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The world's first wooden satellite. Photo: BSS/AFP
Tech

World's first wooden satellite launched into space

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Tech

SpaceX in talks to land and recover Starship rocket off Australia's coast

This screen grab taken from a Blue Origin broadcast shows the Mission NS-25, with the New Shepard 4 rocket and crew capsule, taking off from the Blue Origin base near Van Horn, Texas, on May 19, 2024. Photo: HANDOUT / BLUE ORIGIN / AFP
USA

Bezos' Blue Origin launches first crew to edge of space since 2022 grounding

The experiment saw the engine blast out a blue-and-orange flame 10-15 metres (30-50 feet) horizontally out of an open hangar door for around 10 seconds in the rural northern town of Taiki. Photo: Collected
Tech

Udder-ly New Space Chapter! To the moo-n: How cow dung is fuelling Japan's ambitions

People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing what it called a space satellite toward the south, in Seoul, South Korea, 31 May, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
World+Biz

North Korean satellite plunges into sea after rocket failure

FILE PHOTO: A M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) takes part in a military exercise near Liepaja, Latvia 26 September, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
World+Biz

New US military aid to Ukraine to include air-launched rockets

Palestinians walk holding posters following the death of Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan during a hunger strike in an Israeli jail, near Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank 2 May,2023. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
Middle East

Gaza factions claim responsibility for rockets fired at Israel

The TEXUS 58 research rocket launched by Sweden Space Corp (SSC), lifts off from the Esrange Space Center in Sweden April 24, 2023. Sweden Space Corp (SSC)/Handout via REUTERS
Europe

Sweden launches research rocket, accidentally hits Norway

ESA Juice takes off for Jupiter icy moons mission
Science

ESA Juice takes off for Jupiter icy moons mission

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Science

First 3D-printed rocket lifts off but fails to reach orbit

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Science

Launch of world's first 3D-printed rocket canceled at last second

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Science

World's first 3D printed rocket set for inaugural flight

An H3 rocket carrying a land observation satellite lifts off from the launching pad at Tanegashima Space Center on the southwestern island of Tanegashima, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan March 7, 2023, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERS
World+Biz

Japan destroys new rocket in space after second-stage engine failure