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Russia plans four spacecraft launches in 2014

Russia`s Energia Rocket and Space Corporation will make four launches next year from the Pacific Oce...

New Russian spacecraft reusable for up to five flights

Russia`s new reusable spacecraft being developed by the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation will be...

NASA`s Cassini gets close-up of hurricane on Saturn

Thanks to NASA`s Cassini spacecraft, scientists have obtained the first close-up, visible-light view...

Umanned Russian spaceship suffers mishap on way to ISS

The incident threatens to cast a new shadow over a once-vaunted programme that competed with the Uni...

NASA spacecraft reveals new details of Earth`s magnetosphere

NASA`s Wind spacecraft has provided new information about the changing conditions in the Earth`s mag...

Ice cloud over Titan`s south pole indicate fall on Saturn`s moon

NASA`s Cassini spacecraft has observed an ice cloud taking shape over Titan`s south pole, the latest...

Saturn`s rings and moons claimed to be 4 billion years old

The dazzling rings of Saturn and its moons are likely to be more than 4 billion years old, scientist...

SpaceX Dragon spacecraft returns to Earth

SpaceX Dragon spacecraft successfully completed second cargo flight to the ISS on Tuesday, with a 12...

Dragon spacecraft`s return from ISS postponed

The return of the US Dragon space freighter from the International Space Station (ISS) to Earth has ...

NASA`s Cassini spies bright Venus from Saturn orbit

The Earth`s twin planet, Venus shines like a bright beacon in images taken by NASA`s Cassini spacecr...

China to launch new manned spacecraft

China`s new manned spacecraft will be launched sometime between June and August, authorities said.

Tiny moons lurk in Saturn`s rings

Tiny moons that can barely be seen hide inside Saturn`s majestic rings, according to researchers.

Cassini spacecraft sheds light on how cosmic rays are accelerated

The international Cassini spacecraft has detected particles being accelerated to ultra-high energies...

NASA`s spacecraft sending new info from Saturn`s moons

NASA`s longstanding Cassini mission to Saturn continues to provide scientists with exciting new insi...

Russian space freighter docks with ISS

Russia`s Progress M-18M cargo spacecraft, launched Monday, performed an automated docking with the I...

Space expertise improves racing cars’ performance

High-performance racing cars are now driving more smoothly than before, thanks to space-ready rubber...

Soon, hypersonic SpaceLiner that travels at 24 times the speed of sound

A hypersonic SpaceLiner that could reach 24 times the speed of sound and transport passengers from L...

China to have 200 orbiting spacecraft by 2020

China will have more than 200 orbiting spacecraft by 2020, People`s Daily reported Saturday.

Russia launches manned spacecraft to ISS

Russia launched its manned spacecraft Wednesday from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan, Xinhua...

NASA restores Apollo`s Moon dust data

Forty years after the last Apollo spacecraft was launched, NASA has restored the readings from the d...

Saturn’s largest moon Titan `icier than thought`

A new analysis of topographic and gravity data from Titan has indicated that the icy outer crust of ...

NASA’s new sprayable paint protects spacecraft from `harmful` new car smell

A team of NASA engineers has created a highly porous, sprayable coating that that attracts and then ...

Can dead stars hold future of spacecraft navigation?

Scientists are investigating the feasibility of using X-rays from dead stars to allow spacecrafts to...

NASA plans `gateway spacecraft` for Mars mission

NASA will build a manned base beyond the dark side of the moon as a "gateway spacecraft", to serve a...

NASA`s Dawn spacecraft finds hydrogen on asteroid Vesta

Vesta, the giant asteroid, has its own version of ring around the collar, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has...

Secrets of Mercury’s geological history revealed

The MESSENGER spacecraft has been revealing new information about the surface chemistry and geologic...

NASA`s Dawn spacecraft leaves for dwarf planet

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on Wednesday began its two-and-a-half-year journey to the dwarf planet Ceres.

NASA`s Dawn spacecraft to leave giant asteroid Vesta for dwarf planet

NASA`s Dawn spacecraft is set to become the first probe to orbit and study two distant solar system ...

NASA launches twin-spacecraft mission to explore earth’s radiation belts

NASA has launched its Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), the first twin-spacecraft mission designed...

NASA to launch $3,500 Google-powered smartphone as spacecraft

NASA has unveiled a new project to create tiny and cheap satellites by using the insides of a mobile...

SpaceX spacecraft to make second supply run to ISS

US private company SpaceX will launch its Dragon space freighter on a next resupply mission to the I...

NASA delays the launch of twin satellites to explore earth`s radiation belts

NASA will launch two probes on Friday to study the enigmatic radiation belts around the earth that c...

Signs changing fast for NASA`s voyager at edge of solar system

Two of three key signs of changes expected to occur at the boundary of interstellar space have chang...

Russian cargo ship redocks with space station

An unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft has redocked with the International Space Station after an abor...

Daytime lightning spotted on Saturn

Scientists have for the first time detected lightning in visible wavelengths on the side of Saturn i...

Gas clouds over Titan reveal changing seasons on Saturn’s moon

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected a concentration of high-altitude haze and a vortex materializ...

Russian spacecraft returns to earth

A Russian spacecraft with three crewmembers on board returned to earth Sunday.

China`s astronaut trio returns to Earth

The spacecraft Shenzhou-9 carrying the three astronauts landed at the designated spot at Inner Mongo...

What powers Saturn`s turbulent jet streams revealed

Scientists have finally discovered the mechanism that drives turbulent jet streams in Saturn’s atmos...

China`s manned spacecraft docks with space module

China`s first manned spacecraft Shenzhou-9, Monday successfully docked with the Tiangong-1 space mod...

Earth-like rocky worlds could form earlier than expected

Building a terrestrial planet requires raw materials that weren’t available in the early history of ...

China gears up for manned space docking this June

China will launch a manned spacecraft this month to accomplish its first manned space docking missio...

Egyptian teen invents spacecraft propulsion system

A 19-year-old Egyptian university student has invented a futuristic propulsion system for spacecraft...

China looks at algae for oxygen in long space missions

Algae are a large and diverse group of simple, typically autotrophic organisms which are photosynthe...

Soyuz craft carrying three-man crew lands safely

A Soyuz capsule with two Russians and an American on board touched down safely today in mild weather...

Blazing trails in Saturn’s F-ring captured

New images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft show rogue kilometre-sized objects punching through Saturn...

`NASA`s spacecraft fuel shortage can be tackled by 2017`

Shortage of spacecraft fuel that has cast doubts over NASA`s future space missions may soon be preve...

Three ISS crew to return to earth

Three crew members of the International Space Station (ISS) will return to earth April 27, the count...

Mystery cloud spotted on Mars

Scientists are baffled by a bizarre phenomenon they observed on Mars last week.

Saturn’s gravity `stresses` icy moon’s erupting jets

Astronomers have long been intrigued by the huge fissures on the Enceladus’ ice-covered surface that...

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