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China's largest online travel agency offers $760,000 trip to space

China's largest online travel agency offers $760,000 trip to space

China's largest online travel agency Trip.com is offering a six-day space tourism package for 5.1 million yuan (US$760,000), sparking debate over its price and safety.
Meet Dai Zheng, the space veteran who left China's state program to build the country's first private reusable rocket

Meet Dai Zheng, the space veteran who left China's state program to build the country's first private reusable rocket

Hong Kong police superintendent who became city’s first astronaut teaches students from space

Hong Kong police superintendent who became city’s first astronaut teaches students from space

World’s leading planetary scientist Shigeru Ida joins China's Westlake University from Japan

World’s leading planetary scientist Shigeru Ida joins China's Westlake University from Japan

Theoretical astrophysicist Shigeru Ida, former president of the Astronomical Society of Japan, has joined China's Westlake University to help develop its newly established astronomy department.
July 12, 2026 | 08:37 pm PT
China launches crewed space flight as part of Moon ambitions

China launches crewed space flight as part of Moon ambitions

China launched its crewed Shenzhou-23 spacecraft and eased it into a successful docking with a space station early Monday as part of Beijing's ambitions to send humans to the Moon by 2030, state media said.
May 26, 2026 | 12:55 am PT
SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight

SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight

SpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight Friday, an upgraded version that NASA is counting on to land astronauts on the moon.
May 22, 2026 | 11:40 pm PT
8-year-old US boy designs zero-gravity indicator for NASA Artemis II

8-year-old US boy designs zero-gravity indicator for NASA Artemis II

Second-grader Lucas Ye designed “Rise,” a plush toy that doubles as a zero-gravity indicator used by astronauts on the Artemis II mission during their historic flight around the Moon.
April 13, 2026 | 02:14 am PT
NASA launches four astronauts on world's first crewed lunar mission in half a century

NASA launches four astronauts on world's first crewed lunar mission in half a century

Four ​astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday on NASA's Artemis II mission, a high-stakes 10-day trip around the moon that marks the United States' ‌boldest step yet toward returning humans to the lunar surface this decade before China's first crewed landing.
April 1, 2026 | 08:56 pm PT
Things to watch in 2026: Elections, climate deals, moon missions and biggest World Cup

Things to watch in 2026: Elections, climate deals, moon missions and biggest World Cup

Next year promises trips around the Moon, footballing spectacles and a battle for control of the U.S. Congress.
December 30, 2025 | 04:00 pm PT
From inspiring career to love triangle scandal: How former female NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak’s life unraveled after jealousy-fueled attack

From inspiring career to love triangle scandal: How former female NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak’s life unraveled after jealousy-fueled attack

Once a trailblazing astronaut, Lisa Nowak’s career took a dramatic turn after she drove 1,500 km to confront her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend in a shocking confrontation.
September 5, 2025 | 01:52 am PT
Crypto billionaire Justin Sun spends $28M on 10‑minute Blue Origin space trip

Crypto billionaire Justin Sun spends $28M on 10‑minute Blue Origin space trip

Chinese crypto billionaire Justin Sun, founder of blockchain platform Tron, has taken a 10-minute trip to space aboard Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin New Shepard rocket, paying $28 million for the experience.
August 5, 2025 | 04:16 pm PT
Veteran Chinese astronaut to lead fresh crew to space station

Veteran Chinese astronaut to lead fresh crew to space station

China on Wednesday announced that a veteran astronaut will this week lead two crew members on their first flight to the country's Tiangong space station.
April 23, 2025 | 07:27 am PT
Vietnamese Government, US chip giant Nvidia sign cooperation agreement

Vietnamese Government, US chip giant Nvidia sign cooperation agreement

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and President and CEO of Nvidia Jensen Huang on Thursday witnessed the signing of a cooperation agreement on the establishment of an artificial intelligence (AI) research and development center and an AI data center in Vietnam.
December 5, 2024 | 05:13 pm PT
Soyuz spacecraft with US astronaut, two Russian cosmonauts docks at ISS

Soyuz spacecraft with US astronaut, two Russian cosmonauts docks at ISS

A Russian spacecraft blasted off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome on Friday carrying two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut to join the crew of the International Space Station (ISS), live TV images showed.
September 15, 2023 | 05:55 pm PT
NASA developing robot bees for Mars exploration

NASA developing robot bees for Mars exploration

NASA researchers are working on robot bees to explore Mars.
April 12, 2018 | 12:37 am PT
 
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