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Japanese astronaut flying on carpet
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Japanese astronaut flying on carpet

A Japanese astronaut will fly in a vacuum on a carpet to assess the effects of weightlessness on the human body.

December 17, 2018
US launches satellite to measure emissions
Space science

US launches satellite to measure emissions

Yesterday morning, the US aerospace agency (NASA) introduced a satellite named OCO to assess the density of CO2 emissions in the earth's atmosphere into space.

December 17, 2018
American satellites plunged into the sea
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American satellites plunged into the sea

Yesterday, America's CO2 emission satellite named Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) fell to the area near Antarctica, shortly after leaving the launch pad due to technic…

December 17, 2018
Chinese satellites land on the moon
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Chinese satellites land on the moon

China's Hang Nga 1 satellite landed on the moon yesterday, ending its mission to explore the planet for 16 months.

December 17, 2018
NASA postponed the mission to explore Mars
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NASA postponed the mission to explore Mars

The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) yesterday decided to postpone the plan to launch the MSL probe on the Red Planet expected to take place next year, due to hardware problem…

December 17, 2018
Iran will take animals to space
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Iran will take animals to space

Tehran is planning to launch space exploration spacecraft with a number of animals living inside, to make way for their manned space flights in the future.

December 17, 2018
ExoMars are 'appointment errors' with Mars
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ExoMars are 'appointment errors' with Mars

Xinhua News Agency reported that the European Space Agency (ESA) has just announced that it will continue to move the time for bringing the ExoMars off-road vehicle (pic…

December 17, 2018
Electricity from the universe
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Electricity from the universe

The Japanese space exploration agency (JAXA) is developing a satellite that collects sunlight in the universe and sends it to the ground through a laser beam. It will pr…

December 17, 2018
Project solar exploration spacecraft
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Project solar exploration spacecraft

The John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) plans to launch a spacecraft closer to the sun than any previous probe - and what it finds can revolutionize…

December 17, 2018
Asia races to the Moon
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Asia races to the Moon

September Japan brought an orbit to the moon. In October China launched its first moon exploration satellite. India has planned to follow. New South Korea declared:

December 17, 2018
Hang Nga 1 ship sends the first image to the Moon
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Hang Nga 1 ship sends the first image to the Moon

Yesterday (November 26), China unveiled the first image of the Moon captured by Hang Nga 1, the country's first lunar exploration ship, marking the successful project of…

December 17, 2018