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Space taxi will fly test next year
The 7-seat space taxi carrying astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) will be the first to fly in the summer of 2012.
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NASA funded a million USD for the Tess project
The Satellite Planetary Survey Project (TESS) at MIT is one of 11 recent proposals, which are evaluated as potential future scientific missions, according to the US Spac…
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Space tourism: Dangerous for the Earth?
Funky world about space tourism. Many companies of space travel have been established. Space shuttle (or space plane) is built and tested. The sprawling universe hotel i…
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A 4.5 billion year meteorite pierced the ceiling
A family in Paris after the vacation found a mysterious hole on the roof, which the culprit was a 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite about the size of an egg.
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NASA 'moon' twins
Nasa's pair of 'twin' spacecraft called GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B was launched on the moon on September 30 and October 5 respectively. The spacecraft attached to the rocket is…
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The cause of the Scheila meteorite explosion
On December 12, 2010, astronomers made a notable discovery: an asteroid named Scheila changed its shape and appeared a trail of light behind it, which looked like regula…
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The shuttle's juniors
The US Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) has signed a contract worth $ 80 million with Sierra Nevada (SNC) to design a new space transport ship.
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A strong solar storm occurred
The Space Weather Forecast Center (SWPC) of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) warns a localized G3 storm on Earth due to a signifi…
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Identify the fall position of the US satellite
The US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) announces that their 6-tonne mass satellite has fallen to the northeast of the Vanuatu archipelago.
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China launched the first module for the space station
China yesterday successfully launched its first test module just before the country's national anniversary, in preparation for the construction of the space station.
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Will the Earth not be threatened by the coming decades?
The US Air Force Agency (NASA) said on September 29 that the number of large asteroids passing near the Earth, especially medium sized asteroids, could destroy an entire…
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Chinese rockets fly on American music
China Central Television (CCTV) broadcasts live images of the Changzhu-1 Long-range Missile to the universe on the basis of an American patriotic song.
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Announcing more new findings about Mercury
Scientists have just added new discoveries about Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun but also contain the most mysteries for humans.
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Russia launched Glonass maritime satellite
Russia's Soyuz-2.1B rocket carrying Glonass maritime satellite was launched into orbit this morning (3.10), AFP quoted Russian Defense Ministry sources as saying.
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Unprecedented discovery of supernovae
A group of astronomers at the Chalmers and Onsala Space Observatory recently discovered seven supernovae that had never before been known in a galaxy 250 million light-y…