmonauts return after mission launched during pandemic

An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) after a six-month mission in space, launched in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak.

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Spacecraft touches asteroid's surface in mission to grab rock sample

Flight controllers declare success in NASA mission to collect material from an asteroid 200 million miles from planet Earth using the Osiris-Rex spacecraft

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‘How’s the signal up there?’: Nokia to bring 4G to the moon

Nokia says it will build a 4G communications system for the moon, as part of NASA’s plan to establish a long-term human presence there

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Chief astronaut swaps space trip for daughter's wedding

Veteran astronaut Christopher Ferguson has swapped a trip to space to make sure he can make his daughter's wedding

USA

Potty training: NASA tests new $23M titanium space toilet

NASA is set to launch a new space toilet to the International Space Station for testing.

Russia

Volunteers build path to site of cosmonaut landing in Russian forest

The trail, deep in the remote Perm region of Russia, will take visitors to the site where 55 years ago two cosmonauts crash-landed after their spacecraft malfunctioned.

World News

No supernova: Dust may have caused mysterious dimming of giant star

The mysterious dimming of one of the brightest stars in the sky, which caused a stir among space-watchers at the end of 2019, may now have an explanation.

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Shooting stars set to rain down in annual meteor shower spectacle

Skywatchers will be treated to one of the year’s biggest cosmic light shows overnight, with the Perseid meteor shower about to reach its peak.

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NASA astronauts make historic splashdown to Earth on SpaceX capsule

Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are the first NASA astronauts to splash down for 45 years after staying on the space station for two months on a NASA-SpaceX mission.