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Korea's first astronaut is female
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Korea's first astronaut is female

The Korean government appointed female engineer Yi So-yeon to be the first person in the country to fly to space, replacing astronaut Ko San with requests from Russia.

December 17, 2018
VINASAT to space: Vietnam enters into space
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VINASAT to space: Vietnam enters into space

VINASAT came to space, added a new country to enter the space aviation market ... Mr. Richard Bowles - Southeast Asia Regional Director, Arianespace Singapore commented…

December 17, 2018
American launch shuttle Endeavor
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American launch shuttle Endeavor

At 13:28 this afternoon (Vietnamese time), the US shuttle Endeavor was launched into space from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

December 17, 2018
Vietnam's largest homemade telescope
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Vietnam's largest homemade telescope

Young people from the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Club (Club) have successfully manufactured composite telescopes, mirror diameter 235mm. This is the largest homemade telesco…

December 17, 2018
Mars and Venus: surprising similarities
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Mars and Venus: surprising similarities

Mars and Venus are still thought to be very different, but there are more similarities than people think. Two nearly identical spacecraft flew around Mars and Venus comp…

December 17, 2018
The oldest solar meteorites
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The oldest solar meteorites

A group of scientists led by Jessica Sunshine of the University of Maryland using visible and infrared data from telescopes in Mauna Kea, Hawaii has identified three met…

December 17, 2018
Detecting salt deposits on Mars
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Detecting salt deposits on Mars

The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) announced on March 20 that the Mars probe Mars Odyssey has discovered evidence of salt sediments, dating back about 3.5 to 3.9 billion yea…

December 17, 2018
The graceful dance of a meteorite ruin
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The graceful dance of a meteorite ruin

The GMini (Gemini South Multi-Object Spectograph) tool recently captured a strange image of a wide cloud called DEM L 316 in the Magellanic Large Cloud area. The peanut-…

December 17, 2018
Jules Verne ship prepares supplies for ISS Station
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Jules Verne ship prepares supplies for ISS Station

At the Kourou Space Center, French Guiana, the autopilot (ATV) Jules Verne of the European Space Agency (ESA) has just passed an important period in December: the ship h…

December 17, 2018
Europe and Japan cooperate to study Mercury
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Europe and Japan cooperate to study Mercury

The European Aerospace (ESA) has signed a contract to manufacture BepiColombo, the first co-operative space device between Europe and Japan to launch Mercury research.

December 17, 2018
Announcing the design of space tourism
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Announcing the design of space tourism

Virgin Galactic has announced the final design of the launch system will bring paid tourists into space. The ship is named SpaceShipTwo, based on the idea of ​​SpaceShip…

December 17, 2018