NASA Astronauts Return to Earth
Hala Abdallah, 19/03 11:20 - Reading : less than a minute
After an unexpected nine-month stay in space, two NASA astronauts finally returned to Earth on Tuesday.
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European Ariane 6 Rocket Launches on Its First Commercial Flight
This is Beirut, 06/03 21:54 - Reading : less than a minute
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The Ariane 6 rocket has successfully launched from French Guiana, marking its first commercial flight after several postponements. Carrying the CSO-3 military satellite, this mission strengthens Europe’s space sovereignty and enhances France’s Earth observation capabilities.
SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches US and Japanese Landers to the Moon
Vanessa Kallas, 15/01 15:35 - Reading : less than a minute
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost and iSpace’s Hakuto-R lunar landers, showcasing the private sector's growing role in space exploration.
Iran Launches Heaviest Space Payload Into Orbit
This is Beirut, 2024-12-06 10:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran successfully launched on Friday its heaviest space payload, which includes a satellite and a space tug, using a domestically developed satellite carrier, official media reported. Weighing 300 kilogrammes (660 pounds), the payload consisted of the Fakhr-1 telecommunications satellite and the Saman-1 space tug, according to state ...
SpaceX Fails to Catch its Starship Megarocket, as Donald Trump watches on
This is Beirut, 2024-11-20 05:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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SpaceX flew its latest test flight of its Starship megarocket on Tuesday, with President-elect Donald Trump joining Elon Musk to witness the spectacle firsthand in the latest sign of their ever closer ties. But the Republican leader was deprived of the chance to see the descending first stage caught in the launch tower's "chopstick" arms, an ...
Three Chinese Astronauts Begin Mission to Tiangong Space Station
This is Beirut, 2024-10-30 10:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Three Chinese astronauts, including the country's only woman spaceflight engineer, entered the Tiangong space station on Wednesday following an early morning launch into orbit. The Shenzhou-19 mission took off with its trio of space explorers at 4:27 am (2027 GMT Tuesday) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Xinhua and ...