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Delay the launch of the Pluto astronaut
Yesterday, the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) postponed the launch of the two New Horizons spacecraft to explore Pluto and Kuiper Belt, after the flight control agency at…
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European astronauts choose French chefs
The European Aeronautics Agency (ESA) invited a famous French chef to design a menu for European astronauts. The chef is Alain Ducasse. Alain Ducasse was very famous in…
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Australia: $ 200,000 to become astronauts
Those who love space science and want once to enjoy the feeling of being immersed in the vast universe can now make that dream come true: airline Virgin Blue has announc…
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China honors 2 Shenzhou VI astronauts
Yesterday Chinese leaders awarded medals and honorary degrees to the two astronauts who had entered the five-day orbit with the Shenzhou VI, showing their respect for th…
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Shenzhou 6 returns to earth safely
The two astronauts stepped out of the cabin in a healthy state, but they still had to live in an isolated environment for two weeks, mainly to protect them from infectio…
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China will conduct a space walk in 2007
After the success of the second mission to bring manned spacecraft into space, China hopes to make a space walk in 2007 and recruit astronauts into the next selection, a…
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The International Space Station lSS faces the risk of being abandoned
In November 2000, the spacecraft carrying an American astronaut and two Russian astronauts arrived at the ISS station. Since then, ISS is regarded as the home of astrona…
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Learn about Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope, named after American astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble, was first launched into Earth orbit in April 1990.
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17-year journey worth US $ 150 billion to build ISS
The International Space Station (ISS) project, which started in 1998, is the most complex combination people have ever built and is a symbol of cooperation between scien…
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Looking back at the ISS space station after 15 years of operation
November 2 last marked 15 years since the first astronauts began to reside in space, on the International Space Station (ISS).
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The International Space Station is 15 years old
15 years is the deadline to ensure the presence of the International Space Station in orbit, but ISS will continue to operate at least until 2020.
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The fourth astronaut walking on the Moon died
Former astronaut Alan Bean died at a hospital in Houston, Texas, USA, on May 26, according to the BBC. The family said he was sick about two weeks ago and went quietly.
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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 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.