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NASA's landing machine exploded during testing
Morpheus, the name of a spider-like retrofit device, was tested on August 9 in US time at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida. It rushed to the ground imme…
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Russian supply ships docked at ISS after 6 hours
Russia's unmanned Progress transport ship today (August 2), connected to the International Space Station (ISS) in an automatic mode, after only six hours leaving the lau…
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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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Venus returns to the sky on the night of October 27
On August 18 Venus passed through the sun (seen from Earth) and since then, it has become invisible when obscured by the bright light of the sun.
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Russia launched Glonass maritime satellite
Russia's Soyuz-2.1B rocket carrying Glonass maritime satellite was launched into orbit this morning (3.10), AFP quoted Russian Defense Ministry sources as saying.
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Russia successfully launched a military satellite
On September 21, Russia successfully launched a military satellite into orbit after three weeks delayed due to successive failures of previous missile launches, AFP quot…
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The moment when the beautiful universe was discovered
On August 25, a supernova was discovered, about 21 million light-years from Earth, closer to any supernova ever.
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Progressive vessels are in distress due to the rocket rocket engine incident
Radio Voice of Russia on the night of August 28 said that enterprises in the Russian space industry are facing investigations, even if officials of this industry can be…
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China's Hang Nga 2 ship orbit L2
Xinhua News Agency reported that Chinese scientists on August 30 announced that the country's second Russian Lunar Lunar explorer ship went deep into the universe about…
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Discover the largest pair of black holes near Earth
NASA on August 31 said, using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered the first pair of supermassive black holes in a spiral galaxy similar to our Mil…
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Nigeria successfully launched two observation satellites
After a period of technical delay, on August 17, Nigeria successfully launched two observation satellites, NigieriaSat2 and NigieriaSat-X, from a launch site in Russia.
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China failed in the launch of the satellite
China failed to launch an experimental exploration satellite into orbit, after the rocket hit the incident, AFP said its media reported today, Aug. 19.
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NASA chose 3 new technologies to explore the universe
On August 22, the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) has selected atomic clocks, designed giant solar sails and new generation laser communication systems that are required to h…
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Russia: Freight ships cannot reach the expected orbit
The ITAR-TASS news agency on August 24 led a source in the rocket-space industry, saying Russia's M-12M Progress cargo ship did not reach its expected orbit.
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The Progress M-11M spacecraft continues to stay in orbit
The spacecraft will stay in orbit for another 9 days before falling into the Pacific Ocean.