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Mars livestream by ESA spacecraft interrupted by rain on Earth
It took nearly 17 minutes for each picture to reach Earth, nearly 200 million miles away.
China launches new crew for orbiting space station
China built its own space station after it was excluded from the International Space Station.
Crash of private Japanese moon lander blamed on touchdown location switch
The spacecraft belonging to the company ispace was originally supposed to land in a flat plain but the target was changed to a crater.
Virgin Galactic completes final test flight before taking customers into space
Six of the company’s employees, including two pilots, were onboard as the spaceplane successfully reached space before gliding back down to Earth.
Space station welcomes visitors including Saudi Arabia’s first female astronaut
Saudi Arabia’s government is picking up the multimillion-dollar tab for stem cell researcher Rayyanah Barnawi and fighter pilot Ali al-Qarni.
Saudi astronauts catch private flight to space station
Also on board was a US businessman who now owns a sports car racing team.
SpaceX launching Saudi astronauts on private flight to space station
It is the second charter flight organised by Houston-based Axiom Space.
Scientists capture sun-like star swallowing a planet whole
The galactic feast happened between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago near the Aquila constellation.
‘High probability’ spacecraft crashed on moon, Tokyo company says
If all had gone well, ispace would have been the first private business to pull off a lunar landing.
Old Nasa satellite plunges to Earth over Sahara Desert
Nasa officials said they have received no reports of damage or injury so far from the re-entry.