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Source: Xinhua Published: May 20, 2013 16:09
Russian space officials announced that a capsule containing mice and lizards has returned to Earth, but most of them died during their time in space, according to media reports Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 20, 2013 08:27
Made-in-Vietnam unmanned aerial vehicles successfully flew over Vietnam's Central Highlands Lam Dong province, local media reported.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 16, 2013 13:21
A US spacecraft searching for Earth-like planets is likely to end its quest as a second reaction wheel has broken down, NASA said Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 16, 2013 09:25
US researchers said Wednesday they have created the first global topographic map of Saturn's largest moon Titan, one of the most Earth-like in the solar system.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 16, 2013 09:21
Scientists have estimated that Mars is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least 3.9 meters across, US space agency NASA said Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 15, 2013 09:16
Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday praised the safe return to Earth by Chris Hadfield after a five-month mission as the first Canadian commander of the International Space Station.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 12, 2013 16:14
A solar halo occurs over the sky in Qamdo, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 12, 2013.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 12, 2013 09:48
Two US astronauts conducted an emergency spacewalk Saturday to inspect and replace a device believed to be the source of an ammonia leak in the orbiting laboratory's power system, US space agency NASA said.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 09, 2013 10:47
Kazakhstan will launch its third KazSat satellite in 2014, which will be able to offer telecommunication services to neighboring countries, according to the head of its national space agency (Kazkosmos) Talgat Musabayev.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 08, 2013 11:48
Stunning scenery in space
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 08, 2013 09:07
A new Earth Explorer mission "Biomass" is set to become the next in a series of satellites developed to further people's understanding of the Earth, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 07, 2013 19:16
A new Vega rocket lifted off at 0206 GMT on Tuesday from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, successfully placing three satellites into orbit, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Arianespace announced.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 07, 2013 17:31
Estonia's first satellite, ESTCube-1, was sent into orbit on Tuesday, making the small Baltic nation the 41st one in the world owning manmade object in space.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 07, 2013 17:30
After three days of delay due to the bad weather, Vietnam's first remote sensing satellite, VNRED Sat-1, was successfully launched Tuesday morning by Arianespace from the Guiana Space Center, French Guiana, local media reported.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 07, 2013 13:04
Mexican researcher Victor Velasco at the Geophysics Institute of the National Autonomous University (UNAM) Monday made several proposals for aerospace cooperation between Mexico and Russia.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 05, 2013 19:27
Nepal has formed a committee to study the feasibility of launching its first satellite to an orbital slot provided by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) decades ago, officials said Sunday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 05, 2013 09:03
Astronomers have witnessed a record-setting blast of gamma rays from a dying star in a distant galaxy that produced the highest-energy light ever detected from such an event.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 04, 2013 10:22
Biologists said on Friday they have discovered the fossil remains of a baby dinosaur in China that represents a new species of small theropod, or meat-eating dinosaur.
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Source: CRI Published: May 02, 2013 11:07
Chinese naval officials working at a land-based training facility for carrier-capable jets have taken some time to explain how their training works.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 02, 2013 09:10
Airplanes fly in front of the Hungarian Parliament during an air show above river Danube crossing central Budapest, Hungary, on May 1, 2013.
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