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Space shuttle Atlantis into the launch pad
On November 10, engineers from the US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) moved the Atlantis space shuttle into the launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Flori…
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The ship explores Kaguya filming the movie 'Earth grows'
The Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) has just introduced video images of the scene of 'Earth Rises'. This is the first time this scene was filmed in high definition…
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When the spacecraft is mistaken for a meteorite near Earth
According to the Daily Mail daily (UK) on November 15, astronomers have been blushed because of a disastrous mistake. The story is after discovering an unknown object is…
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Can there be life on the Cancer constellation?
The latest discovery by Marcy has just been announced last week: it is the fifth planet orbiting a star called 55 Cancri (belonging to the Constellation constellation),…
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Space technology: Starting with pico satellites weighing 1kg
On November 19, on the way to Bangalore, India to attend the Asia-Pacific Forum (APRSAF-14) on space technology, Dr. Pham Anh Tuan, Deputy Director of the Space Technolo…
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Universe: Endless diamond warehouse
Diamonds are beautiful, so people often liken stars like diamonds, and in the universe there are countless sparkling diamonds. That is just a clever way of speaking. But…
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Experiment with special folding tents for use on the moon
A folding tent designed by the US Space Agency for use on the moon is being packed and sent to Antarctica, starting a 13-month trial.
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China will build its own satellites
China has decided to build its own telecommunications satellites from now until 2010, thus enhancing research and development in this area.
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The ISS station is ready to welcome Atlantis
On November 24, on orbit about 346 km from Earth, the astronauts of the International Space Station (ISS) spent more than 7 hours walking in space to complete the steps…
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Hang Nga 1 ship sends the first image to the Moon
Yesterday (November 26), China unveiled the first image of the Moon captured by Hang Nga 1, the country's first lunar exploration ship, marking the successful project of…
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The moon of the earth is very rare in the universe.
A recent study by American astronomers shows that the moon (like the moon of the earth) was formed after the catastrophic collision, which is extremely rare in the unive…
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Model of the formation of the universe is threatened?
Very small changes in the temperature detected in the cosmic microwave background radiation map are often thought of as evidence to show that stars, galaxies and other l…
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2020: Korea will launch the probe to the Moon
Like some neighboring countries in Asia, South Korea will join the space adventure and publish an ambitious program of launching a probe to the Moon by 2020.
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New discovery of the mysterious comet 17P / Holmes
With a diameter of about 2.7 million km including dust and gas, comet 17P / Holmes seems to be
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Venus is more like the earth than people think
The Venus Express probe has detected several Earth-like features much more Earth-like than the previous conception of scientists, even the bolts that theoretically canno…