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China's space success linked with its larger political, diplomatic goals:
Updated : 3 years ago IST
By continually playing up Tiangong as a feat of self-reliance, Beijing undermines the potential contributions of international partners.
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NASA launches 6th crewed mission of Elon Musk company SpaceX to ISS
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The crew - including two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut, and an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates- are expected to reach the ISS outpost early Friday to begin a six-month stay,
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Europe won't send astronauts to China's Tiangong space station
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The European Space Agency manages Europe's space program and it has been training its astronauts with their Chinese counterparts. In 2017, it said the goal was to fly European astronauts on the Chinese space station from 2022.
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NASA astronauts successfully install new roll-out solar array on space sta
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Spacewalkers, on Sunday, have successfully installed Roll-Out Solar Array on the starboard truss structure of the space station.
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Research explores possibility of life beyond Earth
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
For millennia, caves have served as shelters for prehistoric humans. Caves have also intrigued scholars from early Chinese naturalists to Charles Darwin. A cave ecologist has been in and out of these subterranean ecosystems, examining the unique life forms -- and unique living conditions --
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Synthetic hibernation could provide protection from cosmic radiation
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
It is still a glimpse into the future: Astronauts could be put into artificial hibernation and in this state be better protected from cosmic radiation. At present, there are already promising approaches to follow up such considerations.
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Study finds inverted dancers have more acute visuomotor perception
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to researchers, the inversion effect can now be overcome in the perception of biological motion by persons on Earth with extensive visuomotor experience with inverted movements, such as vertical dancers.
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NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts safely splash down in Atlantic after spend
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts, who spent 170 days in orbit aboard the Dragon spacecraft, completed the agency's fourth commercial crew mission to the International Space Station by safely splashing down the coast of Jacksonville, Florida on Friday.
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SpaceX heads off for international space station with US, Russian, Japanes
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Florida [US], October 6 (ANI): Billionaire tycoon Elon Musk-led Space X blasted off from Florida on Wednesday and headed for the International Space Station (ISS).
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Blue Origin rocket experiences booster failure during uncrewed launch
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 13 (ANI): An uncrewed New Shepard rocket launched by Blue Origin experienced a booster failure on Monday, which caused the rocket booster to crash.
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NASA identifies candidate regions for landing next Americans on moon
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 20 (ANI): As NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the Moon under Artemis, the agency has identified 13 candidate landing regions near the lunar South Pole. Each region contains multiple potential landing sites for Artemis III which will be the first of the Artemis
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Entrepreneur and social activist Dr Sandeep Choudhary bestowed with the Ze
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI/PNN): From being an achiever to being undisputed, some brilliant minds are working tirelessly to reshape the nation's future. One such social changemaker is Inflector India Co-founder and Save Earth Activist Dr Sandeep Choudhary, who was recently honoured wit
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