Space
28 Jan 2017
A Russian-built Soyuz rocket blasted off from French Guiana and successfully placed into orbit a Spanish telecommunications satellite, the French launch company Arianespace said.
16 Dec 2016
On the campaign trail in the space industry state of Florida, Trump said in October he wanted to "free Nasa from the restriction of serving primarily as a logistics agency for low-orbit activity".
17 Oct 2016
The Shenzhou-11 spacecraft blasted off early in the morning from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
15 Sep 2016
Speaking to NASA’s Patrick Barry, Tramel explained that, while the gas is scarce on Mars, carbon dioxide—which is abundant—could be mixed with hydrogen and heated, to produce methane and water.
8 Sep 2016
Serpentinization occurs in hot deep-sea vents, Atreya explains, where hydrogen (released from iron- or magnesium-rich rock) reacts with carbonaceous gases, grains and minerals, to produce methane.
25 Aug 2016
Titan is the largest of Saturn’s 62 moons. With a diameter of 5,150 kilometers, it is wider than the planet Mercury (though less massive), comprising 96 percent of Saturn’s orbiting mass.
19 Aug 2016
With more private spaceship traffic expected at the International Space Station in the coming years, two US astronauts embarked on a spacewalk Friday to install a special parking spot for them.
23 Jul 2016
Organizing a space can be tedious but we all know it is necessary as it does not only help efficiency wise but it also beautifies.
18 Jun 2016
Peake, the first British astronaut on the ISS, Russia's Yury Malenchenko and NASA's Tim Kopra parachuted down to Earth in their Soyuz capsule at 0915 GMT after spending 186 days in orbit.
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