Russia to send man to moon by 2030
April 28th, 2012 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia is planning to send a manned mission to the moon by 2030, Russian space agency Roscosmos said.According to the Russian space strategy published on ... Read more...
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Russia’s Mars spacecraft to fall back to Earth
January 14th, 2012 - 8:44 am ICT by IANS
Moscow/Washington, Jan 14 (IANS) Russia's failed Phobos-Grunt Mars probe spacecraft will likely plunge back to Earth between Jan 15 and Jan 16, reports Xinhua.The 14-tonne spacecraft that carries 11 tonnes ... Read more...
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Russia’s troubled Mars probe to hit earth
January 13th, 2012 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's troubled Phobos Grunt spacecraft is expected to fall back to earth between Sunday and Monday morning, the US Strategic Command said Friday.Phobos Grunt, Russia's ... Read more...
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NASA presents new launch system with eye on Mars
September 15th, 2011 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 15 (IANS/EFE) NASA presented Wednesday the new space launch system with which it wants to re-establish itself at the head of space exploration and achieve new goals ... Read more...
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NASA plans most ambitious mission - to the asteroids
July 26th, 2011 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
London, July 25 (IANS) NASA will somehow have to accomplish its most ambitious mission - landing on an asteriod within 15 years, after a presidential directive.
The challenges are ... Read more...
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Mystery over Sun’s missing sunspots over 11-year cycle solved
March 3rd, 2011 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 3 (ANI): Scientists have finally solved the mystery of the recent period of decreased solar activity during the Sun's 11-year cycle.Experts observed that the recent solar minimum was the deepest ... Read more...
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NASA releases first ever 360-degree image of the Sun
February 7th, 2011 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 7 (ANI): NASA has released the first ever image that shows the entire sun in a 360-degree view.The Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (Stereo) mission launched its two satellites in ... Read more...
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NASA’s Stereo satellites move either side of Sun
February 7th, 2011 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 7 (ANI): NASA's spacecraft have moved to either side of the Sun to capture the entire Sun in a 360-degree view.The Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (Stereo) mission launched its ... Read more...
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Space junk as dangerous as weapons, warn scientists
December 24th, 2010 - 3:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 24 (ANI): Space debris-hundreds of thousands of pieces of space junk including broken satellites, discarded rocket stages and lost spacewalker tools-that crowd the corridors of Earth orbit now, are equally ... Read more...
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‘Space mice’ may pave way to help keep humans fit in space
October 30th, 2010 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 30 (ANI): On its last flight, Discovery will not just carry astronauts, but 16 rodent passengers too.The project is aimed at understanding why space flights make humans more vulnerable to ... Read more...
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China’s ‘Chang’e-2′ expected to have enough fuel to return to earth
October 14th, 2010 - 6:54 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Oct 14(ANI): China's second unmanned lunar probe, Chang'e-2, is expected to have enough fuel to fly back to earth, Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) Vice Chief-Designer has said.Zhou Jianliang said ... Read more...
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Indian universities asspire to launch student satellites
August 26th, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 26 (IANS) Around 25 universities are aspiring to launch satellites built by their students but the Indian space agency says its hands are full as it has to launch ... Read more...
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Paypal Millionaire’s Rocket Launch Could Herald A New Epoch For Space Exploration
June 6th, 2010 - 7:14 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 6, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A millionaire's test rocket commenced its initial voyage on Friday and effectively arrived at orbit in a dummy run for NASA’s push towards commercialization.SpaceX's Falcon ... Read more...
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NASA develops new technology to enhance search and rescue operations
May 25th, 2010 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 25 (ANI): NASA has developed new technology that will more quickly identify the locations of people in distress and reduce the risk of rescuers.The Search and Rescue Mission Office at ... Read more...
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US’s hypersonic Falcon missile test a dud?
April 27th, 2010 - 4:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 27(ANI): The Pentagon's test launch of an experimental hypersonic space vehicle last week aimed to develop a new generation of high-altitude weapon systems is being considered a dud.The United States ... Read more...
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India gets ready to fire its own cryogenic rocket engine (Lead)
April 14th, 2010 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 14 (IANS) India Wednesday readied itself to join the elite space club by firing for the first time its own cryogenic rocket engine to launch an advanced communication satellite.
"The ... Read more...
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India to build intelligent satellite for surveillance
February 9th, 2010 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 9 (IANS) India is set to develop a dedicated network-centric communication intelligence satellite for detecting conversations and espionage activities in the region, a top defence scientist said Tuesday.
"We are ... Read more...
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China may become second nation to land humans on Moon by 2020
February 3rd, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, February 3 (ANI): Experts have determine that the decision by the Obama administration to scrap NASA's plans to return to the moon leave China well placed to become the second nation ... Read more...
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Blizzard of space debris threat to future economics of space flight
October 28th, 2009 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 28 (ANI): An academician has predicted that a burgeoning blizzard of space debris is going to have a major impact on the future economics of space flight.According to a report ... Read more...
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First image of the lunar plume released
October 18th, 2009 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 18 (ANI): A week after NASA had hit the moon as part of its LCROSS mission, the first image of the lunar material that erupted as a result has ... Read more...
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NASA set to bomb the moon today
October 9th, 2009 - 3:56 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Moffett Field, Oct 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) NASA has launched a special moon-specific mission called Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) that will send a missile that will literally crash ("bomb") into ... Read more...
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South Korea launches first rocket with satellite on board
August 25th, 2009 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Aug 25 (DPA) South Korea launched a rocket carrying a satellite for the first time from its own territory Tuesday.
The KSLV-1 blasted off from a new space centre in the south ... Read more...
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California plans space-based solar power
April 16th, 2009 - 1:03 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, April 15 (DPA) Californians could soon be powering their homes, and no doubt their hot tubs, from a space-based solar electricity programme.
The plan by the state's massive energy company PG&E ... Read more...
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Buzz Aldrin says NASA needs new direction
February 25th, 2009 - 5:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 25 (ANI): Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin has said in a draft paper that NASA needs serious reform or significant organisational overhaul.According to a report in New Scientist, the ... Read more...
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European Space Agency plans space junk detection system
February 17th, 2009 - 6:32 am ICT by IANS
Darmstadt (Germany), Feb 017 (DPA) The European Space Agency (ESA) said Monday it hoped to set up its own detection system for space junk instead of relying on US radar to track ... Read more...
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‘Chandrayaan orbit to be raised to 267,000 km Wednesday’
October 28th, 2008 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 28 (IANS) The earth orbit of India's first lunar spacecraft will be raised to 267,000 km Wednesday, an official here said. "The Chandrayaan spacecraft, orbiting at a distance of around ... Read more...
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Chandrayaan a remote-sensing champion: Europe
October 22nd, 2008 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Oct 22 (IANS) The European Space Agency (ESA) hailed Wednesday's successful launch of the lunar mission Chandrayaan and said it was a new opportunity for Europe to strengthen ties ... Read more...
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NASA satellite to study solar systems outer limits
October 18th, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 18 (ANI): A NASA satellite, scheduled to be launched on October 19, will study the outermost reaches of our solar system in unprecedented detail.According to a report in ... Read more...
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Russian rocket sends US satellite into orbit
August 19th, 2008 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 19 (Xinhua) A Russian Proton-M rocket Tuesday sent a US telecommunications satellite, the Inmarsat-4 F3, into Earth orbit, a spokesman for a Moscow-based producer of space launch systems said.The rocket ... Read more...
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NASAs Solar sail all set to launch on July 29
July 5th, 2008 - 1:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 5 (ANI): The concept of a solar sail will get a major boost when on July 29 this year, a tiny NASA spacecraft called NanoSail-D is scheduled to go ... Read more...
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Worlds first space telescope to detect and track asteroids as well as satellites
June 27th, 2008 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 27 (ANI): Canadian scientists are building the worlds first space telescope designed to detect and track asteroids as well as satellites.Known as NEOSSat (Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite), this ... Read more...
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NASA spacecraft to search for water on the Moon
June 25th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 25 (ANI): Engineering teams are conducting final checkouts of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, that will take a significant step forward in the search ... Read more...
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Scientist Gowariker hospitalised for brain haemorrhage
May 29th, 2008 - 5:57 pm ICT by admin
Mumbai, May 29 (IANS) Former scientific and technology advisor to four Indian prime ministers, Vasant Gowariker has been admitted to Lilavati Hospital in Bandra here, a senior Maharashtra official said Thursday. Gowariker ... Read more...
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Earth might have had multiple moons in the past
May 7th, 2008 - 11:43 am ICT by admin
London, May 7 (ANI): A new model developed by scientists has suggested that the ancient catastrophe that led to the creation of the moon may have produced additional satellites that lingered ... Read more...
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Boomerangs work in space through uneven forces
March 25th, 2008 - 3:38 pm ICT by admin
London, March 25 (ANI): The phenomenon of boomerangs working in space the same way they do on Earth, has been attributed to uneven forces which are exerted by the air the ... Read more...
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