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Space X’s Crew Dragon takes its first flight
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 3 (ANI): The Crew Dragon capsule, new spacecraft designed to carry humans, launched by Space X and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) took flight for the first time Saturday (local time).
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Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft lands on asteroid, shoots a bullet into it,
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 22 (ANI): The Japanese spacecraft, Hayabusa 2, successfully landed on Ryugu asteroid as part of its multi-year mission of collecting samples from the surface of the asteroid.
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In a first, China's lunar rover lands on far side of moon
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 3 (ANI): China's Chang'e-4 spacecraft created history on Thursday as the rover successfully touched down in a crater on the far side of the moon, the country's state media said.
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Manned Soyuz MS 11 successfully blasts off towards ISS
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Baikonur Cosmodrome [Kazakhstan], Dec 3 (ANI): Russia's state space agency, Roscosmos, successfully launched the manned Soyuz MS 11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Canadian space agency's astronaut David Saint-Jacques and NASA's Anne McClain tow
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Soyuz Rocket installed on launch pad for first manned mission
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Baikonur cosmodrome (Kazakhstan), December 1 (ANI/Sputnik) - Soyuz MS-11 manned spacecraft carried by the Soyuz-FG booster has been installed on the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene on Saturday. This will be the first pilote
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NASA says goodbye to Kepler Space Telescope
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [United States], October 31 (ANI): After over-working, the Kepler Space Telescope is finally taking its final nap. The spacecraft functioned more number of years than its fuel levels permitted and helped scientists discover thousands of planet beyond our Solar System.
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About 100 species of microorganisms living on ISS, eroding spacecraft
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 24 (ANI/Sputnik): About 100 species of various microorganisms live aboard the International Space Station (ISS), degrading plastic and metal the spacecraft is made from and endangering the crew's health, Valery Bogomolov, deputy director of the Institute for Biomedical
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Russia suspends assemblage of next Soyuz-FG launch vehicle
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 13 (ANI/Sputnik): All works with the Soyuz-FG booster that has been prepared for the launch of the Progress MS-10 cargo spacecraft have been suspended because it may have the same defects as the Soyuz-FG that failed on Thursday and it may help the investigation into the
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Soyuz crew safely lands after Rocket launch failure, Commission opens prob
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 11 (Sputnik/ANI): A carrier failure occurred during the launch of the Russian Soyuz MS-10 manned spacecraft from the Baikonur space center to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, which made the capsule with the crew return to Earth in a ballistic descen
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First launch of Russia's spacecraft may be put off from 2022 to 2023
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The first test launch of the unmanned version of Russia's new Federation spacecraft atop the new Soyuz-5 rocket has been suggested to be rescheduled from 2022 to 2023 after two test launches of the rocket with other spacecraft are held, a source in t
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Indian astronaut may travel to ISS on board Russia's Soyuz in 2022
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia may bring an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) on board a Soyuz spacecraft for a short training mission in 2022, a source in the Russian space industry said.
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NASA launches Parker Solar Probe spacecraft
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], August 12 (ANI): The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Sunday launched the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft.
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