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Space Race

Adani-backed firm among three finalists in India's small satellite launch rocket privatisation

World

Adani-backed firm among three finalists in India's small satellite launch rocket privatisation

By Reuters

From new commercial Moon landers to asteroid investigations, expect a slate of exciting space missions in 2025

Maverick Life

From new commercial Moon landers to asteroid investigations, expect a slate of exciting space missions in 2025

By Zhenbo Wang

Orbital by Samantha Harvey wins the 2024 Booker prize – a short but powerful story urging us to save the planet

Maverick Life

Orbital by Samantha Harvey wins the 2024 Booker prize – a short but powerful story urging us to save the planet

By Debra Benita Shaw

NASA wants to send humans to Mars in the 2030s − a crewed mission could unlock some of the red planet’s geologic mysteries

Maverick Life

NASA wants to send humans to Mars in the 2030s − a crewed mission could unlock some of the red planet’s geologic mysteries

By Joel S. Levine

Pluto mission: South African astronomers join forces with NASA to learn more about the dwarf planet

Maverick Life

Pluto mission: South African astronomers join forces with NASA to learn more about the dwarf planet

By Nico Orce

A billionaire and an engineer have completed the first private spacewalk. But this isn’t just a vanity project

Maverick Life

A billionaire and an engineer have completed the first private spacewalk. But this isn’t just a vanity project

By Gail Iles

Boeing’s Starliner launches toward the International Space Station − an important milestone for commercial spaceflight

Maverick Life

Boeing’s Starliner launches toward the International Space Station − an important milestone for commercial spaceflight

By Wendy Whitman Cobb

US to impose ‘major’ sanctions on Russia over Navalny death; France scrambles to find aid for Kyiv

World

US to impose ‘major’ sanctions on Russia over Navalny death; France scrambles to find aid for Kyiv

By Bloomberg

Was going to space a good idea?

Maverick Life

Was going to space a good idea?

By Alice Gorman

Dali's 'Christ of Saint John of the Cross' back home for the first time in 60 years, and more from around the world

Maverick Life

Dali's 'Christ of Saint John of the Cross' back home for the first time in 60 years, and more from around the world

By Maverick Life Editors

Where no rover has gone before – India’s exploration of the lunar south pole

Sci-Tech

Where no rover has gone before – India’s exploration of the lunar south pole

By Sarah Hoek

India lands on the Moon − what this means for the space race, according to a space policy expert

Maverick Life

India lands on the Moon − what this means for the space race, according to a space policy expert

By Mariel Borowitz