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People gather as SpaceX Starship spacecraft prototype is transported from the launch site ahead of the SpaceX Starship third flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas

SpaceX Poised For Third Launch Test Of Starship Megarocket

SpaceX plans on Thursday to attempt another launch of Starship, the world's most powerful rocket that is vital to NASA's plans for landing astronauts on the Moon later this decade -- and Elon Musk's hopes of eventually colonizing Mars.
AFP news Mar 14, 2024
Crew-7 (From L) Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, ESA's Andreas Mogensen, NASA's Jasmin Moghbeli, and JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa

Space Station Crew Splash Down In Gulf Of Mexico

Four astronauts splashed down off Florida in the Gulf of Mexico on their return to Earth early Tuesday, following a more than six-month mission on the International Space Station.
AFP news Mar 12, 2024
Intuitive Machines, the Houston company leading mission "IM-1," hopes to become the first non-government entity to achieve a soft touchdown on the Moon and land the first US robot on the surface since the Apollo missions more than five decades ago

Private US Spaceship Takes Off For The Moon

A US spaceship attempting a lunar landing lifted off early Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the second such private-led effort this year after the first ended in failure.
AFP news Feb 15, 2024
'Undue influence': McKinsey & Company helped set the agenda for the UN Africa Climate Summit

Leaks Show McKinsey Pushed Fossil Fuel Agenda At Africa Climate Summit

Consulting giant McKinsey & Company sought to place controversial carbon market schemes favoured by its fossil fuel clients at the heart of the Africa Climate Summit, according to internal documents and sources who talked to AFP. The documents reveal that the firm worked behind the scenes to shape the agenda of September's Nairobi gathering, a key event in the run-up to the UN's COP28 talks in Dubai.
AFP news Dec 15, 2023
Chang'e-3, which carried a robotic rover, was China's first landing on the Moon

China's Space Programme: Five Things To Know

When Chang'e-3 became the first Chinese craft to land on the Moon 10 years ago, it kicked off nationwide celebrations -- and a decade of major successes for a rapidly accelerating space programme.
AFP news Dec 14, 2023
The WHO is urging people to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and influenza as a new coronavirus variant spreads in many countries

Covid-19 Variant Maintains Threat: WHO

Covid-19 remains a threat as a virus variant has been spreading steadily around the globe, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday.
AFP news Nov 22, 2023
Scientists have warned that the number of heat-related deaths will sore in the coming decades if the world does not decrease its carbon emissions

Heat Projected To Kill Nearly Five Times More People By 2050

Nearly five times more people will likely die due to extreme heat in the coming decades, an international team of experts warned on Wednesday, adding that without action on climate change the "health of humanity is at grave risk".
AFP news Nov 15, 2023
The Florida Everglades is teeming with the destructive offspring of erstwhile pets and house plants, including the Burmese python

World Losing High-stakes Fight Against Invasive Species

Invasive species that wreck crops, ravage forests, spread disease, and upend ecosystems are spreading ever faster across the globe, and humanity has not been able to stem the tide, a major scientific assessment said Monday.
AFP news Sep 04, 2023
Homeless people take rest under a bridge to get respite from the heat on a hot summer afternoon in New Delhi

Heat Records Topple Across Sweltering Asia

Temperature records are being toppled across Asia, from India's summer to Australia's winter, authorities said Friday, in fresh evidence of the impact of climate change.
AFP news Sep 01, 2023
Graphic on India's space mission Chandrayaan-3, the first nation to land a craft near the Moon's south pole.

Indian Rover Begins Exploring Moon's South Pole

India began exploring the Moon's surface with a rover on Thursday, a day after it became the first nation to land a craft near the largely unexplored lunar south pole.
AFP news Aug 24, 2023
Heavy smog covers the skylines of the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan in New York on June 7, 2023

As Wildfires Multiply, A New Era Of Air Pollution

From Quebec to British Columbia to Hawaii, North America is facing an extraordinary wildfire season -- and regions both near and far have found themselves increasingly blighted by smoke exposure.
AFP news Aug 23, 2023
Russia launched its first probe to the Moon in almost 50 years

Russia Launches First Moon Mission In Nearly 50 Years

Russia launched its first probe to the Moon in almost 50 years on Friday, a mission designed to give fresh impetus to its space sector, which has been struggling for years and become isolated by the conflict in Ukraine.
AFP news Aug 11, 2023
Israeli SpaceIL launch in 2019 is one of several attempts that tried but failed to put a private lunar lander on the Moon

One Giant Step: Moon Race Hots Up

Russia's plan to launch its lunar lander on Friday is the latest in an international push to return to the Moon that includes the world's top powers but also new players.
AFP news Aug 10, 2023

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