Rappler's latest stories on spacecrafts
China's new spacecraft returns to Earth – official
The spacecraft – launched Tuesday – arrives safely at a predetermined site, the China Manned Space Agency says, after a hitch in an earlier part of the key test
Israeli spacecraft crashes during moon landing – mission control
'We are on the moon but not in the way we wanted,' one unidentified staffer says
Astronauts land from ISS stint marred by air leak, rocket failure
The astronauts detected a small hole in the Soyuz spacecraft, with Russia suggesting that it could have been deliberate sabotage carried out in space
Cheers as Mars InSight spacecraft lands on Red Planet
The dramatic arrival of the $993 million spacecraft marks the 8th successful landing on Mars in NASA's history
Anxiety at NASA as Mars InSight spacecraft nears Red Planet
The unmanned spacecraft – launched nearly 7 months ago – is NASA's first craft to attempt to touch down on Earth's neighboring planet since the Curiosity rover arrived in 2012
Here's how the 'brightest' object in the universe formed
The object is extremely bright – about 10,000 times more luminous than our galaxy, the Milky Way
Scientists push back against Harvard 'alien spacecraft' theory
'It is impossible to guess the purpose behind Oumuamua without more data,' Avi Loeb, chairman of Harvard's astronomy department, is quoted as saying.
Boeing, SpaceX unlikely to make manned flights to ISS in 2019
The independent Government Accountability Office says neither company is expected to be ready to carry out manned flights by November 2019 because of various delays in certifying their programs
WATCH: 4 fiery endings for spacecraft
Here are some of the more famous spacecraft coming down to earth in flames
3-man crew reaches International Space Station
The crew from Italy Russia and the United States boosts the ISS back to full capacity
NASA spacecraft to fly over Jupiter's Great Red Spot
An unmanned NASA spacecraft is about to fly over a massive storm raging on Jupiter in a long awaited journey that could shed new light on the forces driving the planet s Great Red Spot
Orbital cargo ship arrives at space station
The Cygnus spacecraft is packed with 7 626 pounds of crew supplies hardware and dozens of experiments aimed at studying fire growing food and cancer therapies
Mars spacecraft's first missions face delays, NASA says
A report by NASA s Office of Inspector General cited technical as well as budget challenges behind the delays
NASA's Cassini probe of Saturn prepares for last plunge
Its final goal is to sample Saturn s atmosphere and particles coming from the main rings for the first time while also capturing the closest ever views of Saturn s clouds and inner rings NASA says
Two Russians, one American blast off to ISS
NASA s Shane Kimbrough and Andrei Borisenko and Sergei Ryzhikov of Roscosmos blast off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan after a one month delay
'Goodbye Rosetta': Crash-landing ends historic comet mission
There are tears hugs and cheers at mission control in Darmstadt Germany when spacecraft operations manager Sylvain Lodiot announced: This is the end of the Rosetta mission
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Rosetta, Philae to reunite on comet for Sept 30 mission end
The data from Rosetta and Philae will continue to be analyzed for months and years to come
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Europe's comet orbiter back after 'dramatic' silence
UPDATED The Rosetta spacecraft returns to normal operations after the European Space Agency lost contact with it for nearly 24 hours over the weekend
Sore – but no taller – astronaut Scott Kelly adjusts to Earth
One of the effects of spending such a long time in the absence of gravity was that Kelly s spine expanded temporarily making him grow 1 5 inches only to shrink as he returned to Earth
Philae comet probe: World prepares for final farewell
The success of the campaign to humanize a scientific instrument has left the European Space Agency ESA with a dilemma: how to communicate Philae s demise?
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NASA spacecraft plunges through Saturn moon's icy spray
While the spacecraft is not equipped to detect life scientists hope the pass will give them a better understanding of what is contained in the icy spray
Comet 67P, robot lab Philae's alien host, nears Sun
Scientists hope the heat of perihelion – when the comet comes closest to the Sun in its orbit – will cause the enigmatic traveller to shed more of its icy crust
Comet probe Philae dials home, 'doing very well'
The Philae mission seeks to unlock the long held secrets of comets which may reveal how the Solar System was formed
'Hello Earth': Comet probe Philae wakes up
Scientists: We received new signals from Philae for a period of two minutes as well as 40 seconds worth of data
Russia delays return of ISS crew members after supply ship failure
The journey home of the 3 crew members originally scheduled for Thursday May 14 is postponed until June
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Wake up Philae! The world awaits news
The European Space Agency ESA cautions there could be a long wait before the lander talks to its comet orbiting mothership Rosetta if at all
Comet probe 'may revive in March' – French space chief
Jean Yves Le Gall: We hope that from March the sunlight will help the robot to recharge its batteries and resume its scientific work
Webhits: NASA geeks create 'All About That Space' parody video
The geeks at NASA parodied All About That Bass and called it All About That Space
Images show Philae's historic comet bounce
The discovery came thanks to painstaking follow up analysis of a series of pictures ESA had released on Friday
Scientists hope for data after historic but dodgy comet landing
UPDATED Landing manager: Hopefully we are sitting there on the surface at a position different to the original landing and can continue our science
Space history: European probe Philae lands on comet
UPDATED The historic landing marks the climax of a historic quest to explore an enigma of the Solar System
LIVE: The Rosetta #CometLanding mission
UPDATED Watch live as the European Space Agency ESA attempts to land the Philae probe on the comet 67P Churyumov Gerasimenko a first in history
Comet-landing mission on track, one last hurdle ahead
Everyone s nervous everyone s on tenterhooks but we know the risk is worth taking The rewards are enormous
'Target locked': Comet mission eyes Nov 12 landing
European scientists are gearing for the culmination of two decades work and a 1 3 billion euro 1 6 billion bet with the first ever landing on a comet on Wednesday
Europe set to make space history with comet landing
A lab called Philae will detach from its mothership Rosetta heading for a deep space rendezvous with a comet
To Agilkia... and beyond: Comet landing site is named
Agilkia – called after an island on the Nile – is chosen as the name of the site for the first landing on a comet
Lever under scrutiny in Virgin spaceship disaster
Investigators point out that a lock unlock lever used to activate a process in SpaceShipTwo s tail section – typically to slow it for re entry into the Earth s atmosphere – had been moved by the co pilot
Virgin was warned before about rocket engine safety
An expert says she warned Virgin before over safety concerns after the death of three engineers in a rocket engine explosion in 2007
NASA's MAVEN spacecraft enters Mars orbit
Much of MAVEN s year long mission will be spent circling Mars 3 730 miles above the surface
Europe sees 5 possible sites for comet landing
Choosing the right landing site is a complex process the European Space Agency cautions
SpaceX rocket explodes during test flight
The company plans to review flight record details to understand what caused the problem before conducting another test
Probe makes space history with rendezvous with comet
UPDATED It is the first time that a spacecraft has ever gone into orbit around a comet
Earth survived near-miss from 2012 solar storm: NASA
US scientists say the 2012 storm – the most powerful in 150 years – could have reverted civilization to the 18th century
NASA launches carbon-tracking satellite
The successful takeoff is a boon to NASA after two previous bids to launch Earth science spacecraft – one for carbon and another for aerosols – failed due to rocket malfunctions in 2009 and 2011
Hidden ocean on Saturn's moon bolsters life theory
Saturn s moon Enceladus carries an ocean of melted water beneath its surface and may hold alien microbe scientists say
Earth appears to be an oddity, astronomers say
Experts say that while super Earths and mini Neptunes are common they bear little resemblance to the planet we call home
