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The solar plane first flew across Europe
Solar Impulse, the world's first solar powered aircraft, took off from Switzerland today to make the first international flight to Belgium.
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Endeavor is about to fly for the last time
The US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) announced the last flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavor will take place today.
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Close-up of the last flight of the shuttle Endeavor
Yesterday (May 16), the US successfully launched space shuttle Endeavor on the international space station (ISS) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Why does NASA director have to
Werner von Braun - the maker of the V-1, V-2 bomb for the Nazis was captured by the US when he liberated Berlin and from a war prisoner became the 1st master engineer to…
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The second successful flight test spacecraft
Virgin Galatic's SpaceshipTwo commercial spacecraft (USA) flew on its own for the second time on a recent test flight. This success was significant before the first comm…
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50 years ago people flew into space for the first time
Half a century ago, astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to enter the universe, marking a bold mark in human history and creating the greatest achievement of t…
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Russia announces confidential documents about the first astronaut
The Russian government has announced 700 pages of confidential documents about the life of Yuri Gagarin, the first person to fly into space, and his historic flight 50 y…
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The flight of Gagarin is not safe by today's standards
A series of technical problems occurred in the first flight that brought people into space and if today's safety standards were applied, it would certainly not be carrie…
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2014: Vietnam will launch satellite remote sensing
One day before the 50th anniversary of the first flight into space, April 12, representative of the Space Technology Institute said that in 2014, Vietnam will launch the…
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Announcing the cause of Gagarin's death
The first astronaut to fly into space died when his plane dived to avoid a hot air balloon in 1968, documents recently declassified by the Russian government.
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The spacecraft operates with water
Spacecraft operating by water can help people reduce a lot of costs for Mars and other planets in the solar system.
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Discovery ship connects to the ISS for the last time
Space shuttle Discovery successfully connected with the international space station on its last voyage before becoming a part of history.
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America's trump card in the space race with Russia
In order to defeat the Soviet Union in the space race 50 years ago, the United States trained chimpanzees to become astronauts.
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Two astronauts landed on fantasy Mars
According to Russian news agency Ria Novosti, on February 14, two members of the group volunteered to participate in the project
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Russia reopened space tourism in 2013
Russia will reopen flights for space tourists with the Soyuz train in 2013.