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Famous Kazakh astronaut comments on Rosetta mission
Famous Kazakh cosmonaut Talgat Musabayev praises the Rosetta mission, which saw a space probe landing on the surface of a comet for the first time in human history.
17 November 2014
Three Russian and American astronauts return to Earth
Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut returned to Earth after spending more than six months working aboard the International Space Station.
11 September 2014
Galileo satellites not on right orbit: Arianespace
Two European Galileo satellites launched by a Russian-built rocket on Friday from French Guiana have not reached their intended orbit.
23 August 2014
Orbital cargo ship makes planned re-entry to Earth
Unmanned Cygnus cargo ship disintegrated as planned as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere after a month-long resupply mission.
18 August 2014
Hello Kitty on space mission
Hello Kitty has been sent on her first space mission, as Japan's global icon of cute celebrates its 40th birthday in extraterrestrial fashion.
15 August 2014
Meteor shower to be witnessed in Kazakhstan
2014 Perseid meteor shower will be visible in Kazakhstan at night today, August 13.
12 August 2014
China to send orbiter to moon and back
China will launch its first recoverable moon orbiter later this year in the latest step in its ambitious space programme.
11 August 2014
NASA films grandiose eruption on the Sun
NASA has released a 40-second video that captured a grand coronal mass ejection from the surface of the Sun at the speed of 1.5 million miles per hour (2.4 kilometers per hour).
08 July 2014
Russia fights against Kazakhstan Ecological Code at Baikonur: Mussabayev
Chairman of KazCosmos National Space Agency Mussabayev said that Russia opposes introduction of the Ecological Code of Kazakhstan at Baikonur Cosmodrome.
25 June 2014
Russia to cease leasing Zenit-M launching site at Kazakhstan's Baikonur
Zenit-M rocket launching complex will become a Kazakhstan property on January 1, 2015, effectively ending Russian lease.
24 June 2014
Ariane space ship wreckage confirmed to come from July launch, Kazakhstan off the hook
BBC has contacted the UK Space Agency and Arianespace about the space ship wreckage found in Brazil on April 28.
04 May 2014
French Ariane ruins Kazakhstan's first surveillance satellite?
The Atlantic has release a photo by Reuter's photograher Tarso Sarraf of a part of Ariane rocket lifted from a river somewhere in Brazil.
04 May 2014
Kazakhstan's KazEOSat-1 satellite launch delayed over ventilation problems
KazEOSat-1 satellite was not been launched on schedule from the Kourou space centre in French Guiana.
29 April 2014
Own satellites are a must for Kazakhstan: Musabayev
Talgat Musabayev, chief of Kazakhstan's space industry, has responded to the adversaries of space industry development in Kazakhstan.
10 November 2013
Kazcosmos negotiating flights of Kazakh astronauts with NASA
Chair of Kazakhstan National Space Agency held talks with NASA representative on the possibility of sending Kazakh astronauts into space.
14 December 2011
KazKosmos willing to send a Kazakh cosmonaut to the International Space Station
According to Talgat Mussabayev, KazKosmos Head, the plan is hampered by the current lack of places aboard Soyuz spaceships.
28 July 2011