🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Hong Kong astronaut’s sister: leaving family was hardest part of space mission
For Lai Ka-ying, the hardest part of becoming an astronaut was not the grueling training or the risks of space
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🇺🇸 United States 56
🇨🇳 China 17
🇭🇰 Hong Kong 11
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🇨🇳 China
Hong Kong’s first astronaut blasts off on Shenzhou-23 mission
A payload specialist from Hong Kong has become the city’s first astronaut to reach space. Lai Ka-ying lifted o
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Hong Kong sends its first astronaut to space
Hong Kong is about to send one of its own into space for the first time. Chief Executive John Lee told reporte
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Hong Kong's first astronaut candidate battles motion sickness
A man who gets sick on amusement park rides and struggles with motion sickness on boats is now a candidate to
🇨🇳 China
China Plans Year Long Space Mission Ahead of 2030 Moon Landing
China is preparing to send an astronaut to live in space for an entire year, a record for the country, as it p
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Hong Kong astronaut will use observatory built by local teams
Hong Kong's first astronaut will gather data in space using an observatory created entirely by local universit
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Hong Kong's first astronaut tells city's youth to chase their dreams
Hong Kong now has its first astronaut. A payload specialist from the city has been selected for China's crewed
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s First Astronaut Was Spotted by Her Mentor Years Ago
Hong Kong has its first astronaut. Lai Ka-ying, a local woman, was selected for China’s space program. Her men
🇨🇳 China
The next frontier in computing is space itself
The race between the United States and China to dominate the next generation of computing is moving off the pl
🇺🇸 United States
Hubble Spies a Galaxy Cluster That Warps the Fabric of Space
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a galaxy cluster so massive that its gravity literally war
🇺🇸 United States
NASA Finds What Powers the Brightest Supernovae in the Universe
The brightest stellar explosions in the universe, called supercharged supernovae, may finally have a known pow
🇬🇫 French Guiana
Europe and China Launch Smile Satellite to Study Solar Storms
A satellite designed to watch how the Sun's breath rattles Earth's magnetic field lifted off from a jungle lau
🇺🇸 United States
Earth's Cosmic Stalkers May Be Asteroids, Not Moon Chunks
Earth has a group of cosmic stalkers. Known as co-orbitals, these small rocks circle the sun on the same sched
🇦🇶 Antarctica
Stardust from Ancient Supernova Found Trapped in Antarctic Ice
Antarctic ice tens of thousands of years old has trapped radioactive stardust from a supernova that exploded l
🇬🇫 French Guiana
Smile spacecraft completes final Earth journey before solar mission
Before it can study how Earth responds to the Sun's streams of particles and radiation, the Smile spacecraft h
🇰🇪 Kenya
African nations launch a quiet space race from the continent
Kenya hosted the Africa Forward Summit in 2026, and the biggest surprise was not about trade or aid. It was ab
🇫🇷 France
Smile Mission to Reveal Earth's Invisible Magnetic Shield
A space mission named Smile is about to show humanity something no one has ever seen before: Earth's magnetic
