Astronaut Sunita Williams cast her vote from space

Astronaut Sunita Williams, along with her colleagues Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague and Don Pettit, cast their votes for the U.S. election from t...

World’s first wooden satellite launched into space by Japan

A SpaceX rocket carried the world’s first wooden satellite, LignoSat, into space at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tu...

Chinese astronauts’ spacesuit for 2030 moon visit unveiled

The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) has unveiled a new spacesuit designed for its ambitious plan to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 and...

Astronaut Jonny Kim gets first space station mission

Jonny Kim, a former Navy SEAL, accomplished physician and the first Korean American NASA astronaut, is set to embark on his first space miss...

China finds water in lunar soil in groundbreaking discovery

Chinese scientists discovered molecular water (H2O) in lunar soil samples brought back to Earth by the Chang’e-5 probe, marking the first ti...

China makes history as 1st country to retrieve samples from Moon’s far side

China’s unmanned Chang’e-6 lunar mission successfully landed in Inner Mongolia on Tuesday, bringing home the world’s first-ever ...

Japanese astronauts to be first non-Americans to land on moon

Two Japanese astronauts are set to become the first non-Americans to land on the moon via a new collaboration with the National Aeronautics ...

Amanda Nguyen to become first Vietnamese woman in space

Amanda Nguyen, a social entrepreneur and civil rights activist, is set to become the first Vietnamese woman in space.  Key points: ...

Japanese scientists develop world’s first wooden satellite

Japanese scientists are set to launch the world’s first wooden satellite, helping mitigate space pollution caused by traditional metal...

Japan becomes fifth country to land spacecraft on the moon

Japan has landed their historic robotic mission, named Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), on the lunar surface, making the East Asi...

Watch: This Japanese rocket is powered by cow dung

A Japanese space startup has successfully tested its new rocket that uses cow dung as a fuel source, marking it a step toward its goal of cr...

Japan grows mouse embryos in space in historic first

In a world first, a group of Japanese scientists successfully grew mouse embryos aboard the International Space Station (ISS), offering hope...

China sends its youngest-ever crew to space in quest to land astronauts on Moon by 2030

China’s focus on lunar missions aligns with its aspiration to put astronauts on the moon by 2030, rivaling the U.S. in the current glo...

Chinese researchers look to build underground moon base for future manned mission

A team of Chinese researchers is studying the possibility of building an underground lunar base through the moon’s lava tubes that would be ...

India looks to launch 1st space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) recently announced the upcoming launch of Aditya-L1, the “first space-based Indian observatory...

India makes history as 1st country to land near moon’s south pole

India has made history by becoming the first country to land near the moon’s south pole. Successful touchdown: The unmanned Chandrayaan-3 sp...

Japanese astronomers are waiting for a reply from aliens to a space message sent 40 years ago

Japanese astronomers are eagerly awaiting a reply from aliens after sending a message into space 40 years ago. The 40-year-old message: On A...

Chinese rover discovers glass beads on Moon that may contain 330 billion tons of water

As much as 330 billion tons of water could be embedded in the Moon’s surface, a new study from China suggests. The estimate comes from the a...

28-year-old surgeon to be the third Japanese woman to go to space

Japan’s space agency revealed their two newest recruits on Tuesday: a surgeon and a disaster prevention specialist.  Ayu Yoneda, the younges...

Japan startup plans $180,000 balloon flight space viewing tours in bid to ‘democratize space’

A Japanese startup has partnered with a travel agency in an attempt to make commercial space viewing flights more accessible. In partnership...

Chinese researchers help demystify decades-long Moon mystery

A new study by a Chinese research team has shed new light on the presence and formation of ferric iron (Fe3+), a version of iron that contai...

Chinese astronauts return from 6-month mission in space

Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe, who spent half a year aboard China’s Tiangong space station, have safely made it back...

Video: Chinese astronauts deliver live science lessons from space

Three Chinese astronauts of China’s Shenzhou 14 flight crew gave a science lecture live from the Tiangong space station on Wednesday mornin...

China’s space program discovers new mineral from the Moon in 46-year first

China has discovered a new mineral from the Moon for the first time in the country’s history, 46 years after Russia’s Luna 24 mission in 19...

Chinese astronauts successfully grow rice in space

Chinese astronauts have successfully grown rice on the Tiangong space station as an experiment into how astronauts can grow food on long sp...

A Chinese unmanned Mars mission has successfully mapped the entirety of the Red Planet

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced on Wednesday that the unmanned Tianwen-1 mission has mapped the entire Mars surfac...

China publishes — and then deletes — report it detected what may be an alien signal

Researchers in China released a now-deleted report of a “suspicious” signal from space that may be evidence of an advanced alien civilizati...

‘Cause I, I, I’m in the stars tonight’: BTS’ ‘Dynamite’ to be first K-pop song played in space

BTS’ “Dynamite” may be the first-ever K-pop song to be played in outer space. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute in collaboration with...

China plans to conduct asteroid defense system test that can blow space rocks out of orbit by 2025

China has announced its plan to test its asteroid monitoring and defense system, Wu Yanhua, the deputy director of the China National Space...

Chinese astronauts back home after historic 6-month mission in space

Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after successfully completing a six-month mission aboard China’s Tiangong space stat...

Indian American astronaut Raja Chari conducts his first spacewalk

NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 mission commander Raja Chari conducted his first spacewalk on Tuesday. Chari, 44, spent almost seven hours in th...

China’s Chang’E 5 lunar lander is first in history to find water on the moon up close

China’s Chang'E- 5 became the first lunar mission to detect water on the Moon’s surface in real time in 2020. The craft’s onboard min...

Shenzhou-13 crew member becomes first female Chinese astronaut to complete spacewalk

Wang Yaping has become the first female astronaut from China to walk in space. Making history: Wang made her historic spacewalk from Sunday ...

Yusaku Maezawa to become third billionaire to enter space, first Japanese space tourist to visit the ISS

Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is set to become the first Japanese space tourist to visit the International Space Station (ISS) this December. G...

A spacecraft is named after Ellison Onizuka, NASA’s first Asian American astronaut

Ellison Onizuka, the first Asian American astronaut, was recently honored with a NASA spacecraft named after him.  A fallen hero: Aerospace ...

Virgin Galactic’s Sirisha Bandla becomes 3rd Indian American woman to reach space

Aeronautical engineer Sirisha Bandla became the third Indian American woman to go to space after being part of the Virgin Galactic’s f...