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Boeing's Starliner blasted off from Florida following years of delays and safety scares -- as well as two recently aborted launch attempts that came as astronauts were already strapped in and ready to go

Boeing Starliner Return To Earth Set For June 26

Starliner's first crewed mission to the ISS, which had been scheduled to last about eight days, has been extended due to thruster malfunctions and helium leaks.

Boeing Starliner Crew Aboard ISS After Challenging Docking

Boeing's Starliner finally blasted off from Florida on Wednesday following years of delays and safety scares -- as well as two recently aborted launch attempts

The spaceship dubbed "Calypso" rendezvoused with the orbital lab at 1:34 pm ET (1734 GMT) over the southern Indian Ocean, allowing crewmates Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to enter a while later.

Global Warming Accelerating At 'Unprecedented' Pace: Study

The average annual emissions for the 2013-2022 period was 53 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide -- primarily from the use of fossil fuels like oil and gas, the report said

Global warming has accelerated at an "unprecedented" pace as the window to limit rising temperatures within internationally-set targets closes, over 50 leading scientists warned in a study published on Wednesday.

The world's first wooden satellite made from wood developed by scientists at Kyoto University and logging company Sumitomo Forestry

World's First Wooden Satellite Built By Japan Researchers

Each side of the experimental satellite developed by scientists at Kyoto University and logging company Sumitomo Forestry measures just 10 centimeters (four inches).

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The European Court of Human Rights is to rule on Tuesday morning

Top Europe Court Condemns Switzerland In Landmark Climate Ruling

The European Court of Human Rights, part of the 46-member Council of Europe, however threw out two other cases against European states on procedural grounds.

AFP news Apr 09, 2024

Map showing the areas where the shadow of the Moon will pass during the total solar eclipse in Mexico, US and Canada on April 8

Totality Insanity: Eclipse Frenzy Hits North America

The Moon's shadow will land on Mexico's Pacific coast at 2:07 pm ET (1807 GMT), then speed northeast across a 15-state swath of the United States and on to Canada, exiting the continent over Newfoundland just under an hour and a half later.

AFP news Apr 08, 2024

This image obtained on February 27, 2024 from Intuitive Machines was taken shortly before the vehicle landed

US Moon Lander 'Permanently' Asleep After Historic Landing: Company

Houston-based Intuitive Machines said late Saturday that the lander, named Odysseus, had not phoned home this week when its solar panels were projected to receive enough sunlight to turn on its radio.

AFP news Mar 25, 2024

People gather as SpaceX Starship spacecraft prototype is transported from the launch site ahead of the SpaceX Starship third flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas

SpaceX Poised For Third Launch Test Of Starship Megarocket

SpaceX plans on Thursday to attempt another launch of Starship, the world's most powerful rocket that is vital to NASA's plans for landing astronauts on the Moon later this decade -- and Elon Musk's hopes of eventually colonizing Mars.

AFP news Mar 14, 2024

The rocket exploded just seconds after launch in western Japan

Japan Space Rocket Explodes Seconds After Launch

Tokyo-based Space One's 18-metre (60-foot) Kairos rocket blasted off in the coastal Wakayama region of western Japan, carrying a small government test satellite.

AFP news Mar 13, 2024

NASA's thinking behind CLPS is to delegate the delivery of its lunar science hardware to the private sector, reducing costs to taxpayers as it prepares to return astronauts to the Moon under the flagship Artemis program later this decade

What To Know About The NASA-funded Commercial Moon Fleet

A first attempt under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative ended in disappointing failure last month, but a second, led by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, will attempt on Thursday to return the United States to Moon for the first time in five decades.

AFP news Feb 21, 2024

Private US Spaceship Takes Off For The Moon

Intuitive Machines, the Houston company leading mission "IM-1," hopes to become the first non-government entity to achieve a soft touchdown on the Moon, and to land the first US robot on the surface since the Apollo missions more than five decades ago.

AFP news Feb 15, 2024

Live video images showed glowing lava oozing out of a fissure illuminating a plume of smoke rising up under the night sky

Lava Flows For Third Time On Volcano-hit Iceland Peninsula

Live video images of the crack in the Earth's surface, stretching an estimated three kilometers (two miles), showed the fissure illuminating plumes of smoke rising under the dark sky that was visible from the capital of Reykjavik.

AFP news Feb 08, 2024

Members of the Japanese space agency JAXA explain an image of the lunar surface taken and transmitted by a surface robot deployed after the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission landed

Japan Craft Made Successful Pin-point Moon Landing, Space Agency Says

Japan's "Moon Sniper" craft made a pin-point lunar landing despite last-minute engine problems, the space agency said Thursday as it released the first images from the mission.

AFP news Jan 25, 2024

A four-member, all-European crew are poised to blast off in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule fixed to the top of a Falcon 9 rocket at 4:49 pm local time (2111 GMT) on Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida

European Crew Poised For Private Mission To International Space Station

An all-European crew including Turkey's first astronaut are poised to blast off to the International Space Station in a mission with Axiom Space, as countries hungry for a taste of space turn increasingly to the private sector.

AFP news Jan 18, 2024

Astrobotic began reporting technical malfunctions, starting with an inability to orient Peregrine's top-mounted solar panel towards the Sun

First US Private Lunar Lander Mission Fails

An historic commercial US mission to the Moon will fail after suffering a critical loss of fuel, organizers admitted Tuesday, ending for the time being America's hopes of placing its first spacecraft on the lunar surface since the Apollo era.

AFP news Jan 10, 2024

Scientists counted on average 240,000 detectable fragments of plastic per liter of bottled water in popular brands

Bottled Water Contains Hundreds Of Thousands Of Plastic Bits: Study

Bottled water is up to a hundred times worse than previously thought when it comes to the number of tiny plastic bits it contains, a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences said Monday.

AFP news Jan 09, 2024

A Blue Origin rocket takes off in Texas in March 2022

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin Headed Back Into Space After Accident

The American company Blue Origin plans to launch its rocket Big Shepard Monday for the first time since an accident more than a year ago, as the firm founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos heads back into space.

AFP news Dec 18, 2023

Chang'e-3, which carried a robotic rover, was China's first landing on the Moon

China's Space Programme: Five Things To Know

Since the December 14, 2013 landing, China has built a crewed space station, sent a robotic rover to Mars and become the first nation to make a controlled landing on the far side of the Moon.

AFP news Dec 14, 2023

Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus), named for the thin black band of plummage that extends from ear to ear, may be the most abundant species of penguin

Penguins Snatch 11 Hours Of Sleep Through Seconds-long Micronaps

In humans, nodding off for a few seconds is a clear sign of insufficient sleep -- and can be dangerous in some situations, such as when driving a car.

AFP news Dec 01, 2023

The sun sets behind a burned forest near Mariposa, California

2023 Set To Be Hottest Year On Record: UN

This year is set to be the hottest ever recorded, the UN said Thursday, demanding urgent action to rein in global warming and stem the havoc following in its wake.

AFP news Nov 30, 2023

Dubai, home to the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, will host the COP28 UN climate talks

'Repressive State': Climate Activists Fear COP28 Clampdown In UAE

Rights groups are preparing for the COP28 climate talks in the United Arab Emirates with trepidation, fearing surveillance and detention under the oil-rich monarchy's strict criminal justice system.

AFP news Nov 24, 2023

Wildfires that devasted Lahaina, Hawaii in August prompted conspiracy theories online

Climate Conspiracy Theories Flourish Ahead Of COP28

Climate conspiracy theories are flourishing with lifestyle influencers joining in the misinformation war and scientists hounded on social media, researchers say, as pressure rises on leaders at the COP28 summit.

AFP news Nov 22, 2023

A Gulfstream G650 private jet takes off from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as seen from El Segundo, California; Oxfam is calling for a progressive climate policy that taxes the wealthiest carbon emitters at a higher rate

World's Richest 1% Emit As Much Carbon As Bottom Two-thirds: Report

The richest one percent of the global population are responsible for the same amount of carbon emissions as the world's poorest two-thirds, or five billion people, according to an analysis published Sunday by the nonprofit Oxfam International.

AFP news Nov 20, 2023

A lab technician studies mosquitoes carrying the chikungunya virus in a public health laboratory in Acapulco, Mexico in 2015

US Approves First Vaccine Against Chikungunya Virus

US health authorities on Thursday approved the world's first vaccine for chikungunya, a virus spread by infected mosquitoes that the Food and Drug Administration called "an emerging global health threat."

AFP news Nov 10, 2023

Aaron James (L) kisses his wife Meagan while he recovers from the first whole-eye and partial face transplant, at NY Langone Health in New York

US Surgeons Perform World's First Whole Eye Transplant

A team of surgeons in New York has performed the world's first transplant of an entire eye in a procedure widely hailed as a medical breakthrough, although it isn't yet known whether the man will ever see through the donated eye.

AFP news Nov 10, 2023

Countries' planned fossil fuel expansion would push the world beyond the 1.5C limit

Fossil Fuel Plans By Producing Nations Threatens 1.5C Limit: UN

Plans to expand oil, gas and coal production by major fossil fuel countries would push the world far beyond the Paris deal's 1.5C global warming limit, the UN warned Wednesday.

AFP news Nov 08, 2023

How did the asteroid kill off the dinosaurs? By kicking up a huge amount of dust into the atmosphere, new research has suggested

Asteroid Dust Caused 15-year Winter That Killed Dinosaurs: Study

Around 66 million years ago, an asteroid bigger than Mount Everest smashed into Earth, killing off three quarters of all life on the planet -- including the dinosaurs.

AFP news Oct 31, 2023

A trio of Chinese astronauts, led by Tang Hongbo, will head to the Tiangong space station

China To Send Youngest-ever Crew To Space Station

China will send its youngest-ever crew of astronauts to the Tiangong space station this week, officials said Wednesday, as Beijing pursues plans for a manned mission to the Moon by the end of the decade.

AFP news Oct 25, 2023

Pakistani porters hike the Baltoro Glacier, July 14, 2023

UN Report Warns Of Catastrophic Risks To Earth Systems

Melting glaciers, unbearable heat and space junk: a month before crunch climate talks in the United Arab Emirates, a UN report published Wednesday warns about irreversible impacts to the planet without drastic changes to connected social and physical systems.

AFP news Oct 25, 2023

Right whales are thought to have once numbered up to 20,000, but the rise of commercial whaling decimated their population by the early 20th Century

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