The first manned test flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station is postponed again due to a technical problem with the oxygen valve on the Atlas V rocket.
The new observatory, built by Japanese scientists at an altitude of 5,640 meters in Chile's Atacama Desert, which is currently the highest astronomical observatory in the world, aims to unlock the secrets of the origin of the Universe and dark energy with a unique 6. 5-meter infrared telescope optimized for studying extremely distant galaxies from the early Universe.
Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after completing a six-month mission aboard the Chinese space station Tiangong.
ESA's Mars Express orbiter has captured images of “spider-like” patterns formed under the ice at the south pole of Mars, which indicate unique processes on the Red Planet.
NASA has confirmed a Dragonfly Rotorcraft mission to Saturn's moon Titan, with a planned launch in July 2028 and arrival in 2034, to study prebiotic chemical processes using a drone-like spacecraft with eight propellers.
NASA is abandoning its existing $11 billion plan to collect and return soil samples from Mars by 2040 due to high costs and delays. The US National Aerospace Agency is looking for new innovative and cheaper approaches.
NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered the remains of ancient lakes in Mars' Jerez Crater, confirming previous theories that the area was once filled with water and could support microbial life. The rover used ground-penetrating radar to detect sedimentary lake deposits underground.