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The Moon is calling: New lunar mission
Tengrinews.kz - A private spacecraft, described as " the size of a large shed," is set to launch in mid-January from the Kennedy Space Center
20 December 2024
China conducted first test of inflatable module in space
Tengrinews.kz - China successfully tested a small inflatable module in orbit during the recent Shijian-19 mission, the Chinese Academy of Space
26 November 2024
ISS narrowly avoided collision with space debris
Tengrinews.kz - The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) was adjusted to prevent a potential collision with space debris.
20 November 2024
SpaceX conducted sixth test launch of Starship spacecraft
Tengrinews.kz - SpaceX, the American company owned by billionaire Elon Musk, has conducted the sixth test launch of its Starship spacecraft.
20 November 2024
NASA telescope will burn up in atmosphere, debris may reach Earth
Tengrinews.kz - NASA's space telescope is set to burn up in Earth's atmosphere in early November, and some debris may reach our planet, according
04 November 2024
NASA launches space mission to Jupiter's moon to search for life
Tengrinews.kz - NASA launched a spacecraft on Monday from a Florida spaceport to investigate whether conditions on Jupiter's moon, Europa, are
15 October 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Russia to make launches from Baikonur until 2024
Head of the Russian Space Agency Igor Komarov declared that Russia will be continuing launches from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome until 2024, when it will switch to its own Vostochny Cosmodrome.
06 June 2015
Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome celebrates its 60th anniversary
Today Kazakhstan’s Baikonur celebrates its 60th anniversary.
04 June 2015
NASA counts down to Orion's first step to Mars
The Orion spacecraft, designed to carry humans farther in deep space than ever before, is poised to blast off in what NASA hailed as a first step in mankind's journey to Mars.
04 December 2014
Italy's first female astronaut heads to ISS in Russian craft
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Italy's first female astronaut safely blasted off Sunday to begin its journey to the International Space Station.
24 November 2014
NASA hails comet landing as 'breakthrough moment'
NASA hailed the first-ever landing of a spacecraft on a comet as a "breakthrough moment" in the history of space exploration.
13 November 2014
Orbital cargo ship readies for Monday launch
Orbital Sciences Corporation's unmanned Cygnus cargo ship is preparing to launch to the International Space Station.
27 October 2014
India's spacecraft beams back first Mars photos
India's spacecraft has beamed back its first photos of Mars, showing its crater-marked surface.
25 September 2014