China has rejected as an irresponsible smear a warning from the chief of Nasa that China might “take over” the moon as part of a military programme.
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A tiny meteoroid struck the newly deployed James Webb Space Telescope, knocking one of its gold-plated mirrors out of alignment.
The International Space Station is set to become busier than usual this week when its crew welcomes aboard four new colleagues from start-up Axiom Space.
The International Space Station has often stayed above the fray of geopolitics. That position is under threat.
There comes a time when the costs and risks of maintaining the International Space Station become too high, and this has been determined to be in 2030.
Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope neared its gravitational parking space on Monday in orbit around the sun, almost 1.6 million kilometres from Earth.
Nasa has embarked on a months-long, painstaking process of bringing its newly launched James Webb Space Telescope into focus.
If all goes according to plan, the 6.3 tonne instrument will be released from a French-built rocket after a 26-minute ride into space.
Liftoff of Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope, designed to peer further than ever into the universe, has been delayed until Christmas Day.
A spacecraft that must ultimately crash to succeed was launched late on Tuesday from California on a Nasa mission to demonstrate the world’s first planetary defence system.