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Russian satellites caught fire before falling to Earth
A Russian military spy satellite on February 16 caught fire in the process of friction with the atmosphere.
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The spacecraft delayed flying because of the solar storm
A powerful storm on the sun's upper atmosphere makes a spaceship a vessel unable to leave the launch pad.
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The meteorite hunter is honored
The Russian scientist is one of 10 people in 2013 who changed the picture of the world. All thanks to the study of meteorites falling on February 15 from the atmosphere…
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For the first time observe the super Earth atmosphere
The Hubble telescope has allowed astronomers to observe the weather situation in an unfamiliar world, with the predicted result being cloudy.
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The first meteorite plunged into Earth during the year
Astronomers say a small meteorite plunges into the atmosphere of Earth on January 2, after being discovered just a day earlier.
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The discovery of Halley comet has caused a terrible epidemic
The appearance of Halley's comet has
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Detecting water in a strange planet's atmosphere
Astronomers have found signals that there is water in the air of five distant planets.
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GOCE satellites have entered the Earth's atmosphere
On November 11, the European Space Agency's (ESA) satellite GOCE entered the Earth's atmosphere and caught fire.
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GOCE satellites fall straight into the Atlantic
The European Space Agency (ESA) was relieved when it announced that GOCE had landed safely in the sea.
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NASA launched the Mars probe
The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) yesterday successfully launched an unmanned probe of MAVEN on Mars, to study the atmosphere and water on the planet.
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NASA is about to launch a ship to study the Martian atmosphere
The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has said it is working on a plan to launch the Maven probe to Mars in the middle of this month.
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India successfully launched the spacecraft onto Mars
According to Indian national television, boosters carrying unmanned probes were launched at 9h08 GMT (16h00 Vietnamese time) from launchers in Sriharikota, Andhra Prades…
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The truth about the 'ghost clouds' in the Earth's atmosphere
Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) have recently captured an image of an eerily shaped cloud, formed high above the Earth atmosphere
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India moved on the launch of the Mars probe
India on October 22 decided to postpone the launch of its first Mars probe until November 5, due to problems with the marine tracking system, according to AFP.
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Detect a significant amount of water in a strange planet
Scientists have discovered an extrasolar planet, not far from us, covered by a water-filled atmosphere.