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Despite the incident, the supply ship still reached ISS
After a two-day journey, on the evening of April 26, the Progress M-19M transport spacecraft flew to connect to the International Space Station (ISS), even though the sh…
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Japan's spy satellite is fully operational
The Japan Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center on April 26 said the No. 4 radar satellite launched in January was fully operational, helping Japan achieve the necessary…
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SpaceShipTwo spacecraft tests missile performance
The spacecraft of Virgin Galactic Group, designed to take visitors into space, had a test flight of missile capacity on April 29, breaking the sound wall, according to A…
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America spends more on Russian rents to bring people to space
US Agency for Aeronautics and Space (NASA) said on April 30, it will sign a new contract worth US $ 424 million to hire Russia to bring US astronauts to the Internationa…
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New success in US strategic space exploitation
On April 21, Orbital Sciences launched a successful test of the Antares missile, paving the way for the mission of a US private company to transport cargo to the Interna…
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Start selling 'one-way tickets to Mars'
Last year Mars One, a Dutch company, announced that they would recruit people for the journey to Mars in 2013. From April 22, those who want to go to the red planet can…
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Russia is about to launch a supply ship to ISS
The Progress M-19M transport spacecraft, mounted on the Soyuz-U rocket on April 22, was moved and installed on a launch pad at Russia's Baikonur space airport in Kazakhs…
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Vietnam is about to observe a partial eclipse
Moon eclipse takes place in about 27 minutes, starting from 2:54 pm to 3:30 pm on April 26, Hanoi time. This phenomenon reaches maximum at about 3h08.
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Comet detection is the brightest century
Hubble took the first close-up picture of ISON, the name of the comet, on the evening of April 10 - when comet was about 630 million kilometers from Earth, National Geog…
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Virtual astronomical phenomena in April
In April there are many interesting astronomical phenomena such as the eclipse of April 26, meteor shower on April 21-22, Saturn near Earth most in April 28th.
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Moonlight will hinder observing Lyrids meteor shower
On the night of 21, dawn on April 22 is the maximum time of the Lyrids meteor shower, but Vietnamese astronomers will be hard to observe this phenomenon.
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The solar flare is the strongest of the year
The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has captured impressive images that show the sun has produced the strongest flare from the beginning of the year, and…
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ISS paves the way to welcome new supply ships
Russia's unmanned aerial transport spacecraft on April 15 was separated from the International Space Station (ISS) to begin independent research.
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Russia successfully launched Anik G1 telecommunications satellite
On the evening of April 15, Russia carried out the successful launch of Canada's Anik G1 telecommunications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.