Indian manned space flight delayed further
September 18th, 2012 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, S Sep 17 (IANS) India's first human space flight would be delayed further for want of requisite technologies and capabilities, a top space official admitted Monday."The launch programme of ... Read more...
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Microsoft co-founder announces space-travel venture
December 14th, 2011 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 14 (IANS/EFE) Paul Allen, one of the co-founders of Microsoft, announced Tuesday that he and entrepreneur Burt Rutan are set to develop a giant airplane from which to ... Read more...
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Asteroids are linked to meteorites striking earth
September 18th, 2011 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Sep 18 (IANS) Asteroids in space are linked to meteorites that land on earth, a new discovery claims. Analysis of dust samples from an asteroid known as Itokawa has ... Read more...
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Iran to send monkey into space in August
June 27th, 2011 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, June 27 (IANS) Iran plans to send a monkey into space in August, the chief of the country's space agency said Monday.The Iranian Space Agency (ISA) would send the ... Read more...
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Iran plans to send monkey into space
June 16th, 2011 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 16 (IANS) Iran plans to send a live monkey into space, a media report said Thursday.The space capsule designed to carry a live monkey was unveiled by President ... Read more...
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Soviet space capsule sells for $2.9 mn
April 13th, 2011 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 13 (IANS) A Soviet space capsule that orbited the Earth 50 years ago sold for about $2.9 million at Sotheby's in New York.
The spherical Vostok 3KA-2 Space ... Read more...
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Sotheby’s sells pre-Gagarin spacecraft for $2.8 million
April 13th, 2011 - 10:31 am ICT by IANS
New York, April 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Vostok 3KA-2 space capsule that carried a mannequin and a dog into space as a rehearsal for Yury Gagarin's manned space mission has ... Read more...
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Soviet era space capsule sold for nearly 3 m dollars in New York
April 13th, 2011 - 8:21 am ICT by ANI
New York, Apr. 13 (ANI): A Russian businessman has bought a 1960s Soviet space capsule for nearly three million dollars at auction in New York.The spherical Vostok 3KA-2 Space Capsule went under ... Read more...
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SpaceX unveils plans for world’s most powerful rocket
April 6th, 2011 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 6 (ANI): Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), an American space transport company, has unveiled plans for a new rocket that it says will be the world's most powerful.The California-based firm, ... Read more...
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Scientists recover space capsule & hope that it would reveal more clues about space
June 15th, 2010 - 7:58 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sydney, Jun 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scientists have recovered the Japanese space capsule. Scientists recovered the capsule on Monday at the Australian Outback. Scientists say they hope the capsule contains asteroid dust. Scientists ... Read more...
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Scientists To Recover Asteroid Clues From Hayabusa Explorer
June 15th, 2010 - 7:03 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 15, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The Hayabusa explorer is back on Earth after seven years of journey covering 4-billion mile (6-billion kilometer). On Monday, the Japanese ... Read more...
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Japanese Scientists Hope To Gather Asteroid Clues From Hayabusa
June 15th, 2010 - 6:53 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Adelaide, Australia, June 15, (THAINDIAN NEWS) After a journey of four billion miles and a stay in space for seven years Hayabusa, the space capsule has returned to Earth.The ... Read more...
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India to build capsule to carry two-person crew into space by 2015
July 9th, 2009 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 9 (ANI): Despite the economic slowdown, the Indian government plans to hike its science budget, with special emphasis on developing semi-cryogenic rocket engines, building a space capsule to carry a ... Read more...
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President congratulates successful launch of Chandrayaan-1
October 22nd, 2008 - 12:46 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 22 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil today congratulated G. Madhavan Nair and his team at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the successful launch of Chandrayaan-1.
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China to launch third manned spacecraft Thursday
September 24th, 2008 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Jiuquan (China), Sep 24 (Xinhua) China will launch its third manned spacecraft Shenzhou-7 Thursday, a spokesperson of the space programme said Wednesday. The Shenzhou-7, carrying three astronauts, will be launched on a ... Read more...
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