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Giant meteorite approached the Earth at midnight on September 7
Meteors with an estimated length of 700-1600m can cause a global disaster if they go astray and crash into Earth.
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ISS becomes the 'spaceship' on Earth's orbit
The success of the Dragon's approach to the ISS International Space Station has turned this station into one
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India successfully launched 5 British satellites into Earth's orbit
India has successfully put up five British satellites on Earth orbit with the XL Variations (PSLV-XL).
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Humans will 'move' to space in 2100
According to a leading expert of the US Space Agency (NASA), people will soon have Earth orbit settlements by the end of the century.
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India will take people to space
The Indian Space Agency has introduced a prototype of the module that will carry two astronauts in order to fly into low earth orbit.
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An asteroid can hit Earth in 2032
The asteroid 2013 TV135 will probably hit Earth on August 26, 2032, and cause a big explosion.
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Apophis will face Earth in 2068?
99942 Apophis will fly across the Earth in 2029 and 2036, but it will probably crash into the green planet in 2068, RIA Novosti February 25 led the study posted on the w…
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Russian space hotel joins science
In 2010, Orbital Technologies, a Russian company, once announced plans to build hotels on earth orbit. As planned, the first module of the hotel will be put into orbit i…
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Russia will follow the 'threat of earth'
Scientists have warned 99942 Apophis - meteorite about 487m across - capable of hitting the earth. In 2029, Apophis will be about 57,600km away from the globe, equivalen…
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Russia wants to place space station on another planet
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that people should put the future international space station on another planet, not on earth orbit as it is today.
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Russia launched two communication satellites into Earth's orbit
Space agency Roscosmos said Russia on December 11 launched two contact satellites with Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
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Learn the secret of Mercury formation
Among the planets in the solar system, Mercury suffers the most miserable fate. Only about 4,880km in diameter and in 4.5 billion years of existence, it constantly burne…
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See the Trojan asteroid and Earth orbit
The Earth is not alone in its orbit around the Sun but also has a Trojan asteroid located in front of our planet.