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Mercury '1 day' by 2 years
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Mercury '1 day' by 2 years

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, the Earth's uncle, less than half the Earth's diameter. Of the 9 planets, Mercury ranks second. Although called Mercury but not

December 17, 2018
Missiles heal themselves
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Missiles heal themselves

The European Space Agency (ESA) has conducted a unique study: making a missile shell capable of healing the wound itself. The technology to create new missile shells is…

December 17, 2018
Discover the green belt around the Uranus
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Discover the green belt around the Uranus

The outer perimeter around Uranus - was discovered last year, is bright green, according to researchers. With this discovery, Uranus became the second planet in the Sola…

December 17, 2018
Venus '1 year' only has 2 days
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Venus '1 year' only has 2 days

In the morning, when the weather is just right, sometimes we see in the East of the throne

December 17, 2018
TMA 8 spacecraft and ISS crew safe on Earth
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TMA 8 spacecraft and ISS crew safe on Earth

Russia's TMA 8 spacecraft carrying two International Space Station astronauts (ISS) and Brazil's first astronaut to land safely landed in northern Kazakhstan early on 9…

December 17, 2018
Detecting two merging black holes in the universe
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Detecting two merging black holes in the universe

The movements of the two galaxies and their two black holes in this approach and merger are taking place according to the genius predictions of scientist Albert Eistein.

December 17, 2018
China: launch Shenzhou VII ship in 2008
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China: launch Shenzhou VII ship in 2008

China began manufacturing missiles carrying the Shenzhou VII ship for this launch into space in 2008, announced a senior project official.

December 17, 2018
2009: Shoot the Moon to find water
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2009: Shoot the Moon to find water

The US plans to spend about $ 80 million to bombard the Moon in order to track traces of water on the planet. The bombardment will take place in 2009. NASA scientists sa…

December 17, 2018
The Venus probe sent the first images
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The Venus probe sent the first images

Europe's first Venus probe - Venus Express - sent back to Earth the first images since it entered the planet's orbit on April 11.

December 17, 2018
NASA resumed the task of exploring asteroids
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NASA resumed the task of exploring asteroids

The US aerospace agency (NASA) has decided to resume the exploration mission of two of the solar system's largest asteroids. A few weeks ago, NASA decided to remove this…

December 17, 2018
America: Meeting obstacles in the project
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America: Meeting obstacles in the project

Landing on the moon - building a base - exploring Mars was the goal launched by the US since 2004. But recently, the US Department of Aerospace (NASA) outlined the plan.

December 17, 2018
Silver birthday for the shuttle
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Silver birthday for the shuttle

April 14, 1981, when the Columbia - the first space shuttle in the world - landed safely after a 37-round flight on earth orbit, a reporter asked Apollo 12 commander Pet…

December 17, 2018