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Kazakhstan blocks Russian satellite launches: reports
Kazakhstan, which hosts Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome, is blocking three upcoming Russian satellite launches because of a dispute over the drop zone for rocket debris, reports said on Monday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 28, 2012 |
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SpaceX capsule has 'new car' smell, astronauts say (Update)
SpaceX's Dragon cargo vessel smells like a new car, said astronauts at the International Space Station after opening the hatches Saturday following the spacecraft's landmark mission to the orbiting lab.
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May 26, 2012 |
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Neil Armstrong gives rare interview - to accountant
The famously private Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has been coaxed into giving a rare interview -- with an Australian accountant.
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May 24, 2012 |
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Russia delivers three astronauts to ISS
Two Russians and an American joined three colleagues aboard the International Space Station Thursday for a mission that should include receiving the orbiter's first visit from a private spacecraft.
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May 17, 2012 |
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Three-man Soyuz crew departs for space station
(AP) -- A three-man crew blasted off from a space center in southern Kazakhstan Tuesday morning on board a Russian-made Soyuz craft for a four-and-half-month stay at the International Space Station.
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May 15, 2012 |
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Three astronauts land on Earth from ISS in Russian capsule
Two Russian spacemen and a NASA astronaut touched down safely Friday in the Kazakh steppe aboard a Soyuz capsule after a stay of almost six months aboard the International Space Station.
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Apr 27, 2012 |
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Three astronauts to land from ISS Friday
Three astronauts are due to land on Earth Friday after almost six months on board the International Space Station (ISS), the Russian flight control centre said on its website.
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Apr 27, 2012 |
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First camera trap photos of rare leopard in China
The first-known camera trap photos of an Amur leopard in China have recently been taken by protected area staff in Hunchun Amur Tiger National Nature Reserve in Jilin Province according to the Wildlife Conservation ...
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Russian cargo ship docks at International Space Station
The Russian cargo ship Progress M-15M successfully docked at the International Space Station on Sunday, the mission control centre said.
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Apr 22, 2012 |
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Russia declares 'Land of the Leopard' National Park
The Wildlife Conservation Society commends the Russian government for creating a new national park to protect critically endangered Amur (Siberian) tigers and the world's rarest big cat: the Far Eastern leopard.
Apr 13, 2012 |
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Satellite beacon mission suggested for asteroid Apophis
According to a Russian news story, a report just released by the Russian Academy of Sciences suggests sending a satellite with a radio beacon to asteroid 99942 Apophis for better determining its trajectory ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 10, 2012 |
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Cyber-defence slow due to generation gap: US official
Sluggish moves to counter the rising threat of cyber-attacks can be blamed on a generation of policymakers out of touch with rapid technological change, a senior US official said Monday.
Apr 02, 2012 |
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ISS crew takes shelter to avoid passing space junk
A piece of an old Russian satellite whizzed by the International Space Station on Saturday, forcing its six-member crew to temporarily take shelter in two Soyuz escape capsules, officials said.
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Mar 24, 2012 |
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NASA considering space station for Mars dry run
The International Space Station may provide the setting for a 500-day pretend trip to Mars in another few years.
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Mar 20, 2012 |
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Russia sets sights on Moon, Mars and beyond
Russia's crisis-hit space agency intends to send its first manned mission to the Moon and deploy research stations on Mars under an ambitious plan presented to the government this month.
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Mar 13, 2012 |
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