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Create a protective belt around the Earth
Russian scientists are studying a project to create an orbital belt to protect the Earth from dangerous collisions with asteroids.
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Water on the Moon and Earth has the same origin
Water on the Moon and Earth can come from the same origin. Research published May 9 has led researchers to question the theory of Moon formation as well as the origin of…
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Successful treatment of leakage of ammonia gas on ISS station
The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said on May 11 that two astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) had finished their walk out of space for m…
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NASA celebrates 40 years of the first space station project
NASA launched the Skylab space station on May 14, 1973, followed by three Skylab crews working permanently on the station. Knowledge from Skylab played a decisive role i…
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Witness the 'meal' of the super black hole
The Herschel Space Telescope has caused a great surprise for astronomers, when observing the extremely hot air being sucked into a black hole in the center of our Milky…
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Is there life on Venus?
Recently, some astronomers have proposed: expanding the search further than Earth-like planets, including strange planets.
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The 35th international cosmic fleet returned safely to Earth
On the morning of May 14, TMA-07M, a combined spacecraft, carrying three astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS), safely landed on its intended location in…
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Mars on Mars is very harmful to humans
At the Humans 2 Mars Summit, scientists say Mars dust contains many impurities that can be dangerous to human health if inhaled.
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NASA smartphone goes 'cosmopolitan'
Three HTC Nexus One smartphones from Google, placed in a 4-inch metal box and named PhoneSats traveled around the Earth at a height of 241km.
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Russia successfully launched a positioning satellite
Russia successfully launched a satellite belonging to the Glonass Global Positioning System from the northern Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the north on April 26, RIA Novosti s…
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Despite the incident, the supply ship still reached ISS
After a two-day journey, on the evening of April 26, the Progress M-19M transport spacecraft flew to connect to the International Space Station (ISS), even though the sh…
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Human causes choose Mars to
The project of bringing people to Mars on the planet of Professor Utrecht, Netherlands Gerard t Hooft is the subject of a heated discussion on newspapers.
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Japan's spy satellite is fully operational
The Japan Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center on April 26 said the No. 4 radar satellite launched in January was fully operational, helping Japan achieve the necessary…
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SpaceShipTwo spacecraft tests missile performance
The spacecraft of Virgin Galactic Group, designed to take visitors into space, had a test flight of missile capacity on April 29, breaking the sound wall, according to A…