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NASA, Pentagon to test nuclear-powered rocket for future Mars missions

US space agency NASA announced it is partnering with the Pentagon’s DARPA to develop and test a nuclear-powered rocket engine to send astronauts on future missions to Mars. But some experts remain sceptical.

UN: 2022 among eight hottest years on record

The World Meteorological Organization warned "that long-term warming continues," with the world "already approaching the lower limit of temperature increase the Paris Agreement seeks to avert."

James Webb Telescope makes its first exoplanet discovery

Earth-sized planet or LHS 475 b is relatively close, at only 41 light-years away, in the constellation Octans, NASA researchers say, but couldn't confirm if it has an atmosphere.

Russia to launch new capsule to bring back space station crew

The Russian space corporation is launching a new Soyuz MS-23 capsule to return three crew members to Earth after damage was found on the capsule they used to land at the space station.

Last surviving Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham dies at 90

Cunningham, who flew to space aboard Apollo 7 in 1968, part of first crewed Apollo mission paving way for 12 others to land on Moon in subsequent years, breathed his last in Houston, NASA says.

NASA's InSight Mars lander falls silent after sending one last selfie

The lander’s power levels have been dwindling for months because of all the dust coating its solar panels.

NASA to launch first global water survey with US-French satellite

SpaceX rocket will conduct the first high-definition global survey of Earth's surface waters as it was listed by the National Research Council among one of 15 missions NASA should undertake in the coming decade.

NASA's Orion capsule blazes home after historic test flight to moon

The Orion capsule's successful moon mission and splash down is the first since Apollo 17 fifty years ago, paving the way for the next Orion flight around the moon.

NASA returning to Moon with most powerful, 32-storey tall rocket launch

Dubbed Artemis I, the mission brings the US a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of the Apollo programme 50 years ago.

NASA spacecraft detect biggest meteor strikes on Mars

The larger of the two strikes churned out boulder-size slabs of ice, which may help researchers look for ways future astronauts can tap into Mars' natural resources, scientists say.

US 'successfully' flight tests hypersonic weapon components

Tests evaluated weapon communications and navigation equipment as well as advanced materials that can withstand the heat in a "realistic hypersonic environment," says US Navy.

NASA device detects methane 'super-emitters' from space

Device called imaging spectrometre identified more than 50 methane "super-emitters" in Central Asia, Middle East and United States since it was installed in July aboard the ISS, US space agency says.