WASHINGTON, Aug 26, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Bad weather on Monday forced SpaceX to postpone the latest launch of its massive prototype Starship rocket, key to founder Elon Musk's dreams of colonizing Mars and NASA's plans to return astronauts to the Moon. The tenth test flight, which could now happen as soon as Tuesday, comes at a time of heightened scrutiny for the world's most powerful launch vehicle following a string of explosive failures that have begun raising doubts about its viability. Standing 403 feet (123 meters) tall, the stainless steel behemoth was set to lift off from the company's Starbase in southern Texas in a window that opened at 6:30 pm local time (2330 GMT). It was the second delay...
Elon Musk's SpaceX postponed the 10th launch of its Starship rocket due to cloudy weather in Texas on Monday, another slight delay in its efforts...
TOKYO, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Tokyo experienced a record 10 consecutive days of temperatures 35C or above, the weather office said Wednesday. This "is...
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, United States, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - SpaceX's Starship megarocket roared into the skies Tuesday on its tenth test flight, turning in...
SpaceX's Starship rocket on Tuesday deployed its first batch of mock Starlink satellites in space and tested new heat shield tiles on its plunge through...
DHAKA, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS) - Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam is an...
Dhaka, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS) - The 49th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was observed today at Dhaka University (DU) with due...
DHAKA, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS) - A total of 1,035 candidates set to contest 13 posts across 18 residential halls as the final list of...
DHAKA, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS) - The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecasted light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is...
SEOUL, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - North Korea called South Korean President Lee Jae Myung a "hypocrite" on Wednesday over remarks he made about the...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A Brazilian court has reinstated a pact between commodities traders not to buy soybeans grown in...
JERUSALEM, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Israeli military said Wednesday it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, where Huthi rebels have regularly launched attacks...
TEL AVIV, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Thousands of demonstrators massed in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, seeking to push the government to end the war...