Geologists on Tuesday said they had detected a swarm of earthquakes at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, though…
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Vega launches second Pléiades Neo imaging satellite
TAMPA: Arianespace launched a second satellite for the Pléiades Neo imaging constellation Aug. 16 on a…
Probiotics help corals survive deadly heat stress
Warming seas threaten to turn coral reefs from kaleidoscopes of color into bleached fields of rubble.…
Starliner test flight faces months long delay
A test flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle will be delayed for at least…
GSLV-F10 suffers catastrophic failure during launch, Earth-watching satellite lost
India’s first launch of 2021 has ended in failure. An Indian rocket carrying a new Earth-observation…
Antares rocket launches NG-16 Cygnus space station cargo spacecraft
WASHINGTON: A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launched a Cygnus cargo spacecraft Aug. 10 carrying more than…
US astronaut moon landing ‘not feasible’ by 2024, NASA’s inspector general finds
Because of anticipated delays in spacesuit development, it is “not feasible” for NASA to land humans…
All eyes on Venus: 2 spacecraft gear up for close Venus flybys this week
Venus is about to get double the extra attention. NASA’s Solar Orbiter, in partnership with the…
NASA’s 1st attempt to collect Mars samples with Perseverance rover comes up empty
The Perseverance rover’s first sample-snagging attempt didn’t go according to plan. The car-sized Perseverance landed inside…
Falcon Heavy to launch Europa Clipper
WASHINGTON: NASA has selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to launch its Europa Clipper mission to a potentially…