Europe’s Schiaparelli Mars lander: What do we know?
Scientists and engineers were piecing together clues "Schiaparelli" Mars lander, which fell silent just seconds… Read More
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Space
Robot explorers all set for Mars quest: ESA
PARIS: Europe will send a tiny lander on a scorching, supersonic tumble to Mars as… Read More
9 years ago
Two Russians, one American blast off to ISS
BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN:Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut soared into orbit in a Soyuz spacecraft… Read More
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SpaceX’s Elon Musk outlines plans for humans to colonize Mars
SpaceX is developing a massive rocket and capsule to transport large numbers of people and… Read More
9 years ago
China unveils Mars rover, aims for 2020 mission
BEIJING: China has showed off its first images of a rover it plans to sent… Read More
9 years ago
NASA newest space mission to excavate asteroid with Solo cup
MIAMI: The idea for a device that could unveil the origins of life in our… Read More
9 years ago
Apollo astronauts have greater heart risk: study
PARIS: NASA's Apollo astronauts, the only humans to have travelled beyond Earth's protective magnetosphere, die… Read More
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SpaceX launches cargo to space station
MIAMI: A SpaceX rocket blasted off Monday toward the International Space Station, carrying a load… Read More
9 years ago
Three astronauts touch down after 6 months in space
MOSCOW: A three-man crew, including British astronaut Tim Peake, landed in the Kazakh steppe on Saturday… Read More
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Europe’s comet orbiter back after ‘dramatic’ silence
PARIS: Europe's trailblazing spacecraft Rosetta has resumed its mission to probe a comet hurtling through the… Read More
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Mark Zuckerberg streams live chat with men in space
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg took the leading social network on a new journey Wednesday,… Read More
9 years ago
NASA tries again to inflate spare room in space
WASHINGTON: NASA tried again Saturday to inflate an add-on room at the International Space Station,… Read More
9 years ago
China aims for manned moon landing within 20 years
BEIJING: China wants to put astronauts on the moon by 2036, the latest goal in… Read More
9 years ago
British astronaut runs marathon in space
LONDON: British astronaut Tim Peake ran a marathon in space in record time on Sunday,… Read More
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Nasa to test fire in space by burning unmanned orbiting craft
WASHINGTON: NASA said it will test the effects of a large fire in space by… Read More
9 years ago
Japan asteroid probe enters ‘target orbit’ in space quest
TOKYO: A Japanese space probe successfully entered "target orbit" and is on its way to… Read More
10 years ago
Three-man international crew safely reaches space station
ALMATY: A Russian Soyuz spaceship safely delivered a three-man international crew, including Denmark's first astronaut,… Read More
10 years ago
Japan space scientists hunting for new asteroid name
TOKYO: Japanese space scientists are on the hunt for a new name for an asteroid… Read More
10 years ago
Morgues run out of space as heat wave kills more than 1,000 in Karachi
KARACHI: The worst heat wave to hit Karachi for nearly 35 years has killed more… Read More
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Space probe 'Dawn' enters orbit of dwarf planet Ceres: NASA
WASHINGTON: The US space probe Dawn began orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres Friday on a… Read More
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