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ISS astronauts land safely in Kazakhstan

3 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

A space capsule carrying a Belgian, a Canadian and a Russian landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Tuesday after the trio spent half a year on the International Space Station (ISS).

Chang'E-1 has blazed a new trail in China's deep space exploration

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A huge amount of scientific data have been accumulated by the CE-1 lunar orbiter. Using laser altimeter data, Jinsong Ping and Qian Huang et al obtained improved 3D lunar topography, and based on this, they ...

Rocket test will carry Purdue experiment

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15 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers are designing and building an experiment that will operate during a test flight of a new type of reusable rocket to be launched by aerospace company Blue Origin LLC.

GOES-14 (O) moving into on-orbit storage around the Earth

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16 hours ago | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite named GOES-14, is being placed in on-orbit storage this month to await its call to duty.

Superior Super Earths

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

16 hours ago | 4.8 / 5 (33) | 7

Super Earths are named for their size, but these planets - which range from about 2 to 10 Earth masses - could be superior to the Earth when it comes to sustaining life. They could also provide an answer to ...