Topic: East Asia
An Ariane-5 rocket placed two telecommunications satellites into geostationary orbit early Saturday, the 45th successive success for the European rocket, Arianespace announced.The rocket blasted off from the European space centre at Kourou, French Guiana, at 2253 GMT.The two satellites are the Astra ...
As the United States winds down its shuttle programme in a symbolic twist in a long-running space rivalry, Russia will gain complete control of access to the International Space Station.The Russian space agency plays down any triumphalism, but US astronauts will remain ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz capsule with a three-man multinational crew arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday to begin a six-month mission that will include hosting NASA's final space shuttle crew.After a two-day journey, the Soyuz slipped ...
China will attempt its first space docking between two unmanned vehicles this year, the first step in efforts to build a Chinese space station, a senior official said Friday.Yang Liwei detailed the next stages of China's human spaceflight programme during a press ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's most renowned astronaut said on Friday his country and the United States should make good on their presidents' promises to cooperate in space."I think the two countries should proactively implement the intent expressed in the joint communique to ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The shuttle Endeavour was cleared for a launch attempt on April 29 to deliver a new class of physics instrument to the International Space Station on NASA's next-to-last shuttle flight, officials said Tuesday.Liftoff of the 134th shuttle ...
Asia's extraterrestrial ambitions have rocketed from nowhere in the 50 years since the first human space flight, with China shooting for the moon while India and Japan fuel up their own programmes.Since China in 2003 became the world's third nation to put ...
Asia's extraterrestrial ambitions have rocketed from nowhere in the 50 years since the first human space flight, with China shooting for the moon while India and Japan fuel up their own programmes.Since China in 2003 became the world's third nation to put ...
China is setting up a new high-tech manufacturing base that will build the rockets for its ambitious space programme to put a man on the moon, state press has said.Twenty of the 22 plants that will make up "the world's largest rocket ...
China's first Mars probe will be launched from a Russian rocket in November, two years later than originally planned, state media reported Monday.China's Mars explorer, Yinghuo-1, marks the country's first attempt at deep space exploration after sending a probe to the moon, ...
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