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

Video | Nasa astronauts finally home after 9 months

Space

Nasa astronauts back on Earth after 9 months stuck in space

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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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China’s Mars orbiter Tianwen-1 circles above the north polar region of the red planet. A newly unveiled powerful plasma engine brings China’s technology closer to that of leader in the field Russia. Photo: Xinhua
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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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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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The NASAMS technology was designed in Norway but modified by Raytheon. Photo: Royal Norwegian Navy
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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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.

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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An artist’s rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. Photo: Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/Nasa/AP
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.

Meet Trump’s pick to head Nasa, Jared Isaacman, who founded his first unicorn start-up at 16, was the first civilian to perform a spacewalk and is tight with Elon Musk. Photo: @rookisaacman/X
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.

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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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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Support teams work around the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after it landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, on Friday. Photo: Nasa via AP
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.

Axiom Space presented its spacesuit, co-designed with Prada, at a press conference in Milan, Italy, on Wednesday. Photo: AP
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.

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.

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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.

Chinese national Song Wu allegedly tried to hack Nasa, according to an indictment announced in Atlanta. Photo: Reuters
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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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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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.

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla. Photo: Reuters
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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The Boeing CST-100 Starliner is shown docked to the International Space Station. Image: Boeing via TNS
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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

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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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
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
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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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Retailing

Exclusive | Swarovski bets on lab-grown diamonds to skirt China’s slowdown

Austrian crystal maker Swarovski has launched a lab-grown diamonds collection in China, in a sign that it has confidence in its second-largest market by sales despite some economic turbulence.

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