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Europe set for record-breaking space launch Nearly 40 years ago, European countries worried by US and Soviet dominance of space gave the green light to the first Ariane rocket.
03 June 2013
Rockets fired from Syria hit Lebanon Four rockets fired from Syria hit Lebanon's eastern Bekaa region on Saturday, causing no casualties, in the latest spillover from the more than two-year conflict in Lebanon's larger neighbour.
02 June 2013
Rocket transportation to launch site at Baikonur. ©RIA Novosti Kazakhstan to make Baikonur rocket launches a tourist attraction Kazakhstan wants to make rocket launches from Baikonur cosmodrome a tourist attraction.
28 May 2013
Photo courtesy of wallpaper-z.com Ecuador satellite hits Soviet-era space junk A tiny Ecuadoran satellite that collided in space with the remains of a Soviet rocket survived the crash, but was damaged and is not transmitting.
24 May 2013
©REUTERS/Luke MacGregor Virgin Galactic tourist spaceship breaks sound barrier Virgin Galactic's passenger spaceplane, which is designed to take tourists to the edge of space, flew its first rocket-powered test flight Monday, breaking the sound barrier at high altitude.
30 April 2013
Orbital Sciences launches Antares rocket US manufacturer Orbital Sciences launched its first Antares rocket Sunday, paving the way for a demonstration flight to the International Space Station within months.
22 April 2013
Orbital Sciences ready for first launch of Antares rocket Orbital Sciences, one of two private US firms chosen by NASA to shuttle cargo to the International Space Station, is preparing for the first launch of its Antares rocket Wednesday.
18 April 2013
At least 2 rockets hit Israeli resort town of Eilat: police At least two rockets exploded in Israel's Red Sea resort town of Eilat early on Wednesday causing no casualties but prompting the authorities to close the airport.
17 April 2013
Baikonur cosmodrome. ©REUTERS Baiterek SRC project to be based on Zenit rocket Kazakhstan and Russia agreed to use Zenit launcher in Baiterek (SRC) space rocket complex.
01 April 2013
Proton launcher. ©RIA Novosti Russia to solve problems with Kazakhstan by abandoning Proton Head of RosKosmos Vladimir Popovkin declared that Proton launchers would be withdrawn from service after 2020.
29 March 2013
North Korea puts rockets on standby for US strike North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un ordered preparations Friday for strategic rocket strikes on the US mainland and military bases after US stealth bombers flew training runs over South Korea.
29 March 2013
Combat-ready' N. Korea threatens Hawaii, US mainland North Korea's military put its "strategic" rocket units on a war footing Tuesday, with a fresh threat to strike targets on the US mainland, Hawaii and Guam, as well as South Korea.
26 March 2013
Sudan attacks in Darfur breach sanctions: UN Sudan breached UN sanctions by using warplanes and rockets bought from Belarus and Russia in the Darfur conflict, according to UN experts who have called for a tightened embargo.
04 March 2013
Arianespace wins Australian broadband satellite contract European satellite launch company Arianespace was Monday selected by Australia to send rockets into orbit to help bring broadband to the country's remote Outback.
04 March 2013
Rocket fired from Gaza Strip hits southern Israel: police A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed early Tuesday near Ashkelon in southern Israel, police said, in the first such strike since a November truce.
26 February 2013
Chairman of Kazakhstan national space agency Talgat Mussabayev. Photo by Yaroslav Radlovskiy© KazKosmos eyes cooperation with companies of north Kazakhstan Akim of North-Kazakhstan oblast Samat Yeskendirov met with chairman of Kazakhstan national space agency Talgat Mussabayev.
18 February 2013
©REUTERS/Parwiz UN investigating Iran link to Yemen arms seizure UN sanctions experts are investigating the Yemeni government's claims that Iran supplied rockets and explosives seized from a ship last month.
08 February 2013
©REUTERS Russia-launched satellite plunges into Pacific: official A Russian rocket carrying a US telecommunications satellite plunged into the Pacific Ocean on Friday only moments after being launched from a mobile sea platform.
01 February 2013
©REUTERS Russia plans replacement for Soyuz rocket Russia's struggling space agency has unveiled a new multi-billion-dollar plan that will see the development of a replacement for the ageing Soyuz rocket by 2020.
15 January 2013
North Korea is nuclear test-ready: US think-tank North Korea has repaired extensive rain damage at its nuclear test facility and could conduct a detonation on two weeks notice, a US think-tank said Friday, citing satellite imagery analysis.
29 December 2012
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