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Russia fires top space official over launch failures

Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired the chief of a key state-run aerospace bureau following several launch failures, the Kremlin said Monday.

Russia fires top space official over launch failures
Search for alien life gets boost at twin star

The universe is looking increasingly crowded as scientists Tuesday announced the first proof twin stars can host multiple planets -- boosting their search for a planet that could support life.

Search for alien life gets boost at twin star
Planet pop: NASA beams first song from Mars

NASA transmitted the first song to be broadcast from Mars on Tuesday, by Grammy-winning US musician will.i.am, as part of efforts to inspire young people to get interested in science.

Planet pop: NASA beams first song from Mars
Rocket launch from Baikonur cosmodrome. ©RIA Novosti
Kazakhstan is ready to discuss development of Sodruzhestvo superheavy rocket in cooperation with Russia and Ukraine

The project is very interesting: Head of KazKosmos Talgat mussabayev.

Kazakhstan is ready to discuss development of Sodruzhestvo superheavy rocket in cooperation with Russia and Ukraine
Angara rocket model in Khrunichev State Space Scientific-Production Center. ©RIA Novosti
Building of Russian-Ukrainian-Kazakhstan rocket for flight to Moon will take 3-4 years

Russia is able to build a new superheavy carrier rocket capable of delivering space vehicles of up to 20 tons to the Moon within 3-4 years.

Building of Russian-Ukrainian-Kazakhstan rocket for flight to Moon will take 3-4 years
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Obama, Aldrin praise 'American hero' Neil Armstrong

President Barack Obama and astronaut Buzz Aldrin led tributes Saturday to the famed Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, lauding him as a reluctant but true American hero.

Obama, Aldrin praise 'American hero' Neil Armstrong
Baikonur cosmodrome. RIA Novosti©
Russia’s Energia Space Corporation mulling a new superheavy carrier rocket in partnership with Kazakhstan and Ukraine

The superheavy carrier rocket capable of sending a spaceship of up to 20 tons to the moon.

Russia’s Energia Space Corporation mulling a new superheavy carrier rocket in partnership with Kazakhstan and Ukraine
Space race, on a budget, was not how Armstrong saw it

More than 40 years after Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, humans continue to push the frontiers of space exploration but missions are being tempered by costs, a trend that concerned the astronaut.

Space race, on a budget, was not how Armstrong saw it
Neil Armstrong during expedition to the Moon. ©REUTERS
Such people make history of the Earth: Aubakirov about Armstrong

Kazakhstan astronaut Toktar Aubakirov expressed condolences in relation to the death of American astronaut Neil Armstrong and told about his impression of him.

Such people make history of the Earth: Aubakirov about Armstrong
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Kazakhstan enters International Astronomical Union

Kazakhstan has entered the International Astronomical Union, National Center for Space Research and Technologies says.

Kazakhstan enters International Astronomical Union
Mars rover takes 'cool' detour: NASA

The US space agency NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will make a wide detour to explore a geographical hot spot on Mars because "it looks cool".

Mars rover takes 'cool' detour: NASA
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India to launch Mars mission: PM

India plans to launch a space probe that will orbit Mars, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh confirmed on Wednesday after press reports that the mission was scheduled to begin late next year.

India to launch Mars mission: PM
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Obama to NASA experts: 'Let me know if you find Martians'

US President Barack Obama on Monday ribbed scientists behind NASA's roving robot Curiosity, instructing them to let him know right away if they found life on Mars.

Obama to NASA experts: 'Let me know if you find Martians'
Mars rover captures crash landing

NASA said Friday that a mysterious spot shown on a photograph sent back to Earth by the Mars rover Curiosity was the crash landing of its rocket stage.

Mars rover captures crash landing
Kazakhstan will see apogee of Perseids meteor shower

The apogee of Perseids meteor shower will fall on the night of August 12.

Kazakhstan will see apogee of Perseids meteor shower
Curiosity's second day on Mars 'flawless': NASA

NASA rover Curiosity's second day on Mars went "flawlessly," NASA said Wednesday, confirming the antennas, communication links and generator on the $2.5 billion robot are all working well.

Curiosity's second day on Mars 'flawless': NASA
NASA confident ahead of nail-biter Mars landing

All was well ahead of its nail-biting mission to Mars, with its most advanced robotic rover poised to hunt for clues about past life and water on Earth's nearest planetary neighbor.

NASA confident ahead of nail-biter Mars landing
NASA braces for 'terror' in Mars landing

The biggest, baddest space rover ever built for exploring an alien planet is nearing its August 6 landing on Mars, and the US space agency is anxious for success despite huge risks.

NASA braces for 'terror' in Mars landing
China to land first moon probe: state media

China will next year attempt to land an exploratory craft on the moon for the first time, state media reported, in the latest project in the country's ambitious space programme.

China to land first moon probe: state media
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Russian cargo ship manages to dock at ISS on second try

The Russian cargo ship that undocked from the International Space Station to perform tests managed to re-couple Sunday after a failed attempt earlier in the week.

Russian cargo ship manages to dock at ISS on second try