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Source: Xinhua Published: August 09, 2011 09:04
China will put into space a high-definition civil survey satellite, the first of its kind in the country, at the end of this year, said an official of the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 08, 2011 09:56
About 3,000 astronomers will get together in Beijing in August 2012 to attend the 28th congress of the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 08, 2011 09:22
In this photo released by NASA, an Atlas V rocket launches with the Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the United States, Aug. 5, 2011. Juno will arrive at Jupiter in July 2016 and orbit its poles 33 times to learn more about the gas giant's interior, atmos...
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 08, 2011 09:10
About 3,000 astronomers will get together in Beijing in August 2012 to attend the 28th congress of the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 07, 2011 10:44
The Ariane 5, carrying Astra 1N and BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R, was launched at 2252 GMT on Saturday from Kourou launch centre in French Guiana, according to live broadcast of the launching process.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 05, 2011 09:37
Observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed possible flowing water during the warmest months on Mars, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced Thursday.
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Source: Globaltimes.cn Published: August 04, 2011 17:22
Two cosmonauts have completed a six-hour spacewalk to install research equipment on the International Space Station's outer surface, space officials said Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 04, 2011 17:16
Two Russian cosmonauts manually launched a mini satellite from the International Space Station ( ISS) during a six-hour spacewalk Wednesday, said the Mission Control center near Moscow.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 01, 2011 14:22
Solar-powered spacecraft Juno will be launched for a five-year journey to Jupiter for research, according to NASA reports on Sunday. Its trip to Jupiter, set to begin on August 5 when the launch window opens at 11:34 am.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 28, 2011 09:53
The solar-powered, Jupiter- bound Juno spacecraft was secured into place on top of its rocket Wednesday in preparation for launch next month, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 28, 2011 09:32
Astronomers studying observations taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission have discovered the first known "Trojan" asteroid orbiting the sun along with Earth.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 27, 2011 10:45
China successfully launched an orbiter into space at 5:44 a.m. Beijing Time Wednesday, as a part of its indigenous satellite navigation and positioning network known as Beidou, or Compass system, sources with the launch center said.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 27, 2011 09:57
China successfully launched an orbiter into space at 5:44 a.m. Beijing Time Wednesday, as a part of its indigenous satellite navigation and positioning network known as Beidou, or Compass system, sources with the launch center said.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 26, 2011 15:24
The hatch of the Jiaolong, a Chinese manned submersible, opened at 10:13 am Beijing time, returning after having successfully reached a depth of 5,057 meters at 6:12 am.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 24, 2011 14:30
A Long March II-F carrier rocket, the launch vehicle for China's first module of a planned space station, arrived at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu Province on Saturday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 23, 2011 10:16
Two teams of astronomers have discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said on Friday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 21, 2011 09:32
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a fourth moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced Wednesday in a statement.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 19, 2011 16:32
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Monday commemorated the 90th birthday of astronaut John Glenn, the first US astronaut to orbit the Earth and also the oldest person to fly to space when he launched on the space shuttle in 1998.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 19, 2011 09:57
The spacecraft Dawn of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has returned the first close-up image of the giant asteroid Vesta after entering its orbit for the first time last week, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) announced on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 18, 2011 10:31
The Italian Frecce Tricolori aerobatic demonstration team performs on the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) in Fairford, Britain, July 16, 2011. The annual RIAT, one of the world's largest military air show, is held from July 16 to 17. Photo: Xinhua
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