Topic: East Asia
China plans to launch 1st module of space station next year after tests, changes to rocketChina has finished the first module of a planned space station and is testing its electronics and other systems before launching it into orbit next year. The ...
Debris from a satellite destroyed in 2007 by a Chinese missile is in the vicinity of the International Space Station and astronauts are ready to take cover if required, a Russian official said Friday. The shooting down of the Chinese weather satellite ...
Scientists say Japan probe may have collected first samples from asteroidJapanese scientists say they have detected tiny particles collected by the first spacecraft to return to Earth after landing on asteroid. But it could take months to determine if the dust came ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday outlined a space policy that offers an expanded role for foreign governments including possibly China and private companies in monitoring Earth's climate, tracking and removing orbital debris and protecting satellites. The strategy ...
There is no room for romance on board the cosy confines of the International Space Station, a NASA space shuttle commander said Monday when asked what would happen if astronauts had sex in space. "We are a group of professionals," said Space ...
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping arrived in Bangladesh on Monday for a two-day visit including talks on improving defence ties and building a deepwater port, officials said. Xi, who is likely to succeed Hu Jintao as president, will next head to Laos, ...
A capsule that scientists hope will contain a little slice of outer space after a seven-year journey across the solar system was being recovered Monday from the Australian Outback, officials said. The pod, which was ejected from a Japanese space probe as ...
South Korean and Russian experts launched an investigation Friday after the fiery failure of the Asian country's latest rocket launch, which some researchers blamed on inadequate testing. The Naro-1 rocket, which was Russian-made but assembled in South Korea, veered off course and ...
A South Korean rocket trying to put a satellite into orbit apparently exploded on Thursday less than three minutes after blast-off, dealing another blow to Seoul's dreams of joining Asia's space race. Science and Technology Minister Ahn Byong-Man told reporters the Naro-I ...
South Korea Wednesday postponed a rocket launch designed to put a satellite into space due to problems with the rocket's fire extinguisher system, officials said. The science and technology ministry said the process was suspended less than three hours before blast-off after ...
