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Now, `sticky-feet` robots to fix space stations

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 15:40

Researchers have developed a climbing robot that has dry but sticky gecko-like feet and can crawl around an orbiting spacecraft to maintain and repair it.

Virgin`s SpaceShipTwo covers `record` 13.5 miles at speed of Mach 1.4

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 10:24

Space tourism company Virgin Galactic blasted its SpaceShipTwo reusable space vehicle nearly 13.5 miles into the air, and reached a speed of Mach 1.4 on Friday.

China wants space collaboration with US

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 19:26

Buoyed by the successful landing of a rover on the Moon, China has sought global cooperation for space exploration, especially with the US which prohibits direct collaboration between NASA and Chinese space agencies.

Hubble spies a star set to go supernova

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 17:30

The Hubble telescope has chanced upon a giant star ready to explode in a spectacular style, according to NASA.

Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo completes test flight

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 16:18

Virgin Galactic`s space tourism vehicle, SpaceShipTwo, recorded a new high Friday on its third rocket-powered supersonic test flight.

Space-faring nations lay groundwork for human, robotic exploration

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 10:11

Officials from 32 of the world`s space-faring nations concluded a trio of summits on Friday to tackle expanding participation in the International Space Station and planning for eventual human expeditions to Mars.

US, Canada sign agreement to share data on space debris

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 06:58

The United States and Canada have signed an agreement to share data on orbiting space debris, asteroids and other hazards to space flight, the US military said on Friday.

Fast & furious! These stars escaping our galaxy

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 18:07

Astronomers have discovered a new class of `hypervelocity stars` - solitary stars moving fast enough to escape the gravitational grasp of the Milky Way galaxy.