Space
Space has a PR problem. It’s time to make it great again
Using space as a stunt to recover from a failed album is just another nail in the coffin of the great black void’s reputation.
- Patrick Lenton
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‘A great success’: Start-up’s rocket crashes into sea after lift-off in Norway
Video from the launch shows the rocket taking off from the pad, flying into the air and then coming back down to crash into the sea in a fiery explosion.
Rocket crashes into sea after liftoff in Norway
A private European aerospace company has hailed its first rocket launch as a success, even though the rocket crashed into the sea off Norway 30 seconds after liftoff.
Failure to launch: The huge rocket ‘stuck’ in a small Australian town
As tens of millions of people around the world watched two US astronauts safely return to earth, a key player in Australia’s burgeoning space industry sat on the launch pad.
- Liam Mannix
How astronauts on the space station inspired an insomniac writer
Samantha Harvey’s 2024 Booker Prize-winning novel Orbital follows a single day in the lives of six astronauts.
- Stephanie Bunbury
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‘What a ride’: After 286 days stuck in orbit, Butch and Suni finally get home
The NASA astronauts splashed down off the coast of Tallahassee, hitching a ride back to Earth to close out a space saga that began with a bungled test flight more than nine months ago.
- Marcia Dunn and Deepa Bharath
NASA duo emerge after dramatic splashdown
NASA’s two stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have returned to Earth, closing out a marathon mission.
Altered eyeballs, weaker bones: What nine months trapped in space will do to your body
The risks and hazards of extended stints in space are well understood, and the health of stranded astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will be monitored for years to come.
- Craig Jackson
SpaceX capsule docks to bring home stranded NASA astronauts
After nine months, a return home is in sight for two astronauts on the International Space Station.
- Marcia Dunn
The billionaire Elon Musk disciple protecting Earth from city-killing asteroids
Meet Jared Isaacman, a daredevil private astronaut and billionaire ally of Elon Musk who has been lined up by Donald Trump to lead NASA.
- Matthew Field
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