カテゴリー: Space
Japan’s H3 rocket, branded a possible competitor to SpaceX’s Falcon 9, self-destructed after liftoff when its second-stage engine apparently failed. It is the second H3 failure for Japan’s space agency, Jaxa, after the rocket failed to leave the launch…
Next-generation rocket, which Jaxa space agency hopes can compete against SpaceX Falcon, blows itself up after engine failureJapan’s next-generation H3 rocket has self-destructed after liftoff when its second-stage engine apparently failed.The mission …
Antony Blinken says China is ‘greatest shared strategic challenge’ in the region as US backs Japan’s biggest military build-up since second world warThe US and Japan have said that an attack in space would trigger their security treaty, as senior offic…
Huge chunk of Long March 5B rocket launched four days previously re-enters atmosphereA hefty chunk of the massive rocket used to deliver the third module of China’s Tiangong space station has fallen back to Earth uncontrolled, triggering the closure of…
The commercial space company rejects criticism of satellite launches for the US militaryA New Zealand commercial space company, Rocket Lab, has faced new opposition to its activities on behalf of foreign militaries, with one New Zealand Green MP saying…
Weeks after installing a network of meteor-detecting cameras, the members of Fireballs Aotearoa were granted their dearest wish: a rock that fell to EarthIt looks like a scene from a crime show as a search party in hi-vis jackets walks in formation, he…
On the frontline of Britain’s energy bills crisis. Plus: Visions of outer space Get the Guardian Weekly magazine delivered to your home addressThe spiralling cost of living has been an increasingly urgent problem in the UK. But for many people, huge ri…
Charred ring of metal five metres in diameter found in Kalimantan and smaller piece discovered in Sarawak, MalaysiaDebris suspected to be from a Chinese booster rocket that made an uncontrolled return to Earth on Saturday has reportedly been found metr…
A Chinese booster rocket has made an uncontrolled return to Earth. US defence department officials have chided Beijing for not sharing information on the potentially hazardous object’s descent. The Long March 5B rocket re-entered Earth’s atmosphere ove…
Beijing accused of being irresponsible after it failed to share data on where Long March 5B booster weighing more than 20 tonnes would landA Chinese booster rocket made an uncontrolled return to Earth on Saturday, US defense department officials said, …
Parts of a 23-tonne piece of rocket will come crashing down – somewhere – in the next few daysIn the next few days, a 23-tonne piece of rocket will plummet to Earth at about 15,000 miles an hour. Much of it may burn up on re-entry, but a significant am…
People across the North Island flooded social media with reports of the object, with some describing the sound as being like an earthquakeNew Zealanders across the North Island have reported rumbling, crackling sounds, a fireball and a huge flash of li…
Social media abuzz with pictures and theories about formations thought to be from exhaust plume of SpaceX rocketNew Zealand stargazers were left puzzled and awed by strange, spiralling light formations in the night sky on Sunday night.Around 7.25pm Ala…
President hails ‘excellent’ test, as rocket gets high enough, but fails to put dummy payload into orbitSouth Korea’s first domestically produced space rocket reached its desired altitude but failed to deliver a dummy payload into orbit in its first tes…
Disarmament ambassador casts doubt on ability to defend against technology after reports of test The United States is “very concerned” about China’s development of hypersonic technology, the US disarmament ambassador, Robert Wood, has said, after repor…