Новости по теме space

Russian cargo craft docks with ISS, science satellite fails A cargo craft successfully docked with the International Space Station, the Russian space agency Roskosmos said.

24 July 2014

Russia & Kazakhstan quid pro quo on Baikonur Two new Kazakh-Russian intergovernmental agreements concerning Baikonur Cosmodrome are a possibility.

21 July 2014

Actor Morgan Freeman 'cried' seeing 1969 Moon landing 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 July 2014

Orbital cargo ship nears arrival at space station 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 July 2014

'Space junk' fireball lights up Australian sky 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 July 2014

Chinese moon rover designer shooting for Mars 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 July 2014

NASA to launch satellite to track carbon pollution 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 July 2014

NASA's 'flying saucer' tests new Mars-landing technology 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 June 2014

Kazakhstan needs $300 million annually to catch up with Russia, the USA and China in space exploration According to KazKosmos Head, only around $16.4 million is needed to have state-of-the-art laboratories built and fully equipped.

23 June 2014

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

20 June 2014

Wealthy Chinese buy space flight tickets: report 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 June 2014

Kazakhstan is not getting low-cost airlines any time soon: Ministry of Transport Low-cost airlines are not likely to emerge in Kazakhstan until there is intense competition between airports of nearby cities.

07 June 2014

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

04 June 2014

'Godzilla' of Earths circles distant star 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 June 2014

SpaceX unveils capsule to ferry astronauts to space 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 May 2014

Russian, German and US astronauts dock with ISS 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 May 2014

US Senate panel budgets $100 mn for non-Russian rocket 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 May 2014

New Japan satellite to survey disasters, rain forests Japan is scheduled to launch a new mapping satellite on Saturday that will be used to survey damage from natural disasters and changes affecting rain forests.

21 May 2014

SpaceX supply capsule heads back to Earth The unmanned Dragon capsule from US firm SpaceX landed safely in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico's coast Sunday, hours after undocking from the International Space Station.

19 May 2014

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