News tagged with manned space station

China plans space station with module launch in 2010

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (7) | 1

China will launch a space module next year and carry out the nation's first space docking in 2011 as a step towards its goal of building a space station, state media said Sunday.

Europe launches study into manned spacecraft scheme

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Jul 08, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 1

The European Space Agency (ESA) said it had taken an important first step in a tentative project to build a manned spacecraft that would be launched atop its Ariane 5 rocket.

Russian ship with tourist docks with space station: reports

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Mar 28, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying second-time space tourist Charles Simonyi along with a US and a Russian astronaut docked Saturday at the International Space Station, media reports quoted the control centre near Moscow as ...

China picks first female astronaut candidates

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Sep 17, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- China's military-backed space program has selected 45 astronaut candidates, including its first women hopefuls, for a training program less than a year after the country completed its first spacewalk.

NASA proposes $17.6 billion budget

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Feb 05, 2008 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

U.S. space officials proposed spending $17.6 billion next year with a focus on the International Space Station and space shuttle programs.

Space station gets new research module

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Nov 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

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

Russia: no space for space tourists

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 26, 2009 | 2.7 / 5 (3) | 1

(AP) -- A top Russian space official says there is no space for tourists wishing to fly to the International Space Station.

Astronauts get extra moving time at space station

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Nov 20, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- The astronauts aboard the shuttle-station complex are getting some extra moving time.

Top US lawmaker skeptical of new space funding

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 17, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (6) | 4

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was personally skeptical of manned space missions and warned that NASA's future funding could depend on whether it was likely to create jobs.

NASA: Floating 'junk' no threat to space station

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Nov 28, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- NASA says a piece of old space junk that it's been tracking for a few days is no threat to the International Space Station.

Cargo craft docks with space station

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Oct 18, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- A cargo ship has delivered food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the International Space Station.

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