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China completes second space docking

China completed its second space docking on Monday, state media reported, as it moves closer towards fulfilling its ambition to set up a manned space station.

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created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

China completes nation's first space docking (Update)

China took a crucial step towards fulfilling its ambition to set up a manned space station on Thursday by completing its first successful docking in orbit high above the Earth.

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created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 19

China's first Mars orbiter in Russia for launch: state media

China's first satellite to probe Mars has been transported to Russia for a launch later this year, state media reported Thursday.

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China plans space station with module launch in 2010

China will launch a space module next year and carry out the nation's first space docking in 2011 as a step towards its goal of building a space station, state media said Sunday.

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Space the latest frontier for Earth Hour

Millions of people are expected to switch off their lights for Earth Hour Saturday in a global effort to raise awareness about climate change that will even be monitored from space.

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created Mar 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Students' experiments to play out in space

Science experiments devised by teenage students, one from Egypt and two from the United States, will be conducted in space as part of a move by YouTube and Lenovo to inspire young minds.

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Laptop theft did not put space station in peril: NASA

A stolen US space agency laptop containing codes that control the International Space Station did not put the orbiting lab in peril, a NASA spokesman said on Friday.

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created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Scientists see red on NASA cuts of Mars missions

NASA said Monday it's not giving up on Mars, but it'll have to get there later and at a lower price.

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created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 8

China's next space mission to carry 3 astronauts

China's next space mission will carry three astronauts who will dock with and live inside an experimental orbiting module launched last year, state media said Friday.

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created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

China unveils high resolution global moon map

Chinese scientists have assembled the highest resolution map ever created of the entire Moon and unveiled a series of global Moon images on Monday, Feb. 6.

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created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 0

China's space ambitions ally glory with pragmatism

As China pushes to become a global space power, experts say its ambitions go well beyond a symbolic moon landing, to satellite observation and a global positioning system to rival that of the United States.

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created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

China post office offers letters from space

China's post office is hoping to boost business by allowing customers to send letters postmarked from space.

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created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

China launches two satellites: state media

China placed two satellites in orbit on Sunday, including a spacecraft that will collect and relay data for disaster relief efforts, state press reported.

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created Nov 20, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 9

China says docking mission step to space station

China's space program on Friday called the recovery of an unmanned spacecraft that docked twice with an orbiting module a major step toward a future space station, and said it remained open to cooperation ...

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created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2


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