space

Pepe Le Pew CANCELED from ‘Space Jam’ sequel, as sleazy skunk has his own ‘MeToo’ moment

New York Times columnist Charles Blow opened up a new front in the never-ending culture wars over the weekend, when…

3 years ago

Ivan Safronov case: How a Russian space agency advisor & ex-journalist crash-landed at the centre of a NATO-linked espionage drama

That changed dramatically in July last year, when he was arrested by agents from the FSB, the country's top domestic…

3 years ago

China sets goal of sending 12 astronauts to space by 2023, opening of space station by 2022

Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut and now a member of the National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)…

3 years ago

Russian space agency Roscosmos begins design of ‘Venera-D’ orbital station, set to be Moscow’s 1st mission to Venus since USSR era

Speaking to the TASS news agency, the scientific director of the Institute of Space Research Lev Zeleny explained that the…

3 years ago

Russian space freighter launched from Baikonur, slated to put an end to ISS’ outdated docking module (VIDEO)

The space freighter was boosted by a Soyuz-2.1a rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday morning, carrying almost 2.5 tons…

3 years ago

India’s space agency to build homegrown alternative to Google Maps, after country introduces ‘own’ Twitter & WhatsApp

The new project was announced by the Indian Space Research Organisation and MapmyIndia late on Friday. The two have not…

3 years ago

Russian space agency boss attacks US proposal to militarize Moon after Pentagon suggests using Defense Department to protect bases

His comments came after an article from the Wall Street Journal revealed that the Pentagon plans to protect NASA bases…

3 years ago

Ground control to major lawsuit? Dubai launches ‘space court’ to settle celestial corporate disputes

While lawyers themselves won’t actually be floating around in zero gravity, the new court, launched under the auspices of the…

3 years ago

Foes on the ground, but friends in space: American astronauts on ISS give their food to Russian cosmonauts after supplies run out

The Progress MS-16 spacecraft, which was due to be launched on December 11, would have brought rations to Russian cosmonauts…

3 years ago

Trump outlines NUCLEAR future with mini-reactors for US military and space programs

The order promoting “Small Modular Reactors for National Defense and Space Exploration” was published on Tuesday. Though it promptly got…

3 years ago