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Last minute on space shuttle Columbia
When the first alarm bell rang on February 1, 2003, the crew of seven on the US Columbia spacecraft only had an extra minute to live.
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Discovery is about to take off
On Tuesday, the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) confirmed the plan to launch the shuttle Discovery on October 23 unchanged. Discovery will be launched on the International…
Space science
NASA used money to settle the Columbia ship
The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) has spent more than $ 26 million on the family of seven astronauts killed after the disaster shuttle Columbia in the secretly concealed se…
Space science
NASA: ISS is falling
Data from the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) recently revealed that the International Space Station (ISS) is falling to 332 km, the lowest average height of ISS in the past…
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Discovery spacecraft was launched after 3 days of delay
On July 4, the US Discovery spacecraft was launched to carry a key mission to US space ambitions, although there were still concerns about safety three years after the s…
Space science
Silver birthday for the shuttle
April 14, 1981, when the Columbia - the first space shuttle in the world - landed safely after a 37-round flight on earth orbit, a reporter asked Apollo 12 commander Pet…
Space science
The worm survived the Columbia ship disaster
Space shuttle Columbia shattered while going back into the atmosphere on February 1, 2003. All crew are dying. The ship's fragments spread across a wide range of states.…
Space science
Robot Spirit: First birthday on Mars
When Spirit landed at Gusev's crater, we felt like the final destination - the Columbia Hills hill range was too far away and too far away to make its discoveries.
History
30 years after the Challenger disaster and NASA's change
On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded only 73 seconds after being launched from the Kennedy Space Center in the state of Florida (USA), killing all…
Biology
Sunbathing insects to prevent disease
Paul Boxelder often concentrates in groups to sunbathe in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Given that this phenomenon is unusual, biologists from Simon Fraser U…
Biology
Ambergris plant
Perfume is very volatile in the natural environment. So when producing high quality perfumes, it is necessary to have incense to prolong the time of creating aroma on hu…
Biology
Discover the world's largest, most complex virus strain
The Cafeteria roenbergensis virus can represent an extremely large virus strain that has never been known and plays an important role in ecosystems.
Biology
Generating jaw bone from stem cells
Columbia University (USA) scientists have announced that they have created a jaw bone in the laboratory using stem cells from adult bone marrow.
Biology
Natural selection promotes species formation
In an experiment that was first conducted in nature, evolutionary biologists at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have obtained evidence of one of Charles Darwin'…
Biology
America: The cause of the mass loss of bees by viruses
According to an American study, an Israeli virus identified in 2004 could be the cause of a mysterious disappearance of a number of bees in the US, threatening the crop…