Chinese astronauts return to Earth
June 29th, 2012 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 29 (IANS) Three astronauts who completed China's first manned space docking safely returned to Earth Friday morning.The return capsule of Shenzhou-9 spacecraft touched down in north China's Inner ... Read more...
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Exercise helps astronauts protect heart in space
March 23rd, 2012 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, March 23 (IANS) Astronauts who exercise regularly and intensively on extended space missions mitigated the effects of low-gravity environment on their cardiac health, a study reveals.Researchers reported these findings ... Read more...
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China to exhibit spaceship items across the country
December 16th, 2011 - 7:49 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 16 (IANS) China will hold space exhibitions across the country during 2013 which will feature items carried by its spaceships, Xinhua reported.The exhibits will display items from Shenzhou-8, ... Read more...
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Russian space freighter undocks from ISS
October 30th, 2011 - 3:10 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's unmanned Progress M-10M spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) Saturday for its return to Earth.The freighter detached from the platform at 09:04 ... Read more...
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Second man on moon files for divorce
June 17th, 2011 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 17 (IANS) Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, the second man to step on the moon after Neil Armstrong, has filed for divorce from his third wife.The 81-year-old Aldrin was married ... Read more...
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NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour prepares to leave space station, return to Earth
May 29th, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by BNO News
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (BNO NEWS) -- The six crew members of the space shuttle Endeavour on Sunday said farewell to the three Expedition 28 crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) ... Read more...
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NASA mulling week-long Mars mission simulation for ISS
April 22nd, 2011 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 22 (ANI): NASA is planning to use the International Space Station to prepare for a human mission to Mars, beginning with a planned week-long simulation to be staged next summer.Initial ... Read more...
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NASA craft prepares for Valentine’s Day date with comet
January 20th, 2011 - 12:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 20 (ANI): NASA's spacecraft Stardust-NexT is preparing for a date on Valentine's Day with comet Tempel 1 at 11:37 p.m. EST.The mission will enable scientists to study the changes that ... Read more...
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China to set up space monitoring network in 2016
January 7th, 2011 - 9:59 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 7 (IANS) China is ready to put in place a deep space monitoring network in 2016 to support the country's future space missions, a senior scientist has said.The network will ... 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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Long space travel results in astronauts’ muscles loss
August 18th, 2010 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 18 (ANI): Spending too much flight on long space flights, result in wasting of muscles in Astronauts, which in turn reduces their capacity for physical work by more than 40 ... Read more...
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Sam Worthington turns producer for sci-fi epic
May 19th, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 19 (ANI): 'Avatar' Star Sam Worthington has decided to produce an upcoming sci-fi film 'Quatermain'.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Aussie actor is all set to act and produce a ... Read more...
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Worthington turns producer with ‘Quatermain’
May 19th, 2010 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, May 19 (IANS) Australian actor Sam Worthington will star and produce a sci-fi film titled "Quatermain".
He will play Allan Quatermain from H. Rider Haggard's Victorian adventure novel "King Solomon's Mines", ... Read more...
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‘Fly Me To The Moon’ - not a smooth flight (IANS Movie Review)
April 30th, 2010 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
By Satyen K. Bordoloi
Film: "Fly Me To The Moon"; Director: Ben Stassen; Voiceovers: Trevor Gagnon, Philip Bolden, David Gore, Christopher Lloyd, Tim Curry, Robert Partick, Kelly Ripa; Rating: **
There's something about kids ... Read more...
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President Barack Obama Makes Mars The New Objective For NASA
April 19th, 2010 - 7:26 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Washington, Apr 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Space exploration in United States is likely to reach new heights in the near future with President Barack Obama's emphasis that US astronauts would reach ... Read more...
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US astronauts complete second spacewalk
April 12th, 2010 - 6:38 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 12 (DPA) Two US astronauts completed their 7-hour-26-minute spacewalk Sunday after struggling with a troublesome bolt that forced them to leave some of their work undone.
Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson, ... Read more...
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NASA chooses 3 finalists for future space mission to Venus, an asteroid, or the moon
December 30th, 2009 - 3:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 30 (ANI): NASA has selected three proposals as final candidates for the agency's next space venture to another celestial body in our solar system, namely, Venus, an asteroid, or the ... Read more...
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Atlantis astronauts prepare for return to Earth
November 25th, 2009 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 25 (DPA) NASA shuttle Atlantis undocked from the orbiting space station Wednesday for the final leg of a picture-perfect mission.
The undocking for its two-day journey back to Earth took ... Read more...
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‘Artificial gravity’ does prevent muscle loss in space
July 23rd, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 23 (IANS) When the Apollo 11 crew got back from the moon this week some 40 years ago, they showed no ill effects from a week spent in weightlessness. But ... Read more...
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‘Artificial gravity’ can prevent muscle loss in space travellers
July 23rd, 2009 - 2:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 23 (ANI): Space travellers, who stay for longer hours in zero gravity, suffer muscle loss rendering them unable to walk or even sit up on their return to Earth. Now, ... Read more...
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Asteroid probe set to “collide” with Earth in June 2010
June 12th, 2009 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 12 (ANI): Japanese scientists have announced that a 1,124-pound (510-kilogram) space probe will "collide" with our home planet in June 2010 to simulate an approaching asteroid.According to a report ... Read more...
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China to send man on moon by 2030
May 23rd, 2009 - 5:42 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 23 (ANI): A Chinese astronaut could land on the moon between 2025 and 2030, said Ye Peijian, director of the country's Moon Exploration Project.China's lunar probe ended its 16-month ... Read more...
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Astronauts take call from White House
March 25th, 2009 - 2:26 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 25 (DPA) The crew of the International Space Station and space shuttle Discovery received a phone call from US President Barack Obama Tuesday.
Obama made the call from the White ... Read more...
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Chinese lunar mission ends with a bang on the Moon
March 2nd, 2009 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, March 2 (ANI): Reports indicate that China''s lunar probe has ended its 16-month mission with a controlled crash onto the moon on March 1st. Chang''e I hit the moon''s surface ... Read more...
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Mars on Earth mission moves one step closer to launch
November 12th, 2008 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 12 (ANI): The European Space Agencys search for two people who will spend 105 days in an isolated chamber that will feature Earth-bound simulations of a Mars mission, has ... Read more...
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Chandrayaan may help find whether Moon was the eighth continent or not
October 23rd, 2008 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 23 (ANI): Scientists are hoping that Indias Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission will help solve the riddle of whether the Moon is an alien body that collided with the Earth, or ... Read more...
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Chinese astronauts preparing for return to earth
September 28th, 2008 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 28 (Xinhua) Chinese astronauts onboard the spacecraft Shenzhou-VII started preparing Sunday morning for the return trip to the earth after accomplishing China's first spacewalk Saturday afternoon. The three astronauts were ... Read more...
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Endeavour makes picture-perfect docking at space station
March 13th, 2008 - 4:23 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, March 13 (DPA) The shuttle Endeavour docked early Thursday at the International Space Station, completing another picture-perfect part of its mission after a flawless launch, US space officials said. After docking, ... Read more...
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