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JAPAN TESTS INNOVATIVE MAGNETIC TETHER FOR SLOWING SPACE JUNK
Japan launches a cargo ship carrying a space junk collector designed to gather debris in space... READ MORE›
GOING TO SPACE IS A REAL PAIN IN THE BACK
CNN A six-month stay on the International Space Station can be a pain in the back for astronauts... READ MORE›
RT REVEALS FIRST-EVER 4K PANORAMIC VIEW OF EARTH FROM ABOARD ISS
Though actually, there isn't really that much free time here. The Cupola was built in 2010 for a practical reason... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN SPACESHIP DELIVERS THREE ASTRONAUTS TO SPACE STATIONA
Nasa releases video tour of entire International Space Station Play!... READ MORE›
U.K. SPACE JUNK PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS THREAT TO FUTURE MISSIONS
The debris now poses a serious threat to future space exploration, scientists warn... READ MORE›
FRENCH ASTRONAUT PESQUET TO MAKE COUNTRY'S FIRST SPACE MISSION IN EIGHT YEARS
In addition to English, Spanish and German, Thomas Pesquet has also spent many hours learning Russian... READ MORE›
BLAST OFF TO THE ISS FOR OLDEST WOMAN IN SPACE
Peggy Whitson Blast off to the ISS for oldest woman in space... READ MORE›
RT'S FIRST-EVER 360? VIDEO FROM SPACE ALLOWS VIEWERS TO FEEL LIKE 'REAL COSMONAUTS'
The spectacular series will include footage captured on the ISS and sent back to Earth by Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko exclusively for RT... READ MORE›
THE ASTRONAUT WHO WANTS TO CHANGE HOW WE SEE THE WORLD
Now, at 75,000 ?60,000 a seat, World View plans to fly space tourists and has recruited retired Nasa astronaut, Ron Garan, to captain the ship... READ MORE›
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BOEING CEO VOWS TO BEAT MUSK TO MARS
Boeing and SpaceX are also the first commercial companies NASA selected to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station... READ MORE›
ASTRONAUTS GROW FIRST ZINNIA FLOWER IN SPACE
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have successfully grown zinnia flowers in microgravity. But is this the first flower grown in space?... READ MORE›
PHILAE COMET LANDER WAKES UP AFTER 7-MONTH HIBERNATION
The comet lander Philae surprised scientists when it suddenly woke up and contacted Earth after a seven-month hibernation the European Space Agency announced Sunday... READ MORE›
CHINA SENDS ASTRONAUTS INTO SPACE FOR LONGEST MISSION YET
President Xi Jinping, in a congratulatory note read at the press conference, called the launch a milestone in China's work on manned space mission... READ MORE›
EUROPEAN-LED MARS LANDER TO START DESCENT TO RED PLANET
Schiaparelli represents only the second European attempt to land a craft on Mars, after a failed mission by the British landing craft Beagle 2 in 2003... READ MORE›
AMERICAN X-37B AIRCRAFT LANDS AFTER SECRET MISSION LASTING ALMOST TWO YEARS
Technicians examining the X-37B unmanned spaceplane shortly after landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif The plane stands 9... READ MORE›
SPACE STATION CELEBRATES 15 YEARS OF LIFE IN SPACE
On November 2, 2000, a Russian Soyuz Rocket docked at the International Space Station carrying Expedition 1... READ MORE›
A NASA ASTRONAUT JUST TOOK THIS PHOTO FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
Please read our A storm is brewing over the western Pacific Ocean equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane, and from space it looks pretty formidable... READ MORE›
WHERE RUSSIA AND AMERICA STILL GET ALONG
But just maybe, the solution does, say Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko and American Astronaut Scott Kelly on the Space Station... READ MORE›
DAVID CAMERON POSTS PICTURE OF HIMSELF WATCHING SPACE LAUNCH ON TV, GETS MEMED
Wanting to join in on the fun, David Cameron made a point of tweeting a picture of himself watching the launch... READ MORE›
TIM PEAKE NURSING 'WORLD'S WORST HANGOVER' AFTER SIX MONTHS IN SPACE
British astronaut Tim Peake is experiencing the world's worst hangover after spending six months in space... READ MORE›
JAPANESE DISTILLERY SUNTORY IS SENDING THE WORLD'S BEST WHISKY INTO SPACE TO TEST THE EFFECTS OF ZERO GRAVITY ON AGEING
The company's initial research suggests that ageing whisky in an environment where convection is repressed increases 'mellowness' Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith is a freelance reporter... READ MORE›
ATLAS V ROCKET BLASTS OFF CARRYING SUPPLIES TO SPACE STATION
Rocket carries Cygnus cargo spacecraft with food, parts for International Space Station... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN CRAFT DELIVERS LONG-AWAITED CARGO TO SPACE STATION
The previous Progress launch in April had ended in failure and a week ago a U.S... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN SOYUZ SPACE CAPSULE RETURNS TO EARTH A?? IN PICTURES
Russian Soyuz space capsule returns to earth a?? in pictures... READ MORE›
THREE SPACE STATION CREWMEN RETURN SAFELY TO EARTH IN KAZAKHSTAN
23 by cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, NASA astronaut Terry Virts and Italy's Samantha Cristoforetti, who will fly aboard another Soyuz capsule launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan... READ MORE›
FIRST NUCLEAR MISSILE LAUNCH OFFICER CHARGED IN US AIR FORCE DRUGS PROBE
The missile wing at Malmstrom Air Force base, in Monstana, operates 150 of America's 450 Minuteman 3 ballistic missiles... READ MORE›
'HELLO EARTH!' SPACE PROBE, THOUGHT LOST, COMES TO LIFE ON COMET
Scientists hope that samples drilled from the roughly 3-by-5 km comet by Philae will unlock details about how the planets... READ MORE›
ASTRONAUT IN SPACE CONTROLS A ROBOT ON EARTH
The 18-month project was a collaboration between the European Space Agency and students from Delft University of Technology... READ MORE›
U.S., RUSSIAN CREW ARRIVES AT SPACE STATION
U.S. astronaut Jeff Williams and cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 5 26 p.m... READ MORE›
MEET THE LATEST MULTIMILLIONAIRE WITH AN OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD IDEA FOR SPACE
Bigelow Aerospace is set to send its expandable habitat to the International Space Station... READ MORE›
THE MOMENT ASTRONAUT TIM PEAKE MADE BRITISH HISTORY
British astronaut Tim Peake and his companions on the Principia space mission joined their new co-workers on the International Space Station ISS ... READ MORE›
INFLATABLE 'TENT' SET TO TRANSFORM MANNED SPACE FLIGHT
US company set to attach experimental expandable space habitat to the International Space Station... READ MORE›
CARGO SHIP EXPECTED TO LAUNCH TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SUNDAY EVENING
Orbital ATK, one of NASA's shippers, aims to launch its own cargo ship Sunday night from Wallops Island... READ MORE›
CHINA LAUNCHES SECOND SPACE STATION, TIANGONG 2
Post to Facebook China launches second space station, Tiangong 2 The military-backed program intends to send a mission to Mars in the coming years... READ MORE›
SPACE JUNK ISN'T JUST ANNOYING, IT COULD ACTUALLY START WORLD WAR 3
In the paper Adushkin explains that while dangerous in the very physical sense, the 20,000 pieces of significant space debris could be politically dangerous as well... READ MORE›
WORK STARTS ON TAXI RANK AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
A pair of American astronauts floated outside the International Space Station on Saturday to begin rigging parking spots for two commercial space taxis... READ MORE›
TIM PEAKE LAUNCHES TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
Major Peake is the first Briton to join the crew of the International Space Station ISS ... READ MORE›
ASTRONAUT TIM PEAKE PAYS TRIBUTE TO 'SPACE ODDITY' SINGER
British astronaut Tim Peake, stationed on the International Space Station, has paid tribute to David Bowie who has died age 69, following an 18-month battle with cancer... READ MORE›
DELTA ROCKET BLASTS OFF FROM FLORIDA WITH IMPROVED GPS SATELLITE
The 207-foot 63 meter booster, built and flown by United Launch Alliance, bolted off its seaside launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 2 36 p... READ MORE›
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TWO AMERICANS KILLED IN ATTACK ON BASE IN AFGHANISTAN
A gunman reportedly wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire on foreign troops in Kabul... READ MORE›
AFGHAN TROOPS 'CLEAR' TALIBAN FROM KUNDUZ AMID SPORADIC CLASHES
Taliban fighters, seeking to reimpose Islamic law after their 2001 ouster, remained in several areas of Kunduz but Afghan forces had made progress, he said... READ MORE›
'ATTACK ON KUNDUZ SHOWS US FAILS TO DEFEAT TALIBAN'
The US is failing to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan because they haven't targeted the extremists' ideology, says Catherine Shakdam, Shafaqna Institute of Middle Eastern Studies... READ MORE›
US LAUNCHES NATION'S FIRST MISSION TO COLLECT ASTEROID SAMPLES[1]
A NASA TV commentator said during a live broadcast. It's a seven-year mission to boldly go to asteroid Bennu and back... READ MORE›
EXPLOSION AT SPACEX LAUNCH PAD IN FLORIDA DESTROYS ROCKET, SATELLITE
SpaceX is leasing the Cape Canaveral pad from the Air Force for unmanned Falcon launches... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: OBAMA APPROVES BROADER ROLE FOR U.S. FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN
The new policy would allow U.S. forces to accompany Afghans at key moments in their offensive campaign against the Taliban... READ MORE›
NAMING OF NEW TALIBAN CHIEF SEEN DIMMING OBAMA'S HOPES FOR AFGHAN PEACE TALKS
Regardless of who leads them, the Taliban have zero incentive to negotiate on their determination to restore their brand of Islamic rule... READ MORE›
BONO CALLS FOR 'MARSHALL PLAN' IN RESPONSE TO REFUGEE CRISIS
Bono calls for 'marshall plan' in response to refugee crisis middle east... READ MORE›
US STEPS UP AIRSTRIKES AGAINST ISIS AFTER IT GAINS TERRITORY IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan is at least the fourth country where Mr. Obama has struck fighters aligned with the Islamic State... READ MORE›
AFGHANISTAN BOMBINGS KILL AT LEAST 24 | TORONTO STAR
The attack killed the man, who had been leading a local uprising against Taliban insurgents, along with 11 bystanders... READ MORE›
NASA ENDURANCE CHAMP KELLY READY TO GO HOME BUT COULD DO ANOTHER YEAR
Along with Kornienko, Kelly will check out of the space station Tuesday, riding a Russian capsule back to the planet to end NASA's longest space flight... READ MORE›
RUSSIA GIVES A GIFT OF 10,000 AUTOMATIC RIFLES TO AFGHANISTAN
Photo AP Wednesday's delivery comes as Russian officials say they have become impatient with the failures of Washington's policies in Afghanistan... READ MORE›