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India asks Russia for help sending astronaut to space in 2022
Oct 08, 2018 (Sputnik)
"The Indian side has approached us with a request on the implementation of its own project ensuring the launch of an Indian astronaut into space in 2022," Boris...
Space Station Crew Returns to Earth, Lands Safely in Kazakhstan
Oct 05, 2018 (SPX)
NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of the Russian space agency Roscosmos landed at 7:44 a.m. EDT (5:44 p.m. in Kazakhsta...
NASA, UAE Space Agency sign arrangement for cooperation in human spaceflight
Oct 05, 2018 (SPX)
The IA falls under the overarching Framework Agreement signed between the UAESA and NASA in June 2016, which established a framework for areas of cooperation in...
ISS astronauts return to Earth amid US-Russia tensions
Oct 04, 2018 (AFP)
NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos touched down on steppe land southeast of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan at the expe...
First UAE Astronaut to Fly to ISS for 11-Day Mission on April 5, 2019
Oct 04, 2018 (Sputnik)
According to the document, an astronaut will fly to the ISS on board the Russian Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft. It has not been determined yet if Hazza Mansouri or Sul...
Russian scientists develop high-precision laser for satellite navigation
Oct 04, 2018 (SPX)
This data can be used to specify the coordinates of artificial satellites in accordance with the lunar mass influence to make navigation systems more accurate. ...
NASA skeptical on sabotage theory after mystery ISS leak
Oct 03, 2018 (AFP)
The breach detected on August 29-30 in a Russian space craft docked at the orbiting station was not the result of a manufacturing defect, according to the Russi...
Philippines plans party crackdown on re-opened Boracay
Oct 03, 2018 (AFP)
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the resort shuttered to visitors in April, after declaring years of unchecked growth had turned the white-sand idyl...
Indian astronaut could ride Russian Soyuz to ISS in 2022
Oct 03, 2018 (Sputnik)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in August this year that his country would send a national crew to space on board domestically-developed Gaganyaan...
Russia finds ISS hole made deliberately: space chief
Oct 02, 2018 (AFP)
A first commission had delivered its report, Dmitry Rogozin, the head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos, said in televised remarks late Monday. "It conclude...
NASA Unveils Sustainable Campaign to Return to Moon, on to Mars
Sep 27, 2018 (SPX)
In answer to that bold call, and consistent with the NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2017, NASA recently submitted to Congress a plan to revitalize and add...
Russia's RSC Energia Ready to Offer Tourists Moon Flights
Sep 25, 2018 (Sputnik)
On Tuesday, SpaceX said that Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa would become the first private passenger to fly around the moon aboard the BFR launch vehicle. ...
Russia May Help India to Launch Country's First Manned Space Mission
Sep 25, 2018 (Sputnik)
Indian agency PTI reported, citing official sources, that the parties may sign the contract during the upcoming official visit of Vladimir Putin to New Delhi ea...
US-Russia space cooperation needs continued insulation from politics
Sep 25, 2018 (Sputnik)
"We've been able to make sure that space is set apart from all of these sometimes terrestrial challenges we have with our international partners, especially Rus...
Partnership, Teamwork Enable Landmark Science Glovebox Launch to Space Station
Sep 25, 2018 (SPX)
The JAXA H-IIB rocket, hauling the state-of-the-art microgravity research facility and other cargo via the H-II Transport Vehicle-7 (HTV-7), successfully lifted...
European Planetary Mapping: A Historical View of Our Solar System
Sep 24, 2018 (SPX)
"Production of planetary maps started in Europe in the 1600s. It expanded to the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1960s and, more recently, has spread ...
Japanese Rocket Blasts Off to Resupply Station
Sep 22, 2018 (SPX)
A little more than 15 minutes after launch, the unpiloted H-II Transfer Vehicle-7 (HTV-7) cargo spacecraft successfully separated from the rocket and began its ...
Orion's first Service Module integration complete
Sep 19, 2018 (ESA)
ESA's European service module will provide power, water, air and electricity to NASA's Orion exploration spacecraft that will eventually fly beyond the Moon wit...
NASA Will Pay Anyone $15,700 to Stay in Bed for 70 Days
Sep 18, 2018 (Sputnik)
If you feel that you're not getting enough sleep, this job may be a dream-come-true: NASA is offering $15,700 to anyone who will stay in bed for 70 days... all ...
Yusaku Maezawa: Japanese spaceman with a taste for art
Sep 18, 2018 (AFP)
The 42-year-old tycoon, chief executive of Japan's largest online fashion mall, is the country's 18th richest person, according to business magazine Forbes. His...
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