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Russia to postpone next manned space launch

Russia plans to postpone its next manned launch to the International Space Station (ISS) by at least a month, the head of its space agency's manned programmes told the RIA Novosti news agency Tuesday.

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created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Russian cargo vessel takes off for space station

The Russian cargo ship Progress M-14M was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early Thursday, bringing water and fuel to the International Space Station, the mission control centre said.

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created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Solar storm sparks dazzling northern lights

A storm from the broiling sun turned the chilly northernmost skies of Earth into an ever-changing and awe-provoking art show of northern lights on Tuesday.

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Boeing leasing shuttle hangar to build new capsule (Update)

Boeing is taking over one of NASA's old space shuttle hangars to build a new capsule that the company hopes will lift astronauts to orbit in four or five years.

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created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Russian cargo ship launched to space station

A Russian cargo ship was launched successfully to the International Space Station on Sunday, clearing the way for the next manned mission and easing concerns about the station's future after a previous failed launch.

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created Oct 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Russia launches first Soyuz rocket since August crash

A Russian Soyuz-2 rocket launched a GLONASS navigation satellite on Sunday, the defence ministry said, in the first launch since a freighter carried by the flagship vehicle crashed into Earth in August.

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created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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

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