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ATV, multi-function ship
Space science

ATV, multi-function ship

European cargo spacecraft docking at ISS International Space Station on April 3 has completed its mission. Currently, astronauts are using this spacecraft effectively.

December 17, 2018
The truth about the shooting star
Space science

The truth about the shooting star

In the darkness of the early morning of April 15, 1912, when the Titanic sank into the ice of the Atlantic Ocean, survivors saw a series of light trails in the sky that…

December 17, 2018
Why does Soyuz TMA-11 miss out?
Space science

Why does Soyuz TMA-11 miss out?

The Soyuz spacecraft TMA-11 crew had a press conference in Star City on April 22 to tell about the landing. On April 19, for technical reasons, they landed later, not fo…

December 17, 2018
Save the Earth, NASA plans to land on an asteroid
Space science

Save the Earth, NASA plans to land on an asteroid

According to projections, on April 13, 2036, an asteroid will hit the Earth ... NASA has just planned to bring people to land on asteroids to help prevent the risk of hu…

December 17, 2018
Venus: images of Oxygen, a year of data collection
Space science

Venus: images of Oxygen, a year of data collection

A year has passed, since April 11, 2006, when the Venus Express spacecraft, the first European exploration ship to carry out its mission to Venus and is the only spacecr…

December 17, 2018
Dnepr missiles have been successfully launched
Space science

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
The fifth cosmonaut returned to Earth
Space science

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
The fifth visitor arrived on the ISS
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The fifth visitor arrived on the ISS

Russia's Soyuz spacecraft carries two billionaires astronauts Charles Simonyi successfully paired with the International Space Station (ISS) at 2:10 pm (April 10, Hanoi…

December 17, 2018
Detecting water on extrasolar planets
Space science

Detecting water on extrasolar planets

Astronomers on April 10 announced they first found evidence of the existence of water on an outer planet of the Solar System - planet HD 209458b.

December 17, 2018