Facebook hiring for its engineering office in London
July 25th, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, July 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Social networking site Facebook is hiring engineers for its new office which would be located in London. This would be Facebookâs first engineering office, which would be ... Read more...
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Facebook to embark on a hiring spree next year
December 5th, 2011 - 7:43 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Dec 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Unemployed Americans are excited following reports that social networking site Facebook will embark on a hiring spree next year. The company announced on Friday that they ... Read more...
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China’s space programme has no military purpose
November 19th, 2011 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 19 (IANS) China's space missions do not directly serve any military purpose, a space programme official has said.But the space-related technological developments can be used in both civilian ... Read more...
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China may send women to space in 2012
May 1st, 2011 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 1 (IANS) Chinese women may fly to space as soon as next year, one of the country's first astronauts and now in charge of the manned space programme ... Read more...
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Chinese woman may reach space by 2012
April 30th, 2011 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 30 (ANI): China's female astronauts could fly into space as soon as the latter half of 2012.The two women astronauts, both pilots from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air ... Read more...
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China to launch two space modules
April 30th, 2011 - 3:30 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 30 (IANS) China will launch two unmanned space modules in the second half of this year, a media report said.The modules, named Tiangong-1 and Shenzhou-8, will take part ... Read more...
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Countdown begins for China’s space station in 2020
April 26th, 2011 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Apr 26 (ANI): The China Manned Space Engineering Office has unveiled plans to build a 60-ton space station, made up of three capsules, by the year 2020.Authorities in charge of the ... Read more...
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China asks people to suggest names for space station
April 26th, 2011 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 26 (IANS) China has asked its people to "get involved" in the country's space programme by suggesting names for a 60-tonne space station that Beijing plans to launch ... Read more...
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China plans to launch two manned spacecraft in 2012
March 4th, 2011 - 3:35 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Mar 4 (ANI): A spokesman for the China Manned Space Engineering Office has said that China plans to launch two manned spacecraft in 2012 to dock with its space module, Tiangong-1, ... Read more...
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China to put man on the moon by 2030
March 4th, 2011 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 4 (IANS) China plans to make a manned moon landing by 2030, but the purpose of exploration of the moon should be seen as "peaceful" rather than a ... Read more...
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China to prepare astronauts for long stay in space
January 18th, 2011 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 18 (IANS) China is preparing astronauts for long-term missions so that they can "carry out manned explorations of deep space in the future", an official said.A five-year programme to ready ... Read more...
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Beijing to stop rain from dampening Olympic opening
July 29th, 2008 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Beijing, July 29 (Xinhua) China has mobilised all its science and engineering capability, including satellite monitoring and cloud seeding, to prevent rain from spoiling the Olympic opening ceremony on Aug 8 as ... Read more...
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China to launch first spacewalk mission in October
June 12th, 2008 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Beijing, June 12 (Xinhua) China will launch its Shenzhou VII manned space mission, which will include the first spacewalk by a Chinese "taikonaut", in October, a spokesman of the China Manned Space ... Read more...
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