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Investigating the spaceship breaking up in the desert
The investigation of the cause of SpaceShipTwo is in progress and is expected to be completed in about a year.
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SpaceShipTwo spacecraft reached a height of 21,640m
Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo spacecraft flew to a height of 21,640m during an experiment in the California desert sky.
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Comets cause huge fire rain on Earth
A large comet caused a massive fire rain on Earth 28 million years ago and left its nucleus in the Sahara desert.
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Test of self-propelled Mars
The European Space Agency (ESA) has chosen the Atacama desert in Chile as a test site for a self-propelled robot car, which is expected to take place in Mars exploration.
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Astronaut explores 'Mars' on ... Earth
A group of scientists came to live and work in the desert in Utah (USA) - where there are similarities with Mars, to study the possibility of human survival when set foo…
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7 'Mars' lands on Earth
7 areas below converge to the harshest weather conditions on Mars. Therefore, scientists decided to use these 7 sites to test science technologies before putting them in…
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How valuable is the rock from Mars?
In late May, a shiny black Martian rock, so small that it could fit in the palm, was sold for $ 43,750 (more than 900 million dong). This rock is part of the Tissint met…
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Discover more evidence of life on Mars
According to the Daily Mail (UK) on April 27, US scientists have discovered a large desert of glass on the surface of Mars and this may be evidence that there exists lif…
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Uncover mysterious figures in China
Mysterious structures recently discovered by Google Maps in the Gobi desert in China are likely to be the fulcrum for directional satellites.
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China is about to launch unmanned spacecraft
China will launch the Shenzhou-8 unmanned spacecraft in early November from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwest desert area. This is part of China's own…
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The world's largest telescope is ready to operate
The world's largest radio telescope network is ready to operate phase 1 in the Atacama desert in northern Chile.
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Russia is about to 'desert' ISS
An official of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskomos) announced that the flight will return three astronauts on the International Space Station to take place in Sep…
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Chile - astronomer's paradise
With its height, dry atmosphere, rarely recorded and quiet rainfall, the Atacama desert in northern Chile has been chosen by astronomers as a place to place some telesco…
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Detecting building blocks of extraterrestrial origin
Scientist Peter Jenniskens is approaching one of the meteorites in the Nubian desert of Sudan
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Decode the mysterious face on Mars
The giant face on Mars that has caused a stir over the past three decades is just an ordinary rock in the desert.