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NASA’s Starling mission has marked another milestone in spacecraft autonomy by using a new system that determines a satellite’s position in orbit by referencing other objects in space, instead of relying on a navigational network.   The FALCON (Fast Autonomous Lost-in-space Catalog-based Optical Navigation) technology demonstration is a step toward spacecraft …

The Expedition 75 crew has completed preparations and mission managers are go for a spacewalk to swap out a high-speed antenna outside the International Space Station on Tuesday. Meanwhile, there was still time on …

Venus and Serena Williams turned back the tennis clock at the 2026 Cincinnati Open, taking Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk and local star Peyton Stearns three-sets deep in a first round women’s double clash on Monday (17 August). Falling two points shy of …

Loh Kean Yew made a flying start at the BWF World Championships 2026, defeating Canada’s Brian Yang 21-14, 22-20 in straight games in the first round of the men’s singles on Tuesday (18 August) in …

Indian football club East Bengal FC began their AFC Women’s Champions League 2026-27 campaign in style, beating Bangladesh’s Rajshahi Stars FC 4-0 in the preliminary-stage opener in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, on Monday. Olivia Anokye (9’, 38’) scored …

The Indian men’s team suffered a 4-2 loss to England in its second Pool D match of the FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 at the Wagener Hockey Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands, on Monday. India, …

India’s Ayush Shetty produced the biggest win of his career, knocking out world No. 1 Shi Yuqi of the People’s Republic of China in a thrilling opening-round contest at the BWF World Championships …

At a national workshop in Ha Noi on 11 August 2026, UNESCO shared international evidence and policy experience on school health and nutrition as Viet Nam begins implementing its School …

In March 2026, Cambodia’s Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC), in partnership with UNESCO, launched the development of the country’s first Digital, Media and Information Literacy (DMIL) Assessment Tool. The …

Mexico is implementing a pilot project led by UNESCO at two leading Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions, the National College of Technical Professional Education (CONALEP) and the …