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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

The US space agency's Opportunity rover has now clocked more miles on Mars than any man-made vehicle to reach another celestial body, NASA said.

• 29 июля 2014, 10:11

The Tian Shan Astronomical Observatory in the mountains near Almaty, Kazakhstan has completed modernising its two telescopes.

• 24 июля 2014, 16:47

A cargo craft successfully docked with the International Space Station, the Russian space agency Roskosmos said.

• 24 июля 2014, 12:23

Two new Kazakh-Russian intergovernmental agreements concerning Baikonur Cosmodrome are a possibility.

• 21 июля 2014, 20:53

American actor Morgan Freeman said Friday he became teary-eyed when he watched US astronauts set foot on the Moon for the first time, 45 years ago.

• 20 июля 2014, 00:18

An unmanned cargo ship that was rocketed into space this weekend by Orbital Sciences Corporation is nearing the International Space Station where it plans to dock.

• 16 июля 2014, 13:32

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

The man who designed China's Jade Rabbit moon rover hopes a more advanced version of his creation will be sent to Mars, state media reported, underscoring Beijing's increasingly ambitious space programme.

• 04 июля 2014, 13:22

The US space agency is to launch on Tuesday a satellite that tracks atmospheric carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming.

• 01 июля 2014, 13:15

NASA sent a saucer-like vehicle high into the sky to test technology for a future Mars landing, but its parachute tangled when deployed and the spacecraft splashed into the Pacific Ocean.

• 30 июня 2014, 12:47

According to KazKosmos Head, only around $16.4 million is needed to have state-of-the-art laboratories built and fully equipped.

• 23 июня 2014, 17:50

Kazakhstan has launched KazEOSat-2, its second medium resolution Earth observation satellite, from Russia.

• 20 июня 2014, 15:31

More than 300 Chinese space enthusiasts have booked tickets costing nearly $100,000 for a five minute trip to outer space, official media reported.

• 13 июня 2014, 13:10

Low-cost airlines are not likely to emerge in Kazakhstan until there is intense competition between airports of nearby cities.

• 07 июня 2014, 14:39

KazSat-3 communications satellite assisted by a Proton-M carrier rocket has reached the designated orbital position,.

• 04 июня 2014, 10:41

Astronomers have spotted the "Godzilla" of all Earths, a huge rocky planet orbiting a star 560 light years away that is changing scientists' understanding of the origins of the universe.

• 03 июня 2014, 13:15

A sleek, white gumdrop-shaped space capsule that aims to carry up to seven astronauts to the International Space Station and return to land anywhere on Earth was unveiled Thursday by SpaceX.

• 30 мая 2014, 10:20

A crew of Russian, German and US astronauts docked with the International Space Station Thursday as space cooperation between Moscow and the West continues despite their worst standoff since the Cold War.

• 29 мая 2014, 20:08

A Senate panel set aside $100 million Thursday to develop a US rocket engine as an alternative to Russian equipment currently used to launch military satellites into orbit.

• 23 мая 2014, 12:22