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SpaceX launched a communications satellite to an orbit but failed to land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on an ocean platform.

• 05 марта 2016, 15:07

American astronauts will step out on a spacewalk Monday to move a stalled rail car that is stuck outside the International Space Station.

• 21 декабря 2015, 14:27

Russia successfully launched a Proton rocket with a British satellite in the first such launch since an engine failure in May resulted in a Mexican satellite being destroyed.

• 29 августа 2015, 10:44

Head of the Russian Space Agency Igor Komarov declared that Russia will be continuing launches from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome until 2024, when it will switch to its own Vostochny Cosmodrome.

• 06 июня 2015, 14:30

Is there a connection between the mass die-out of saigas in Kazakhstan and rocket launches from Baikonur cosmodrome?

• 31 мая 2015, 03:36

Kazakhstan is experiencing disruptions in the transition from Proton carrier rocket to more environmentally friendly Angara booster.

• 31 мая 2015, 03:02

SpaceX aims to propel modern rocket science into a brave new era by landing a key part of its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean.

• 06 января 2015, 14:35

India successfully launched its biggest ever rocket, including an unmanned capsule which could one day send astronauts into space.

• 18 декабря 2014, 14:25

Japan launched a rocket carrying a space probe destined for a distant asteroid, just weeks after a European spacecraft's historic landing on a comet.

• 03 декабря 2014, 14:14

A peacekeeper was killed as a UN camp in northern Mali came under rocket fire in an attack said to have been carried out by a jihadist leader.

• 08 октября 2014, 14:18

A SpaceX rocket exploded in midair during a test flight, as the company seeks to develop a spacecraft that can return to Earth.

• 23 августа 2014, 10:51

Israeli jets bombed targets across Gaza, retaliating to Palestinian rocket attacks in spiralling violence.

• 14 августа 2014, 14:32

Israeli warplanes pounded targets in Gaza, a day after killing at least five Palestinians, and militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel

• 09 августа 2014, 10:55

Two rockets fired by Gaza militants slammed into southern Israel, heightening fears that a 72-hour truce would not be renewed

• 08 августа 2014, 11:26

An Ariane 5 ES heavy rocket lifted off from South America late Tuesday bearing Europe's fifth and final robot supply ship for the International Space Station (ISS), mission control said.

• 30 июля 2014, 10:44

New Israeli air and tank strikes in Gaza early Wednesday killed several people, medics said, bringing the death toll from Israel's operation in the besieged Palestinian territory to 204.

• 16 июля 2014, 12:02

A very unusual phenomenon has been witnessed by residents of Kyzylorda on the evening of July 8.

• 16 июля 2014, 02:51

Thirteen Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip early Saturday, bringing the toll on the fifth day of violence to 118, medics said.

• 12 июля 2014, 10:42

A rocket fired from Lebanon struck northern Israel early Friday, causing troops to hit back with artillery fire over the border, the Israeli army said.

• 11 июля 2014, 13:37

Australians were treated to a spectacular light show after a flaming object, believed to be space junk from a Russian booster rocket, streaked across the night sky and lit up social media.

• 11 июля 2014, 11:14