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Dnepr missiles have been successfully launched
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Dnepr missiles have been successfully launched

On April 17, a Dnepr rocket left the Baikonur space airport carrying 16 foreign satellites, including Egypt and Saudi Arabia. This was the first flight of the Dnepr miss…

December 17, 2018
In 2007, NASA reduced the shuttle launch program
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In 2007, NASA reduced the shuttle launch program

NASA aerospace agency decided to reduce the shuttle launch program in 2007 from 5 times to 4 times. The cause of Atlantis's late take-off because it had to repair fuel t…

December 17, 2018
The fifth cosmonaut returned to Earth
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The fifth cosmonaut returned to Earth

Yesterday (April 21), billionaire Charles Simonyi, the fifth tourist to fly into space, safely returned to Earth with two American and Russian astronauts from the Intern…

December 17, 2018
When the sun song sings
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When the sun song sings

Astronauts have recorded heavenly music played by the air currents circulating in the sun's atmosphere. Although this sound is only about milli-hertz (1/1000 hertz) - be…

December 17, 2018
He tested the technology of landing on the Moon
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He tested the technology of landing on the Moon

British engineers are designing technology to land on the Moon and that is also the key technology to land on Mars. Moon Twins will put two exploration stations on the l…

December 17, 2018
The latest images of the Sun.
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The latest images of the Sun.

The US Space Agency (NASA) has announced the latest 3D images of the Sun. These photos were sent back to the universe in October 2006 by a couple of holographic Stereo s…

December 17, 2018
'Smart dust' studies the planets
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'Smart dust' studies the planets

British scientists say that tiny smart devices, spread by the wind, can be helpful in studying other planets.

December 17, 2018
Hawking tested the weightless state
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Hawking tested the weightless state

Paralysis astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who has almost been stuck on a flying wheelchair to test the weightless state yesterday, Thursday, April 26.

December 17, 2018
Space travel when ... died
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Space travel when ... died

Not only space travel, many wealthy people also think about after death, their ashes will be traveling in the universe, or their hairs containing DNA will be

December 17, 2018