China welcomed its Shenzhou-20 astronauts back to earth on Friday, Nov. 14, after a hit from suspected space debris compromised their original return vessel. Their return from China’s space station was originally scheduled for Nov. 5, but was postponed after slight cracks were detected on the window of the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft’s return capsule, believed to be caused by an impact from tiny space debris. It marks the first successful implementation of an alternative return procedure in China’s s

Blue Origin has for the first time landed the booster rocket for its largest spacecraft in a step forward for Jeff Bezos’s space venture as it tries to rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the satellite launch market. The company launched its 98-metre rocket called New Glenn from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 3.55pm on Thursday, several months later than planned and nearly a year after Blue Origin conducted its inaugural flight. https://on.ft.com/4nQA9IV | Financial Times