News about space

Earth will have a second “Moon” in a week Tengrinews.kz - Earth will temporarily acquire a second "Moon" at the end of September 2024, when a small asteroid enters our planet's orbit.
23 September 2024 22:08
Tourists enter open space live for the first time in history Tengrinews.kz - Two crew members of the Crew Dragon spacecraft, launched into orbit with four tourists, made the first-ever spacewalk.
12 September 2024 18:15
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 17:26
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 09:19
New dwarf galaxy discovered around Milky Way Astronomers have identified a new ultra-faint dwarf satellite companion of our Milky Way Galaxy.
22 November 2016 20:31
Space 360: first-ever 4K panoramic view from ISS In a new installment of pioneering 360° video documentary ,the Cupola, mounted on the Earth-facing side of the ISS.
21 November 2016 20:23
Space-bound Russian android shows handyman skills Android robot FEDOR, likely to be part of Russian manned space missions starting 2021, has displayed impressive handyman skills.
20 November 2016 22:01
Elon Musk envisions 'fun' but dangerous trips to Mars SpaceX chief Elon Musk unveiled on Tuesday ambitious plans to establish a Mars colony by sending 100 humans at a time on massive spacecraft.
28 September 2016 19:26
China to launch second space laboratory: Xinhua China will launch its second space lab as the country works towards setting up its own space station, among several ambitious goals.
14 September 2016 18:08
More than a billion stars mapped in Milky Way: ESA The Gaia space probe, launched in December 2013, has mapped more than a billion stars in the Milky Way.
14 September 2016 18:03
US astronauts prepare spacewalk to install new docking port Two US astronauts are set to embark on a spacewalk Friday to install a special parking spot for private spaceship traffic at ISS.
19 August 2016 15:17
Japan abandons $250mn black hole satellite Japan is abandoning a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar satellite it sent to study black holes, disappointed space scientists said.
28 April 2016 17:54
Japan loses track of pricey black hole satellite Dozens of space scientists are desperately scouring the skies after losing track of a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar Japanese satellite that was sent to study black holes.
28 March 2016 15:32
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 15:07
'Ninth planet' may exist in solar system: US scientists A previously unknown giant planet may have been discovered lurking in the outer reaches of our solar system, US scientists announced.
21 January 2016 15:39
British astronaut dials wrong number on Xmas call from space Tim Peake, the first British astronaut on the International Space Station, dialled a wrong number after trying to phone home for Christmas, asking a woman "Is this planet Earth?"
25 December 2015 17:51
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 14:27
Kazakhstan to cooperate with UAE in defense and space Kazakhstan plans to cooperate with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in defense and space industries.
12 November 2015 19:06
Kazakhstan isn’t going to mass-produce cosmonauts: head of KazKosmos National Space Agency However, plans are afoot to keep on training prospective astronauts, including female astronauts.
28 October 2015 21:25
Kazakhstan's third astronaut Aidyn Aimbetov awarded highest state award Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev awarded Aidyn Aimbetov, the third Kazakh cosmonaut, Khalyk Kakharmany (People’s Hero) title.
15 October 2015 22:03
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