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International space station is 10 years old
As of November 20, 2008, the International Space Station (ISS), the largest international space project of the 20th and 21st centuries, is 10 years old.
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Russian spacecraft takes billionaire customers to space
A Russian spacecraft carrying an American computer game design expert and two astronauts successfully assembled with the international station on October 14.
Space science
Why does Soyuz TMA-11 miss out?
The Soyuz spacecraft TMA-11 crew had a press conference in Star City on April 22 to tell about the landing. On April 19, for technical reasons, they landed later, not fo…
Animal world
Marine animals die again in Peru
The bodies of animals washed up on Pucusana beach, a place about 37km south of the capital Lima. The incident was discovered on 25/5. The Peruvian Navy said it had sent…
Animal world
Amur the Tiger has escaped extinction
According to Itar-tass news agency, Safari zoo, Ardeche province, southern France has just welcomed two cubs of Amur at the end of December 2011. This is a rare birth in…
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Fireplace training Russian secret astronauts
The training center called Star City has many modern simulation devices that have not appeared in any maps or signs in Russia.
Science Events
Celebrating 53 years of astronaut Yuri Gagarin flying into space
On April 12, the United Nations General Assembly and the whole world celebrated the 53rd anniversary of the International Astronaut's Day on the first flight of Soviet a…
Science Events
42,000 year old mammoth exhibition
The specimen of a mammoth dating back about 42,000 years, more than a meter long, will be displayed in the UK in the coming days.
Science Events
Great prize for life science
Business founders in Silicon Valley have just officially established one of the biggest annual awards for research on how to cure and prolong life.
Science Events
The world's greatest
According to The Guardian, billionaire Yuri Milner, the creator of a massive fortune thanks to investments in Facebook, Twitter, Zynga and Groupon, established the award…
Science Events
Russia launched a new nuclear submarine
The first new nuclear submarine since the breakup of the Soviet Union was launched yesterday, part of the Kremlin's effort to upgrade Russia's strategic nuclear force.
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10 little things to know about Yuri Gagarin, the first astronaut to fly into space
Today April 12 is the 55th anniversary of the day when astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to fly into space.
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The truth about Yuri Gagarin's death - the first person to fly into space
After more than 40 years of secrecy, the real cause of the death of Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin - the first person to fly into space - was announced.
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The great achievement of Soviet-Russian space travel
Since the astronaut Yuri Gagarin first flew into orbit and returned to Earth safely (April 12, 1961), the United Nations General Assembly and all humanity took April 12…