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China goes long in conquering space
The Shenzhou 9 spacecraft has successfully paired with the Thien Cung 1 module on Earth's orbit on June 18, marking an important feat in China's space exploration progra…
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Why is the female astronaut at Thien Cung-1 last?
On June 18, after three hours of successfully assembling Than Chau-9 with Thien Cung-1, Chinese astronauts entered the Thien Cung-1 laboratory module. The first entry wa…
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China is about to bring women into space
One of the three astronauts traveling on the flight will be selected from two female candidates - Liu Yang or Wang Yaping, Xinhua said. They are all members of Wuhan Air…
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China revealed about the first female astronaut
Liu Yang will become the first female astronaut in China when the spaceship launches into space tomorrow, fulfilling the mission of connecting with the space station. To…
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NASA takes people to asteroids farther than the moon
A group of astronauts including Tim Peake, a former British pilot who is currently working for the European Space Agency (ESA), is formally trained for a completely new…
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Three astronauts from ISS return to Earth safely
These three included NASA astronaut Dan Burbank and two Russian astronauts, Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin. They set foot on ISS on October 16, 2011. The three a…
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Russia tested its astronaut nuclear engine
According to Skolkovo Innovation Center, which is called
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Astronauts on the ISS Station must shelter because of cosmic garbage
A debris from Russia's old satellite flew through the International Space Station (ISS) on March 24, forcing six crew members of the ISS to temporarily shelter at two So…
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The supply ship Edoardo Amaldi is about to leave the launch pad
The third European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) will be removed from the launch platform by the European Space Agency (ESA) on March 23, with the task of carrying su…
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China is about to bring the first pink ball to space
Three astronauts will be present on the Shenzhou 9 ship between June and August of this year, to conduct the pairing with the Thien Cung-1 module flying in orbit of the…
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NASA plans to bring settlers on Mars
The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) is considering ambitious plans to bring people back and forth to Mars, moving forward to bring people to settle permanently on other plane…
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Christmas tree on the ISS space station
6 ISS travelers cannot go home for Tet, but they still do their best to have a happy Christmas at a height of hundreds of miles from Earth.
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Russia continues to launch Soyuz spacecraft
The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) on December 19 transferred the Soyuz spacecraft to the launch pad at Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, in preparat…
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Russia brought 3 Russian, American and Dutch astronauts to ISS
On the evening of December 21, Russia successfully launched the Soyuz spacecraft TMA-03M, bringing three Russian, American and Dutch astronauts to the International Spac…
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NASA plans to put washing machine in space
One problem with astronauts is that they have to work on international space stations for months, but clothes only carry a few sets and there is no way to wash them.