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The fragments that resemble a wreck of a spacecraft discovered near Baikonur in Kazakhstan might be pieces of Dnepr rocket.

• 06 ноября 2013, 18:11

Wrecks of an unidentified spacecraft have been discovered not far from Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.

• 06 ноября 2013, 17:09

Three new crew members blast off Thursday for the International Space Station (ISS) on a Russian rocket, taking with them the precious cargo of an Olympic torch for the 2014 Winter Games in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.

• 06 ноября 2013, 14:27

China offered a rare glimpse into its secretive space programme on Tuesday, displaying a model of a lunar rover that will explore the moon's surface in an upcoming mission.

• 05 ноября 2013, 17:01

Kazakhstan has offered Kyrgyzstan to use its KazSat communication satellites together.

• 05 ноября 2013, 16:37

India's launches its first mission to Mars on Tuesday, aiming to become the only Asian nation to reach the Red Planet with a programme designed to showcase its low-cost space technology.

• 05 ноября 2013, 10:31

Other tycoons may plough their millions into yachts or private jets, but Vasily Klyukin prefers a good "adventure". On his diary for next year? A space trip with Leonardo DiCaprio.

• 04 ноября 2013, 13:00

The coldest place in the universe -- just one degree above absolute zero, the temperatures at which all atoms freeze -- is the Boomerang Nebula.

• 01 ноября 2013, 10:42

According to him, the level of language competency and expertise of Bolashak bursary holders leaves much to be desired.

• 30 октября 2013, 18:28

NASA said Monday it is on track to launch its Maven probe to Mars next month to find out why the Red Planet lost much of its atmosphere.

• 29 октября 2013, 18:10

An incoming comet that skygazers had hoped would provide one of the greatest celestial shows of the century, could be a fizzle.

• 18 октября 2013, 16:05

Astronomers have autopsied a distant, broken apart planet and revealed signs of water and a rocky surface together for the first time, delighting scientists on the hunt for alien life.

• 12 октября 2013, 11:11

The US space agency Thursday vowed to reconsider the applications of Chinese scientists who were denied access to a NASA conference on security grounds.

• 11 октября 2013, 18:36

Astronomers said Wednesday they have found a lonely planet outside the solar system floating alone in space and not orbiting a star.

• 10 октября 2013, 17:23

Kazakhstan astronomers will take part in the Ultraviolet international project of the World Space Observatory.

• 08 октября 2013, 13:14

Theу First Proton-M carrier rocket after the July crash has been launched from Baikonur cosmodrome.

• 30 сентября 2013, 11:43

An American and two Russians blasted off Thursday for the International Space Station atop a Soyuz rocket that will slash more than a day off the usual travel time.

• 26 сентября 2013, 16:29

Russia will launch a Proton carrier rocket from Baikonur cosmodrome without Kazakhstan’s consent.

• 24 сентября 2013, 18:33

Hopes of finding life on Mars suffered a setback after new findings from NASA's Curiosity rover detected only trace amounts of methane gas in the Red Planet's atmosphere.

• 21 сентября 2013, 13:30

Japan's new solid-fuel rocket blasted off Saturday carrying a telescope for remote observation of planets in a launch coordinated from a laptop computer-based command centre.

• 15 сентября 2013, 12:07