News tagged with unmanned space

Life on Mars theory boosted by new methane study

Scientists have ruled out the possibility that methane is delivered to Mars by meteorites, raising fresh hopes that the gas might be generated by life on the red planet, in research published tomorrow in Earth an ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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Jeff Bezos' spaceship fails during test flight

An unmanned spacecraft bankrolled by Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeff Bezos failed during a recent test flight.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 03, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (18) | comments 31

China's second lunar probe enters moon orbit: media

China's second lunar probe entered the moon's orbit on Saturday, eight days after the Long March 3C rocket carrying the Chang'e-2 blasted off from the launch centre, state media reported.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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US military spacecraft back on ground after 7 months

An unmanned US Air Force spacecraft with a vaguely defined military mission landed early Friday in California after a seven-month mission, officials said.

Technology / Engineering

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China to launch space station's first module

China said Tuesday it will launch its Tiangong-1 space module later this month, marking its first step towards building a Chinese space station.

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created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 7

Russians desperately try to save Mars moon probe (Update)

A Russian space probe aiming to land on a Mars moon was stuck circling the Earth after equipment failure Wednesday, and scientists raced to fire up its engines before the whole thing came crashing down.

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created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 83

India loses communication with lunar satellite (Update)

(AP) -- India's national space agency said communications with the country's only satellite orbiting the moon snapped Saturday and that its scientists were no longer controlling the spacecraft.

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No landing date yet for Air Force's mystery craft

A secretive unmanned space plane is staying in orbit a little longer.

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created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 4

NASA Successfully Launches a New Eye on the Sun

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, lifted off Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 41 on a first-of-a-kind mission to reveal the sun's inner workings in ...

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'Xombie' rocket makes first free-flight for NASA

A privately built rocket has made its first free-flight in the California desert as part of a NASA program exploring vertical landing systems for solar system exploration.

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created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Europe launches third robot freighter to space station

An automated craft laden with supplies for the International Space Station (ISS) headed into space on Friday in the heaviest launch ever undertaken by Europe.

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created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Japan rocket ferrying supplies to space station

(AP) -- A Japanese rocket carrying supplies for the International Space Station successfully lifted off from a remote island Saturday on a mission designed to help fill a hole left by the retirement of NASA's ...

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created Jan 22, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

India launches seven satellites: space agency

India successfully launched seven satellites including six from foreign countries on Wednesday, officials said, underlining the country's ambitions in the space business.

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created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

China unveils photos of moon

China on Monday unveiled photos taken by its lunar probe of the moon's Sinus Iridium, the area marked out for the nation's first landing, highlighting the success of the mission so far.

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Japan to develop midair rocket-launch system

The government has launched a project to develop a midair rocket-launching system that can place satellites in orbit, it has been learned.

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