One of the innovations at this year’s Paris Olympics was supposed to be an electric flying taxi service. Germany’s Volocopter promised its electric-powered, two-seater aircraft, the VoloCity, would be ferrying passengers…
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Iran: Tehran willing to ‘resolve doubts’ about its atomic programme with IAEA
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has told the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that his government was willing to resolve doubts about its atomic programme, ahead of US President-elect…
UK: Scientist concerned about and baffled by mystereous movement of Britain’s oldest satellite
Someone moved the UK’s oldest satellite and there appears to be no record of exactly who, when or why. Launched in 1969, just a few months after humans first set…
Japan: SpaceX mission carries world’s first wood-panelled satellite launched into space
The world’s first wood-panelled satellite has been launched into space to test the suitability of timber as a renewable building material in future exploration of destinations like the Moon and…
Russia: Iranian satellites taken into orbit by Russian rocket
A Russian rocket carrying a payload of satellites into orbit – including two from Iran – blasted off successfully, Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said, in a move seen as reflecting…
China: Spacecraft with three youngest astronauts reaches space
A Chinese spacecraft with a three-person crew, including the country’s first female space engineer, has docked after a journey of more than six hours. The crew will use the homegrown…
USA: Boeing-made satellite breaks up in space
A communications satellite designed and built by embattled aerospace giant Boeing has broken up in orbit. The satellite’s operator, Intelsat, has confirmed the “total loss” of iS-33e, which has affected…
Africa: 17 countries have launched 60 satellite
To date, a total of 17 African countries have put more than 60 satellites into orbit and, along with Senegal, both Djibouti and Zimbabwe have also watched their first satellites become operational…
USA: SpaceX’s Starship booster captured in world first
Elon Musk’s Starship rocket has completed a world first after part of it was captured on its return to the launch pad. The SpaceX vehicle’s lower half manoeuvred back beside…
USA: Spacecraft launched towards asteroid
A spacecraft is on its way to visit an asteroid that US space agency Nasa knocked off course in 2022. The Hera craft launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida at…