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The European flight observatory is blind
Liquid helium - the fuel needed for devices and cameras to operate in extremely low temperatures - in the Herschel space telescope has been exhausted.
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The world's highest mobile observatory
Night flights will help the aerial observatory scour the sky to find new stars, in an effort to detect extraterrestrial life.
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Telescope to heaven to find out
A giant balloon flies up into the sky from the southernmost tip of the world on December 26, carrying an extremely sensitive telescope to study the activity.
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The first person to fly freely outside the universe died
On December 22, the famous astronaut Bruce McCandless died the day before in California, 80 years old, according to the AP.
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The first woman to travel on space
When joining that trip, Ansari did not know that she was the first woman to travel in the sky but she always knew she had a strong energy, ready to do everything to conq…
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The heroes were silent in the Apollo 13 disaster
Two days after departing for an expedition to the moon, the disaster struck Apollo 13. A new movie that exploited this theme and astronaut Jim Lovell recounted his incre…
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The first American astronaut to fly around the Earth died
John Glenn, the first American astronaut circling Earth's orbit and the oldest man ever to enter space, died on December 8 at age 95.
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Man 10 years of making planes from old stuff
On June 15, 2015, Asmelash Zeferu sat at the end of the flight during a test and once again tasted defeat.
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The spacecraft paved the way for the era of exploring the Moon
50 years ago, the Gemini spacecraft was first launched into orbit, paving the way for later Moon research activities.
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Vietnamese guy successfully built spacecraft into space
Flight equipment manufactured by Pham Gia Vinh successfully flew into the suburbs at a height of 23 km and prepared to test at a height of 30 km.
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The first solar plane circled the Earth
On March 9, the Solar Impulse 2 solar-powered aircraft departed its first flight around the world.
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The world's leading AIDS researcher died in MH17
Victims of a flight shot down in eastern Ukraine yesterday consisted of many scientists and social activists on their way to the International AIDS Conference in Austral…
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Revealing the first Russian beauties to conquer the universe
In the past 50 years, three Russian women flew into space: Valentina Tereshkova in 1963, 19 years later - Svetlana Savitskaya, and after 12 years Elena Kondakova. Their…
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Little things to know about the first astronaut to the moon
Known by all mankind as a great astronaut, Neil Armstrong was reluctant to appear in public and many times confound the press.