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China successfully launched a group of Earth remote sensing satellites
Tengrinews.kz - China sent a new group of satellites into space on Tuesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province,
17 December 2024
US announced the successful test of hypersonic missile
Tengrinews.kz - The U.S. Army and Navy successfully tested a hypersonic missile, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.
13 December 2024
SpaceX conducted sixth test launch of Starship spacecraft
Tengrinews.kz - SpaceX, the American company owned by billionaire Elon Musk, has conducted the sixth test launch of its Starship spacecraft.
20 November 2024
Kazakhstan plans to launch its first rocket into space
Tengrinews.kz - Kazakhstan plans to launch its first rocket into space, with new details emerging from the Ministry of Digital Development,
12 November 2024
Japan launches military satellite into orbit
Tengrinews.kz – Japan successfully launched its military communications satellite, Kirameki 3, into orbit, citing Spacenews.com.
04 November 2024
North Korea conducts new ballistic missile tests
Tengrinews.kz - North Korea has conducted its first ballistic missile tests in 73 days, reportedly aiming to impact U.S. presidential election
13 September 2024
Kazakhstani man captured the rocket's entry into orbit
Tengrinews.kz - A Kazakhstani managed to capture a photo of a "rocket trail" in the sky during a launch.
12 September 2024
Rocket with Russian-American crew launched from Baikonur to the ISS
Tengrinews.kz - The Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle carrying the manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-26 launched on Wednesday evening from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
12 September 2024
SpaceX satellite launch succeeds, but rocket crash lands
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 March 2016
US spacewalkers will aim to move stalled rail car
American astronauts will step out on a spacewalk Monday to move a stalled rail car that is stuck outside the International Space Station.
21 December 2015
Russia launches Proton rocket with British satellite
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 August 2015
Russia to make launches from Baikonur until 2024
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 June 2015
Kazakh officials discuss connection between Proton launches and saiga deaths
Is there a connection between the mass die-out of saigas in Kazakhstan and rocket launches from Baikonur cosmodrome?
31 May 2015
Kazakhstan's plans to transition to ecologically safe rockets disrupted
Kazakhstan is experiencing disruptions in the transition from Proton carrier rocket to more environmentally friendly Angara booster.
31 May 2015
SpaceX to try ocean platform landing of Falcon rocket
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 January 2015
India launches biggest ever rocket into space
India successfully launched its biggest ever rocket, including an unmanned capsule which could one day send astronauts into space.
18 December 2014
Japan launches rocket carrying asteroid probe
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 December 2014
Peacekeeper dies as UN camp in Mali comes under rocket fire: UN
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 October 2014
SpaceX rocket explodes during test flight
A SpaceX rocket exploded in midair during a test flight, as the company seeks to develop a spacecraft that can return to Earth.
23 August 2014
Israel, Gaza violence defies truce 'deal'
Israeli jets bombed targets across Gaza, retaliating to Palestinian rocket attacks in spiralling violence.
14 August 2014