spacecraft

China’s first cargo spacecraft docks with space lab

BEIJING: China's first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1, successfully completed docking with an orbiting space lab on… Read More

China’s plans launch of first cargo spacecraft in April

BEIJING: China plans to launch its first cargo spacecraft in April, state media reported on… Read More

NASA unveils photos of Jupiter’s poles

WASHINGTON: NASA published Friday the first-ever images of Jupiter's north pole and its southern aurora, taken… Read More

NASA probe set to make closest approach yet to Jupiter

WASHINGTON: NASA's Juno space probe on Saturday was set to pass the closest it will get… Read More

Farewell Philae: Earth severs link with silent comet probe

PARIS: Earth bid a final farewell to robot lab Philae on Wednesday, severing communications after… Read More

Rosetta spacecraft finds key building blocks for life in a comet

CAPE CANAVERAL: Scientists for the first time have directly detected key organic compounds in a… Read More

NASA plans to fix Mars spacecraft leak then launch in 2018

NASA plans to repair a Mars spacecraft that was grounded in December because of a… Read More

Russia launches Proton rocket with British satellite

MOSCOW: Russia on Thursday successfully launched a Proton rocket with a British satellite in the… Read More

Pluto's Mountains to Moons, NASA’s New Horizons reveals multiple discoveries

NASA's New Horizons team, just one day after the spacecraft’s first ever Pluto flyby, revealed… Read More

SpaceX poised to launch resurrected space weather satellite

MIAMI: A $340 million sun-observing spacecraft that was initially dreamed up by former US vice… Read More

Chinese unmanned spacecraft lands on moon

SHANGHAI: China landed an unmanned spacecraft on the moon on Saturday, state media reported, in… Read More