Amber Heard denies affairs with Elon Musk, James Franco

Virgin Galactic becomes first space tourism company to land on Wall Street Virgin Galactic landed on Wall Street on Monday, debuting its listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in a first for a space tourism company.

3 astronauts on Soyuz craft successfully reach ISS

A Russian cosmonaut and two US astronauts arrived Friday at the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, five months after the failed launch of a rocket carrying two of the passengers.

Japanese billionaire businessman revealed as SpaceX’s first Moon traveler

A Japanese billionaire and online fashion tycoon, Yusaku Maezawa, will be the first man to fly on a monster SpaceX rocket around the Moon as early as 2023, and he plans to bring six to eight artists along.

Japanese footballer Honda founds venture fund with Will Smith

Japanese footballer Keisuke Honda is swapping football for finance, after launching a venture capital fund with Hollywood star Will Smith to invest in startups addressing social problems, the striker’s agent said on Wednesday. 

Four boys rescued from flooded Thai cave: official

Four boys among a group of 13 trapped in a flooded Thai cave for more than a fortnight were rescued on Sunday, authorities said, raising hopes elite divers would also save the others.

SpaceX blasts off NASA’s new planet-hunter, TESS

NASA on Wednesday blasted off its newest planet-hunting spacecraft, TESS, a US$337 million satellite that aims to scan 85 percent of the skies for cosmic bodies where life may exist.

NASA’s new planet-hunter to seek closer, Earth-like worlds

NASA is poised to launch a $337 million washing machine-sized spacecraft that aims to vastly expand mankind’s search for planets beyond our solar system, particularly closer, Earth-sized ones that might harbor life.

Top experts warn against ’malicious use’ of AI

Artificial intelligence could be deployed by dictators, criminals and terrorists to manipulate elections and use drones in terrorist attacks, more than two dozen experts said on Wednesday as they sounded the alarm over misuse of the technology.

Trump tells NASA to send Americans to Moon

US President Donald Trump directed NASA on Monday to send Americans to the Moon for the first time since 1972, in order to prepare for future trips to Mars.