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Russia postpones next manned launch to ISS

Russia on Friday said the next manned launch taking astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) would take place two days later than previously announced, on November 14.

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created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

ISS to be sunk after 2020: Russian space agency

Russia and its partners plan to plunge the International Space Station (ISS) into the ocean at the end of its life cycle after 2020 so as not to leave space junk, its space agency said Wednesday.

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created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (12) | comments 47

Astronauts getting time off in space, finally

(AP) -- After a hectic week in orbit, the astronauts on NASA's last space shuttle flight got some time off Thursday to savor their historic experience.

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created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

China to attempt first space rendezvous

China will attempt its first space docking between two unmanned vehicles this year, the first step in efforts to build a Chinese space station, a senior official said Friday.

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created Apr 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Image: Dextre gets to work

Dextre, the Canadian Space Agency's robotic "handyman", is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 26 crew member aboard the International Space Station on Feb. 3, 2011.

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created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Space station tracks months-long voyages of ships at sea

ESA’s experimental ship detector on the International Space Station has pinpointed more than 60 000 ocean-going vessels so far. It has been able to follow the routes of individual ships for months at ...

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created Dec 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Russian resupply ship docks at International Space Station

An unmanned Russian supply vessel docked Sunday without trouble at the International Space Station, two days after a technical glitch forced a similar maneuver to be aborted.

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created Jul 04, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 3

Soviet space dogs blast-off to animated immortality

In space, no one can hear you bark. Two mongrels named Belka and Strelka made history in 1960 when they went into orbit in a Soviet space ship and then returned to Earth -- the first animals ever to survive the trip.

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created Mar 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Russian cargo ship arrives at space station

(AP) -- A Russian cargo ship has sucessfully docked at the International Space Station, delivering supplies for its crew of five.

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created Feb 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Space station gets new research module

(AP) -- A cargo ship has delivered a Russian research module to the International Space Station.

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tackling new Arctic challenges from space

International scientists, researchers and decision makers met at the 'Space and the Arctic workshop' to identify the needs and challenges of working and living in the rapidly changing Arctic and to explore how space-based ...

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created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Russian cargo ship docks with ISS

A Russian cargo ship, launched Friday from the Baikonur space station in Kazakhstan, docked Wednesday with the International Space Station, the Russian news agency Interfax said.

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created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Russian cargo ship blasts off for International Space Station

A Russian cargo ship blasted off Friday from the Baikonur space station in Kazakhstan on a mission to resupply the International Space Station (ISS), Russia's space agency said.

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created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Canada's Cirque du Soleil chief heads for the stars

Guy Laliberte, the larger-than-life Canadian entrepreneur behind the Cirque du Soleil phenomenon, announced Thursday he would fulfil a childhood dream by becoming the seventh space tourist.

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created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0