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A chronology of China's space programme

China on Tuesday launched an unmanned spacecraft to carry out a key docking mission, taking its next step towards the goal of building its first space station by 2020.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Gagarin's widow fetes space flight with US astronauts

Legendary astronauts, including a veteran of the US Apollo programme and the first man to walk in space Tuesday joined the widow of Yuri Gagarin in the Kremlin to remember his space flight 50 years ago.

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created Apr 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Experiment volunteers 'walk on Mars' (Images)

Two volunteers cut off from the rest world for eight months stepped out on a mock-up of Mars on Monday, reaching the dramatic half-way point of their experimental "voyage" to the Red Planet.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Experiment volunteers 'to land on Mars'

A group of volunteers will on Saturday reach a key stage in an unprecedented one-and-a-half year experiment to study the effects of a mission to Mars when they "land" on the Red Planet's surface.

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created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 1

China says manned space station possible around 2020

China said Wednesday that it planned to complete a manned space station around 2020, as the Asian nation pushes ahead with its ambitious space exploration programme.

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created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Soviet, US astronauts mark 35 years since space handshake

Elderly US astronauts reunited with their Soviet-era counterparts in Moscow on Wednesday to mark the 35th anniversary of their epic "handshake in space" in 1975 at the height of the Cold War.

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created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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

Japan's 'space beer' sparkles among drinkers

A Japanese brewer has come up with a beer that's truly out of this world -- one made with barley grown from a line of seeds that once orbited the Earth aboard the International Space Station.

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created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

China to launch second lunar probe: state media

China will launch its second moon orbiter next October, state media reported Friday, as it powers ahead with a space programme that has sparked concerns abroad.

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created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

China breaks ground on space launch center

(AP) -- China broke ground on its fourth space center Monday, highlighting the country's soaring space ambitions six years after it sent its first man into orbit.

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created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NASA uncovers cause of shuttle delay

Engineers from the US space agency NASA think they have discovered the cause of a hydrogen leak which twice delayed a high-profile shuttle launch this month, according to the agency.

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created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0