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US squeezes French-led satellite maker over China

The State Department last month quietly warned the Thales Alenia Space, that export licenses needed ...

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NATO supplies continue via Pakistan air space: US

Pakistani Parliament will decide whether or not to reopen land supply route after review of relation...

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Russia may spend $12 bn on satellite navigation system

Russia may spend 346.5 billion rubles (almost $12 billion) on its Glonass satellite navigation syste...

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NASA calls for new taxis to fly to Space Station

NASA is looking for at least two US firms to design and build space taxis to ferry astronauts to and...

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Spacecraft spots signs of ancient ocean

European Space Agency`s Mars Express spacecraft has provided strong evidence that an ocean may have ...

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Iran to launch new generation of satellites

Iran is planning to send a new generation of satellites into orbit to mark the 33rd anniversary of t...

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Former ISRO chiefs mum on Antrix-Devas reports

Former chiefs of ISRO chose to keep mum on the findings of two reports based on which punitive actio...

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Russia eyes mission to reach moon this decade

Russian scientists are looking forward to have a man on the moon by 2020.

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More people now want to be astronauts: NASA

NASA has received 6,372 applications for its 2013 class of astronauts, double the usual number.

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Hubble’s image offers clear view of barred spiral

Most spiral galaxies in the Universe have a bar structure in their centre. Now, new image taken by H...

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Iran to set up space launch base

Iran plans to establish a national satellite launch base in the southeast of the country, adjacent t...

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NASA says Russian space woes no worry

NASA says it still has confidence in the quality of Russia`s manned rockets, despite an embarrassing...

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NASA films far side of Moon

Rare and spectacular video footage of the far side of the Moon has been captured by a NASA spacecraf...

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`Beijing was on the path of crashed satellite`

Beijing, the Chinese capital was "perilously close" to a major catastrophe when the city came direct...

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Indian teacher chosen for US space programme

Vandana Suryawanshi of Vidya Valley School in Maharashtra is a middle school educator who has been t...

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Russia launches space freighter to ISS

A Russian Soyuz-U rocket carrying the Progress M-14M cargo spacecraft was launched just after midnig...

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Gingrich calls for moon base, space contests

Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich called on Wednesday for a base on the moon and an ex...

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Space Shuttle Discovery headed to the Smithsonian

The Smithsonian`s National Air and Space Museum is preparing to welcome the space shuttle Discovery ...

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Regional variations observed amongst Titan’s dunes

Titan`s dune terrains tend to vary in shape, size and distribution over the surface, a new study has...

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Strongest solar storm since 2005 hitting Earth

Space weather officials say the strongest solar storm in more than six years is bombarding Earth wit...

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Fission rockets, the gen next in space exploration

Fission rockets could be a vital stepping-stone technology towards the next generation of interstell...

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Sun helping to ‘scrub’ space trash from orbit

A report released by the NASA suggested that solar activity might be able to help alleviate the spac...

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NASA debunks mysterious triangular “UFO” footage

Scientists have debunked a mysterious triangular “UFO” footage captured by a NASA telescope, which f...

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China`s 1st interplanetary probe hits mars mission

Loss of China’s first interplanetary probe, attached to an ill-fated Russian spacecraft, has cost sc...

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Indians among top contenders in Space Lab contest

Indian students are among the 60 finalists in a global science competition, `YouTube Space Lab`, and...

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US, EU join hands to set outer space code

The US has decided to join the European Union (EU) and other nations to draw up an international cod...

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SpaceX delays February flight to space station

SpaceX said on Thurday it has postponed its February test flight of the Dragon capsule to the Intern...

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Mystery persists over Russian spacecraft fall site

Russian officials say they still have no firm information where a failed Mars moon probe plummeted t...

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‘Oozing’ exoplanet may be the weirdest discovery

Astronomers may have spotted an exoplanet that ‘oozes’ supercritical liquid – thanks to NASA’s Spitz...

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ISS moves up and out of way of debris

The International Space Station has moved up and out of the way of a softball-sized piece of space j...

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Fire at space centre in Sriharikota

A fire broke out at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on Saturday, reports said.

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China launches meteorological satellite

China Friday successfully launched a meteorological satellite.

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Russian spacecraft to crash to Earth Jan 15

A Russian spacecraft designed to burnish the nation`s faded space glory in a mission to one of Mars`...

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How black holes fire gas jets into space

Scientists are a step closer to figuring out how black holes can fire superfast gas bullets into spa...

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China develops largest propellant tank

China has developed its rocket propellant tank to store hydrogen fuel for the country`s next-generat...

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Russia says spacecraft may crash into Indian Ocean

Russia`s space agency predicts that the fragments of a failed Russian space probe`s could fall into ...

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Black hole caught firing gas ‘bullets’ into space

Researchers have now captured the exact moment when a black hole in our galaxy triggered gigantic an...

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Russia hints at foul play in its space failures

The head of Russia`s beleaguered space programme hinted today that foreign powers may be behind the ...

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Maglev flies may help in space missions

Weightlessness in fruit flies here on earth with the use of powerful magnets causes flies to walk mo...

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‘Impossible’ crystals came to earth from space

According a study, Quasicrystals, which were once thought to be ‘impossible’ in nature, may have arr...

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Indian cyberspace hit by Kim Jong-il spam

Indian computer security analysts have detected and alerted internet users against "malicious spam m...

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Moon countdown: Hours until 1st NASA probe arrives

NASA is counting down the seconds until its twin spacecraft bound for the moon make back-to-back arr...

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IAF to select crew for India`s 1st manned mission

Indian Air Force (IAF) has signed an MoU with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and is n...

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China plans for more space missions

China on Thursday said it will push forward its exploration of planets, asteroids and solar system ...

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2011: A year of satisfactory space missions for ISRO

During 2011, ISRO launched 8 satellites using its own rocket PSLV and one communication satellite GS...

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Namibian ‘space ball’ turns out to be a fuel tank

A mysterious metal ball that thudded to a remote grassland in Namibia last month has been identified...

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Russia`s space industry in crisis: Official

Russia has experienced a number of launch mishaps in the past 13 months.

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Mysterious ‘space ball’ falls in Namibia

A mysterious metal ball apparently fell from the sky near a village in the north of Namibia, 480 mil...

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Most distant galaxy produces 100 suns per year

Astronomers have discovered that one of the most distant galaxies known is churning out stars at a s...

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NASA`s Dawn beams back new images of asteroid

NASA`s Dawn spacecraft is sending back the most close-up images of the asteroid Vesta since it slipp...

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