Posts Tagged ‘space’

China gears up for launch of Chang'e-2 moon mission

China gears up for launch of Chang’e-2 moon mission

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 10:29

China’s second moon rocket, Chang'e-2, is to be launched on October 1.

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ISRO announces space mission plans

Monday, July 12, 2010 18:48

The Indian Space Research Organization is focused on sending Indian astronauts into space.

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Superstorm unfolding on planet Osiris

Friday, June 25, 2010 19:27

Astronomers at the Leiden Obeservatory in the Netherlands have found a global superstorm taking place on HD 209458b (better known to astronomers as Osiris). This is the first time that such an astronomical activity has been observed to be unfolding outside our solar system.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars into space

Sunday, June 6, 2010 8:10

The Falcon 9 rocket successfully took to space at its inaugural test flight on June 4, 2010.

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Newton’s apple tree’s wood to be taken on Space Shuttle Atlantis

Sunday, May 9, 2010 8:19

A small piece of wood taken from the apple tree, under which Sir Isaac Newton was sitting 350 years ago when he discovered the law of gravity, will be carried into space on board the space shuttle Atlantis scheduled for lift-off next week from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

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Dassault VSH spacecraft in the works

Dassault VSH spacecraft in the works

Thursday, May 6, 2010 19:23

Dassault Aviation finalising plans for suborbital spacecraft

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IKAROS, solar sail satellite from Japan, set for launch in May 2010

IKAROS, solar sail satellite from Japan, set for launch in May 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010 10:32

Japan to launch first solar sail spacecraft IKAROS

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X-37B spaceplane launches from Cape Canaveral

X-37B spaceplane launches from Cape Canaveral

Friday, April 23, 2010 18:50

An unmanned prototype of a spaceplane, which has been developed for the US Military, has blasted off from Cape Canaveral on an experimental mission.

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Barack Obama reveals his Mars plans for NASA

Saturday, April 17, 2010 7:44

President Barack Obama has announced his plans to send American astronauts to orbit Mars by the 2030s.

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GSLV-D3 with cryogenic engine to launch on 15 April

Thursday, April 8, 2010 15:46

India's GSLV-3 with cryogenic engine tech to launch on 15 April

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