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Are aliens real? A Pentagon report containing details about UFOs and clandestine space programmes will be out this month.

China launched Tianhe-1, the first and main module of a permanent orbiting space station called Tiangong (Heavenly Palace 天 宫), on April 29. Two additional science modules (Wentian and Mengtian) will follow in 2022 in a series of missions that will complete the station and allow it to start operations. While the station is not China’s first – the country has already launched two – the modular design is new. It replicates the International Space Station (ISS), from which China was excluded. There are many reasons for China to invest in this costly and technologically challenging proj...

© Getty Images It says a lot about the regard that the Chinese government has for the safety of others that the core stage of the Long March 5B, which launched the Tianhe module of that country’s planned space station, is due to crash back to Earth in an uncontrolled reentry. The rocket will mostly burn up on reentry, but large pieces could still bombard the Earth. If the spent rocket lands in an inhabited area, we can mark it as yet another crime committed by Beijing against the civilized world. In any case, the Chinese intend to conduct 10 more launches that will deliver more pieces of t...

China launches first module in its new Space Station Space is getting more and more crowded. This Thursday, China launched the main module of its new, permanent space station. A rendering of a module launched Thursday that will host astronauts long-term. Image from video footage run by China’s CCTV, via AP Video. Christened Tianhe, the module was sent into orbit on a Long March 5B launching from the Wenchang Launch Center in the province of Hainan. It represents the first and central part of their upcoming permanent space station, which will be completed over a series of 11 missions. Many h...

Space: Not all its cracked up to be Richard Speed Mon 15 Mar 2021 // 18:34 UTC Share Copy Bad news for astronauts and cosmonauts alike: The International Space Station (ISS) is continuing to lose pressure after Russian attempts to patch cracks in the outpost's hole have failed to stem leaks. Leaks in the Zvezda service module of the Russian segment of the ISS have plagued the laboratory over the last year. One leak was patched last year and pair of new ones cropped up in January. Earlier this month, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov got crac...