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What happens if the Russian spacecraft falls to earth?
If the 12 tons of fuel of the Phobos Grunt ship does not freeze, it is capable of causing damage when dropped.
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The first nuclear reactor uses new fuel
India is planning to build a nuclear power plant using new materials, thorium, which has a low radioactivity, safer than using uranium.
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Robots extend the life of satellites
Two Canadian and US companies are building a new spacecraft, operating as robots or machines in space, that can extend the life of satellites orbiting the Earth.
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Russia announced the cause of the M-12M progressive ship incident
The cause of the incident in the progress of the M-12M cargo ship launch on the International Space Station (ISS) from Baikonur space airport in Kazakhstan on August 24…
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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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Europe successfully launched transports into orbit
The European Aviation Agency on February 17 said that it successfully launched the ATV-2 transport ship to the ISS International Space Station.
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Nuclear expert criticizes China's breakthrough
China has not been able to apply a technology to recycle nuclear fuel that has been used on a large scale, a senior expert from the International Atomic Energy Agency (I…
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'Akatsuki' slipped away from Venus due to fuel pressure
JAXA revealed the reason that the Akatsuki probe did not enter Venus's orbit was the pressure of the ship's fuel chamber abruptly reduced.
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Discovery of Discovery ship may be postponed until February 2011
The US space agency (NASA) has announced that the plan to launch the Discovery shuttle will continue to be delayed at least until December 17 and may even be delayed unt…
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Discovery ship cracks fuel tank
The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) has discovered a fourth crack in the fuel storage compartment of Space Shuttle Discovery.
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The fuel tank of Discovery ship appeared 2 cracks
The engineers discovered two cracks in the Discovery vessel's fuel tank after having to postpone the ship because of hydrogen leakage.
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The terrible disaster of space exploration
On October 24, Russia celebrated 50 years of the most terrible accident in the history of world space exploration ...
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Shorten the flight time to Mars to 38 days
Plasma missiles make the spacecraft speed up to 198,000 km / h, so that only about 39 days can be from Earth to Mars.
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China's satellite has enough fuel on Earth
China on October 12 said that the country's Russian-2 moon-moon satellite still has a large amount of fuel to return to Earth.
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Japan will launch a space boat
Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) yesterday announced that its unused fuel yacht will take off next month.