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

• 04 сентября 2012, 14:08

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.

• 30 августа 2012, 12:53

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.

• 30 августа 2012, 11:02

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

• 29 августа 2012, 11:26

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.

• 28 августа 2012, 15:16

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.

• 28 августа 2012, 11:31

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

• 28 августа 2012, 10:49

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.

• 27 августа 2012, 18:50

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

• 27 августа 2012, 16:50

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

• 27 августа 2012, 12:04

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".

• 18 августа 2012, 13:48

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.

• 17 августа 2012, 12:51

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.

• 14 августа 2012, 14:13

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.

• 12 августа 2012, 13:24

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

• 11 августа 2012, 10:49

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.

• 09 августа 2012, 17:49

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.

• 03 августа 2012, 13:30

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.

• 02 августа 2012, 14:29

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.

• 31 июля 2012, 13:16

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.

• 30 июля 2012, 14:01