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Source: Xinhua Published: February 22, 2012 09:31
Using Hubble space telescope, an international team of astronomers have come up with a new class of planet, according to a report published online Tuesday in The Astrophysical Journal.
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Source: Globaltimes.cn Published: February 10, 2012 11:05
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has embarked on a program to build capacity in mapping land/forest cover in Fiji using very high resolution satellite images, according to SPC Regional Community Forester Jalesi Mateboto on Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 03, 2012 15:15
Iran on Friday successfully launched an observation satellite into orbit under a presidential decree, said the country's Press TV.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 01, 2012 09:38
A planned launch to take new crew to the International Space Station (ISS) had been postponed by at least a month due to a rocket defect, Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 24, 2012 15:13
The annual output value of China's satellite navigation industry is estimated to reach more than 225 billion yuan ($35.64 billion) in 2015, according to a latest research report on the country's geographic information sector.
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Source: Global Times Published: January 20, 2012 00:35
China plans to put 30 satellites into Earth's orbit this year with 21 launches, after the country's space activities hit a record high last year, when 22 satellites were sent into space with 19 Long March rockets.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 18, 2012 14:03
The United States decided to join the European Union (EU) and other nations to draw up an international code of conduct for outer space activities, said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 17, 2012 15:01
Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is more Earth-like than thought, with layered atmosphere that affects the moon's wind patterns, dune spacing and cloud formation, according to media reports Tuesday citing a study in a recent issue of Nature Geoscience.
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Source: Global Times Published: January 17, 2012 00:35
Russia vowed Monday to expose the officials responsible for the failure of a Mars probe the military said crashed into the Pacific Ocean after being stuck in orbit around the Earth for more than two months.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 14, 2012 10:25
Russia's failed Phobos-Grunt Mars probe spacecraft will likely plunge back to Earth between Jan. 15 and Jan. 16, Russian and US media reported Friday.
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Source: Global Times Published: January 12, 2012 10:09
China has successfully developed its largest rocket propellant tank, to be used to contain hydrogen fuel for the Long March-5 carrier rocket, the tank's developer said Wednesday .
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Source: Global Times Published: January 10, 2012 01:05
China successfully launched the Ziyuan III satellite yesterday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China’s Shanxi Province.
The civilian satellite carrying high-resolution remote-sensing, equipment was launched at 11:17 am aboard a Long March 4B rocket.
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Source: Global Times Published: December 30, 2011 10:20
A security guard stands near an overturned Tupolev Tu-34 passenger jet at the airfield outside the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh Thursday. The packed jet flipped over and caught fire on landing in Osh on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 29, 2011 14:00
China adheres to a principle of peaceful development in its space missions and the use of outer space for peaceful purposes, a spokesman for the China National Space Administration said Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 27, 2011 15:21
Two NASA spacecrafts launched from Florida in September are set to enter orbit around moon over the New Year's weekend to measure the gravity field and lunar interior, according to media reports on Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 24, 2011 09:35
The newly-launched Russian communications satellite "Meridian" failed to reach its planned orbit and crashed in the Siberia region on Friday, according to the Russian Aerospace Forces.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 21, 2011 14:58
This handout image by NASA on Dec. 20, 2011 shows an artist's conception illustrating Kepler-20e. NASA's Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system.
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Source: Global Times Published: December 21, 2011 09:52
A Russian Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz TMA- 03M spacecraft at the launch pad of the Baikonur cosmodrome Tuesday. The launch of the Soyuz TMA- 03M with an international crew of US astronaut Donald Pettit, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers is scheduled for Wednesd...
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 20, 2011 09:58
China successfully sent a Nigerian communication satellite into orbit with its Long March-3B carrier rocket from southwest Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 00:41 Beijing Time Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 14, 2011 10:33
NASA's car-sized Curiosity rover has begun monitoring space radiation during its 8-month trip from Earth to Mars, the US space agency announced Tuesday. The research will aid in planning for future human missions to the Red Planet.
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