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Design Of Chandrayaan-2 Ready Bangalore, India (PTI) Aug 17, 2009
India has completed the design of Chandrayaan-2, its next mission to the moon - this time in collaboration with Russia - that would have a lander and rover which can collect samples of the lunar soil and analyse them and send back the data. "Right now, the design has been completed. We had a joint review with Russian scientists here," Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation ... read moreSouth Korea Set To Launch Its First Carrier Rocket On August 11
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 11, 2009South Korea will launch its first carrier rocket from the Naro Space Center on August 11, the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Monday. The rocket will bear a small research satellite. The launch was originally planned for July 30, but Russian experts who took part in the development of the rocket asked for additional time to test and adjust on-board systems to ensure its ... more
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South Korea First Space Rocket Launch May Be Postponed
Seoul (YNA) Aug 05, 2009South Korea said Tuesday it may have to again postpone the launch of its first space rocket because further examination of a critical combustion test conducted last week is needed. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said that while Russia successfully completed the "hot fire test" last Thursday, some "technical issues" still have to be clarified, requiring more time. ... more Progress I-67 Docks After Five Day Flight
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jul 31, 2009Russian cargo transport vehicle Progress I-67 after a five-day free flight has docked to the International Space Station (ISS). All the dynamic operations leading to rendezvous and docking were performed under supervision of the Technical Management (Technical Manager is the President of RSC Energia after S.P. Korolev, Designer General V.A. Lopota) Flight control specialists and members of ... more Russian Space Freighter Docks With ISS
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 30, 2009Russia's Progress M-67 cargo spacecraft successfully docked on Wednesday with the International Space Station (ISS), Russian Mission Control said. A Russian Soyuz-U rocket with the freighter lifted off on Friday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. The Progress took five days instead of the usual two to reach the ISS because of a delay in the arrival of U.S. space shuttle En ... more |
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NASA Brings Total Solar Eclipse To The Masses
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 20, 2009Save the date Aug. 1, 2008, to watch a total eclipse of the sun. NASA Television will share this stunning visual treat with observers around the world in a live streaming webcast, thanks to a partnership with the University of California at Berkeley and the Exploratorium. On August 1, a total solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Canada, northern Greenland, the Arctic, central Russia ... more Orphans of Apollo Now Available On DVD
Los Angeles, CA (SPX) 13, 2009Free Radical Productions has now made the documentary film, "Orphans of Apollo," available on DVD @ www.OrphansofApollo.com. "Orphans of Apollo" is the award winning documentary that has been called the "greatest space story never told." The film "Orphans of Apollo," tells the extraordinary true story of a small group of entrepreneurs who felt 'orphaned' by President Nixon's decision to ... more Astronauts May Get Their Wheaties
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 17, 2009Does a sandwich on Mars taste different? The answer could be no, according to new research that found long-term spaceflight exposure doesn't change later generations of wheat seeds. Molecular biologist Robert Ferl of the University of Florida and colleagues studied wheat seeds descended from plants that flew on the Russian Mir space station. The progenitor plants were in space for 167 days ... more |
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