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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.
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