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Traces of the former Soviet Union's Buran space project
In the mid-1970s, the Soviet Union implemented the Buran program - a program in response to NASA's shuttle program at the time.
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The most exotic plane in NASA's history
AD-1 is an aircraft that can rotate its wings at an angle of 60 degrees in the air. The aircraft was built in the 1970s of the last century.
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Starship 'dating' comet into Valentine's Day
Like two monks in the dark, an American spacecraft and a comet will rush towards each other on Valentine's Day, the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) announces.
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NASA liquidates data storage machines 'sensitive'
The US space agency (NASA) has forgotten to delete sensitive data from computers and hard drives before these devices are sold out, according to the US inspection agency.
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Soyuz trains on the launch pad
The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) on December 13 moved the Soyuz spacecraft into the launch pad, preparing for a flight into space, ...
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People are about to leave the Solar System
After a 33-year journey, the Voyager 1 carried the message of human civilization that surpassed 17.7 billion kilometers, approaching the edge of the solar system.
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Russia discovered a new Comet
Ria Novosti, a news source from the Astronomical Bureau of the International Astronomical Union, said Russian astronomers for the first time in the last 20 years ...
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The dark side of the Moon gradually
The Lunar Reconaissance Orbiter (LRO) probe from NASA has for the first time captured images of the dark side of the Moon with a resolution 100 times higher than ...
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The spacecraft flies around Mars for the longest time
The Odyssey probe of the US Space Agency (NASA) set a new record with the longest-running mission of Mars. Until December 20, the Odyssey flew around the orbit of the re…
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Amino acids help to understand the origin of life
NASA scientists discovered amino acids - the basic material of life - in a meteorite falling into Sudan in 2008.
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NASA equipped lasers for Mars to explore Mars
NASA announced it will retrofit Mars explorers a device capable of analyzing rock samples with a laser beam.
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Detecting stone bridge on Mars
The US Mars Mars satellite (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) has recently discovered that there is a strange bridge-like structure on Mars, Moskovsky Komsomolets said.
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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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The universe was born before the Big Bang?
Two prestigious scientists around the world said they have just discovered evidence that the universe existed before the Big Bang. This statement is shaking the scientif…
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Hear the whispering voice of gravitational waves
NASA experts tested a system to detect very light signals like the whispering voices of gravitational waves.