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SpaceX passes NASA’s safety review, targets manned mission in 2017

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 22:25

Your dream of taking a private spaceflight would soon become a reality with the space transport firm SpaceX successfully passing the NASA’s safety reviews test.

NASA puts out call for commercial space taxis

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 09:10

Despite budget uncertainties, NASA on Tuesday issued a solicitation for a commercially operated space taxi to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station, an attempt to break Russia`s monopoly on crew transport by 2017.

`Virus epidemic` reaches space, infects ISS computers

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 11:33

International Space Station`s computers have been attacked by `virus epidemic` after Russian cosmonauts carried USB storage devices infected with malware onboard.

International space crew returns Olympic torch to Earth

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 11:27

A Soyuz capsule carried an International Space Station crew of three back to Earth on Monday along with an Olympic torch.

ISS crew lands on Earth with Olympic Torch after 166 days in space

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 10:29

Expedition 37 crew members Karen Nyberg, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Luca Parmitano have returned from the ISS, landing at 9:49 pm EST Sunday.

Russian cosmonauts take Olympic torch on maiden spacewalk

Last Updated: Sunday, November 10, 2013, 09:33

Two Russian cosmonauts took an Olympic torch on a spacewalk Saturday for the first time in history as part of the Sochi 2014 torch relay.

Russians take Olympic torch on historic spacewalk

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 22:09

Two cosmonauts took the Olympic torch unlit for a spacewalk today in a historic showcasing of Russia`s hosting of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in three months` time.

Russians to take Olympic torch on historic spacewalk

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 09:08

Two cosmonauts will on Saturday take the Olympic torch for an historic spacewalk aimed at showcasing Moscow`s prowess in science and sport.

Russian Soyuz carrying Olympic torch docks with ISS

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 22:07

Russia`s Soyuz spacecraft carrying an unlit Olympic torch for 2014 Winter Games in Sochi and three astronauts today successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS).

Russian Soyuz rocket flies Olympic torch to space station

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 12:00

A three-man crew successfully blasted off into space with the Olympic torch on Thursday, ready to take it on its first space walk in what they said would be a "spectacular" showcase for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.

Japan`s robot astronaut awaiting `compatriot` spaceman

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 16:05

The world`s first robot astronaut is pining for a conversation partner as he waits for Japanese spaceman Koichi Wakata aboard the International Space Station.

Mission accomplished for spacecraft Albert Einstein

Last Updated: Sunday, November 3, 2013, 16:21

ESA`s 4th ATV cargo ferry, Albert Einstein, finished its 5-month mission to the ISS by re-entering the atmosphere and burning up safely over an uninhabited area of the southern Pacific Ocean.