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Asteroids have 'flattened' over Earth
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Asteroids have 'flattened' over Earth

The asteroid is about the size of four football fields that broke into the moon's orbit and flew to the earth at 6'28 minutes this morning (VN time).

December 17, 2018
Russia began exploring Mars's satellites
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Russia began exploring Mars's satellites

Russia launched a spacecraft with the mission of exploring the Phobos satellite of Mars on November 8. This is the first time Russia has conducted a mission to explore b…

December 17, 2018
NASA is about to launch Orion spacecraft
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NASA is about to launch Orion spacecraft

At the beginning of 2014, NASA will conduct a launch test of Orion spacecraft at the Canaveral air base in Florida, according to NASA.

December 17, 2018
Chance to save Russian Mars explorer ship
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Chance to save Russian Mars explorer ship

Russian news agency Interfax said today there is little chance to save Russia's rare Mars detective ship, trapped in Earth orbit, after the ship was diverted to the Red…

December 17, 2018
Russian spacecraft is rushing to Earth
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Russian spacecraft is rushing to Earth

According to an AP source, a Russian spaceship containing 12 tons of toxic materials is traveling in the wrong direction, instead of being launched to Mars, it tends to…

December 17, 2018
Russia launched ships to send people to ISS
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Russia launched ships to send people to ISS

The Soyuz flew up at 8:18 am local time at Baikonur space airport in Kazakhstan, the BBC reported. The ship brought two Russian astronauts and an American astronaut to t…

December 17, 2018
Planet of the Solar System is lost in the universe
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Planet of the Solar System is lost in the universe

Astronomers have agreed that our Solar System originally formed from four giant planets, including Saturn, Mars, Uranus and Neptune. However, a recent scientific study s…

December 17, 2018
Building power plants in space?
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Building power plants in space?

Building a solar power plant on Earth orbit will be the most efficient and economical option in the next 30 years, according to research by an international team of scie…

December 17, 2018