Thai PBS World

China plans to land astronauts on moon before 2030, expand space station, bring on foreign partners

May 30, 2023
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
Comments Off on China plans to land astronauts on moon before 2030, expand space station, bring on foreign partners

China’s burgeoning space program plans to place astronauts on the moon before 2030 and expand the country’s orbiting space station, officials said Monday. Monday’s announcement comes amid against the background…

Employees of “ispace” bow their heads after the company announced they lost signal from the lander in HAKUTO-R lunar exploration program on the Moon at a venue to watch its landing in Tokyo, Japan, April 26, 2023//Reuters

Failed moon landing caused by altitude miscalculation, Japan startup says

May 26, 2023
by jeerapas@thaipbs.or.th
Comments Off on Failed moon landing caused by altitude miscalculation, Japan startup says

Japanese startup ispace inc’s 9348.T failed Hakuto-R moon landing mission last month was caused by an altitude miscalculation that meant the spacecraft ran out of fuel, the company said on…

This image made available by NASA shows an artist’s rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. On Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, (Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA via AP)

NASA craft ‘touches’ sun for 1st time, dives into atmosphere

December 15, 2021
by administrator
Comments Off on NASA craft ‘touches’ sun for 1st time, dives into atmosphere

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft has officially “touched” the sun, plunging through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona. Scientists announced the news Tuesday during a…

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station, launched from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, seen from Merritt Island, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. (Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via AP)

SpaceX launches ants, avocados, robot to space station

August 30, 2021
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
Comments Off on SpaceX launches ants, avocados, robot to space station

A SpaceX shipment of ants, avocados and a human-sized robotic arm rocketed toward the International Space Station on Sunday. The delivery — due to arrive Monday — is the company’s…

FILE – In this file photo made available by NASA shows the planet Venus made with data from the Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter. Two spacecraft are set to swoop past Venus within hours of each other this week, using the manoeuvre to do a little bit of bonus science on the way to the center of our solar system, starting with the Solar Orbiter probe operated by NASA and the European Space Agency early Monday Aug. 9, 2021 (NASA/JPL-Caltech FILE via AP)

Hot dates: 2 spacecraft to make Venus flyby

August 9, 2021
by administrator
Comments Off on Hot dates: 2 spacecraft to make Venus flyby

BERLIN (AP) — Two spacecraft are set to swoop past Venus within hours of each other this week, using the maneuver to do a little bit of bonus science on…

(File Photo by Mariana SUAREZ / AFP)

Lunacy or great leap forward? Thailand’s first moon mission ignites fierce debate

January 7, 2021
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
Comments Off on Lunacy or great leap forward? Thailand’s first moon mission ignites fierce debate

Thailand’s first lunar exploration programme is scheduled to launch on January 13, though public debate on the moon mission has been raging since mid-December when it was unveiled by a…

Page 1 of 1