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Rodents return to Earth after space flight

Last Updated: Sunday, May 19, 2013, 15:38

The returnable capsule of a biological research satellite landed in Russia Sunday, bringing mice, Mongolian gerbils, geckos and various micro-organisms and plants back to Earth.

NASA engineers perform first part of Webb Telescope`s eye surgery

Last Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 11:17

Engineers at NASA`s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., completed one of the most delicate performances of their lives and meticulously implanted part of the eyes of the James Webb Space Telescope.

Stephen Hawking eyes space flight next year

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 19:45

Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has made it clear that being on a ventilator hasn’t curbed his lifestyle and said his next aim is to go join British tycoon Richard Branson on a space flight as early as next year.

Gamma-ray flares `erupted far from its black hole`

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 16:41

Astronomers have zeroed in on the source of the months-long blast of energy launched by an enormous black hole almost 11 billion years ago swept past Earth in 2011.

Soon, fly from Britain to Australia in just 4 hrs

Last Updated: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 12:49

Passengers could fly from Britain to Australia in as little as four hours after scientists invented a new cooling system which they described as “the biggest breakthrough in propulsion since the jet engine.”

`India not to undertake human space flight before 2017`

Last Updated: Monday, September 17, 2012, 20:56

India will not undertake a human space flight before the year 2017 and is likely to use a next-generation rocket for the ambitious mission.

Dinosaur footprint found at NASA center

Last Updated: Thursday, August 23, 2012, 18:42

An amateur dinosaur hunter claimed to have discovered a rare cretaceous footprint from a nodosaur at NASA`s Goddard Space Flight Center, most likely left more than 110 million years ago.

Space travel extends lifespan of microscopic worm

Last Updated: Sunday, July 8, 2012, 10:00

The effect of spaceflight on a microscopic worm, Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), could help it to live longer, a new study has revealed.

China`s first woman astronaut fly into space

Last Updated: Saturday, June 16, 2012, 09:57

As China embarks on an ambitious space mission with Shenzhou-9 spacecraft launch, it sends along its first woman into outer space this week.

Is humanity quietly abandoning a future in space?

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 15:16

As astronaut, Leroy Chiao worries humankind is unthinkingly ditching space exploration and a future beyond Earth.

Show time for commercial spaceflight at hand

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 09:38

The first privately owned passenger spaceship is on track for a test flight beyond the atmosphere this year.

How monster black holes shape their galaxies

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 17:24

Astronomers have been mystified by the curious correlation that exists between the mass of a galaxy’s central black hole and the velocity of stars in a vast.