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Manned mission to space station this year: China

Last Updated: Friday, February 17, 2012, 18:22

China today said that it will launch its manned space mission "Shenzhou-9" by August this year, denying speculation that it had put off the project.

`No danger of earth exploding`

Last Updated: Sunday, December 18, 2011, 19:25

Scientists have nailed an alarming prediction about the cataclysmic destruction of earth in 2012.

NASA develops space harpoon for sample collection

Last Updated: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 21:16

NASA has developed a space harpoon to take samples from comets with surgical precision without landing on the rugged celestial bodies.

No sign of 2012 supervolcanoes, NASA says

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 22:24

Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre have found no evidence to support claims that there could be volcano supereruptions in 2012.

Moscow`s Mars volunteers to `land` after 520 days

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 17:23

Six volunteers on Friday will emerge blinking into the outside world after spending almost one-and-a-half-years in isolation at a Russian research centre to test the effects on humans of a flight to Mars.

India weighs options on human space flight program

Last Updated: Thursday, July 7, 2011, 13:54

Different models are possible in undertaking the proposed Mission, first mooted nearly a decade ago, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation K Radhakrishnan told PTI.

US marks 50 years since second human spaceflight

Last Updated: Thursday, May 5, 2011, 23:51

More than 600 people marked the exact moment when the 1st American rocketed into space 50 years ago.

Precious cargo aboard Endeavour`s final launch

Last Updated: Friday, April 29, 2011, 09:40

The shuttle Endeavour is the youngest of the three-member space flying fleet.

Clouds dampen forecast for Endeavour launch

Last Updated: Friday, April 29, 2011, 08:42

The 30-year space shuttle program will end for good after final launch by Atlantis, planned for June.

Sunita Williams heads for the stars again

Last Updated: Saturday, July 10, 2010, 09:45

Indian American astronaut would take over as station commander at the ISS in 2012.

ISRO to begin process soon for Human Space Flight Mission

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 19:34

ISRO`s Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota will soon initiate the process of creating Third Launch Pad for human transportation into space.

Billionaire clown boards capsule for space flight

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 12:28

Guy Laliberte has been greeted by a raucous crowds of friends and family during preparations for his Soyuz rocket trip to the International Space Station.