December 8, 2021 Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan invest $3.4B for science advances Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are investing up to $3.4 billion to advance human health over 10 to 15 years, according to a spokesperson for their philanthropic organization, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
December 8, 2021 Japanese tourists visit International Space Station A Japanese billionaire rocketed to the International Space Station Wednesday, the first visit by a self-paying space tourist to the orbiting outpost in more than a decade.
December 5, 2021 China’s space operation poses an ‘incredible threat,’ US must adapt, Space Force general says China poses an "incredible threat" in space, launching twice as many satellites as the U.S., Gen. David Thompson, vice chief of the U.S. Space Force, said on "Fox News Sunday."
December 4, 2021 NASA to launch latest mission to test laser communication in space NASA's next laser communications mission will launch early Sunday morning.
December 1, 2021 Space Force General: China, Russia 'catching up quickly to US' China and Russia have regularly attacked U.S. space-based assets, so far causing "reversible" damage, a Space Force official has said.
December 1, 2021 Kamala Harris says new space policy will focus on climate change Vice President Kamala Harris, who chairs the National Space Council, said during the council's first meeting Wednesday that the Biden administration's new space policy will focus on combating climate change.
December 1, 2021 Biden admin to strengthen ability to detect 'hostile acts' in space with new policy framework The Biden administration is accelerating its transition to a “more resilient” national security space posture.
November 30, 2021 NASA delays spacewalk following space debris alert A scheduled spacewalk by NASA astronauts was postponed after the agency received a debris warning for the International Space Station (ISS).
November 24, 2021 New Russian module blasts off into space A Russian rocket blasted off successfully on Wednesday to deliver a new docking module to the International Space Station.
November 24, 2021 NASA launches spacecraft to crash into asteroid NASA launched a spacecraft Tuesday night on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth. The DART spacecraft, short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
