Sunita Williams sets a record with sixth spacewalk (Second lead, Changing dateline)
September 6th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 6 (IANS) Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams set a new record for total cumulative spacewalk time by a female astronaut with her sixth space walk to repair a ... Read more...
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$3 toothbrush saves day for $100 billion space station (Lead, Changing dateline)
September 6th, 2012 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 6 (IANS) A $3 toothbrush, 'designed' by astronauts Sunita Williams and Akihido Hoshide, saved the day for a $100 billion International Space Station, becoming instrumental in the installation ... Read more...
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Russian cosmonauts conduct space walk
February 17th, 2012 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 16 (IANS) Two Russian cosmonauts Thursday launched a six-hour space walk outside the International Space Station (ISS), the country's space agency Roscosmos said.Cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov ... Read more...
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Russia’s manned spacecraft docks with ISS
December 24th, 2011 - 3:05 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 24 (IANS) Russia's Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft with three astronauts onboard has docked with the International Space Station (ISS), the Mission Control Centre said.The spacecraft docked with the ISS' ... Read more...
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Russia launches manned mission to ISS (Lead)
December 21st, 2011 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 21 (IANS) Russia Wednesday launched a manned mission to the International Space Sation (ISS) from its Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan.The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft carrying three astronauts blasted ... Read more...
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Russian space agency names next crew to ISS
October 25th, 2011 - 9:45 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 25 (IANS) Russian space agency Roscosmos has named the next crew members who will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) Nov 14.The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft will bring ... Read more...
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First space walk by Ed White happened 46 years ago
June 3rd, 2011 - 7:32 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, June 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Today is 46 years since Ed White became the first American to walk in space. In 1965 on this day (3rd of June), White was part ... Read more...
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Scientists say simulated Mars mission in Moscow hangar is no joke
June 4th, 2010 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, June 4 (ANI): Six fearless volunteer astronauts who have taken on the challenge of undertaking a 520-day simulated mission to Mars in Moscow, have rebutted critics claims of it amounting to ... Read more...
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Spacewalking Superhero Wows Astronauts!
May 19th, 2010 - 10:39 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
May 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An astronaut spacewalked his way into superhero-dom when he managed to free a cable for the inspection boom of the space shuttle Atlantis, which had become snagged. He ... Read more...
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In a first, Chinese women enrol to become astronauts (Lead)
September 17th, 2009 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 17 (Xinhua) China has selected 30 men and 15 women candidates in the second round of its space-training programme, officials said Thursday.
All 45 candidates are air force pilots.Five men ... Read more...
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Swiss astronaut and satellite scientist inspire Bangalore kids
August 14th, 2009 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 14 (IANS) They came, spoke, won hearts and inspired many to follow in their footsteps. Swiss astronaut Claude Nicollier and manager of Switzerland's satellite project SwissCube Muriel Noca jointly interacted ... Read more...
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Astronauts release Hubble telescope back into orbit
May 19th, 2009 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 19 (DPA) The US space agency NASA said astronauts Tuesday sent the Hubble Space Telescope back into orbit, where it is to help probe the origins and nature of ... Read more...
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China’s first lunar satellite lands on moon
March 1st, 2009 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 1 (Xinhua) China's first lunar probe, the Chang'eI, ended its 16-month mission with a controlled crash-landing on the surface of the moon early Sunday, officials said.
According to sources with the ... Read more...
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Orbiting ISS crew begins space walk mission
December 23rd, 2008 - 10:26 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 23 (DPA) Two crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) began a space walk late Monday to collect science experiments attached to the outside of their orbiting home.US Commander ... Read more...
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State honours for China’s spacewalk astronauts
November 7th, 2008 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 7 (Xinhua) Chinese President Hu Jintao Friday presented medals and certificates to astronauts Jing Haipeng, Liu Boming and the country's first space walker Zhai Zhigang for their historic performance even ... Read more...
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WHO accuses China of covering up milk scandal
September 27th, 2008 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 27 (IANS) The World Health Organisation (WHO) has accused China of covering up the country's worst milk scandal that claimed lives of four children and made over 53,000 babies ... Read more...
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Space shuttle Discovery arrives at space station
June 3rd, 2008 - 5:28 am ICT by IANS
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Washington, June 3 (DPA) Space shuttle Discovery docked Monday at the International Space Station after the day-and-half journey from Earth, carrying an enormous Japanese-made research module and a small Russian-made pump for ... Read more...
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Japanese plan to brew ’space beer’
May 27th, 2008 - 5:58 pm ICT by admin
Sydney, May 27 (ANI): Astronauts can raise their beer mugs in a toast once they successfully make it to space, thanks to a Japanese brewery that is planning to produce the ... Read more...
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NASA’s space shuttle to carry out experiments in space
March 16th, 2008 - 12:05 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 16 (ANI): The space shuttle Endeavour, which was launched on March 14, is carrying with it a set of experiments designed and constructed in the laboratory of Dennis Jacobs, ... Read more...
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Endeavour heads for International Space Station
March 12th, 2008 - 12:47 am ICT by admin
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Washington/Moscow, March 11 (DPA) US space shuttle Endeavour blasted off early Tuesday, carrying major additions to the International Space Station from Japan and Canada. Endeavour launched from the Kennedy Space Center in ... Read more...
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China to conduct its first space walk in October
March 6th, 2008 - 3:12 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Mar. 6 (ANI): China is planning to conduct its first space walk in October from a Shenzhou VII spacecraft.
There will be three taikonauts, as China's astronauts are known, aboard the ... Read more...
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China to launch first space walk in 2008
November 22nd, 2007 - 6:37 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Nov.22 (ANI): China will attempt its first space walk during the nation's third crewed flight next year, according to local newspaper reports.
The mission will involve three astronauts and the spacewalk ... Read more...
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China to send its new rocket into space by 2013
November 20th, 2007 - 6:40 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Nov.20 (ANI): The manned spacecraft Shenzhou VII is likely to be launched into space in October 2008, shortly after the conclusion of the Beijing Olympic Games.
The China Daily quoted Pang ... Read more...
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