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The Mars Astrobiology Explorer-Cacher (MAX-C) is a NASA concept for a Mars rover mission proposed to be launched in 2018 together with the European ExoMars rover. Read more The Mars Astrobiology Explorer Cach...

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The Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft is scheduled to return to Earth in the on the 16th March, 2011. The spacecraft will return the crew of Expedition 26, commander Scott Kelly, Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka, who were launched to the to the International Space Station on the 7th October, 2010. Soyuz...

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Apollo 9 was the first manned flight of the Command/Service Module (CSM) along with the Lunar Module (LM). After launching on March 3, 1969, the crew spent ten days in low Earth orbit. Read more

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China will update and modify its lunar probes to develop a Mars probe, Ye Peijian, chief scientist of deep space exploration at the China Academy of Space Technology, told China Daily. Modifications, to enable the Mars probe to reach deep space and become "smarter", will be carried out,...

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Measurement of the polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) has the potential to provide one of the few quantitative observable consequences of the inflationary epoch. A community-wide study of the theory, analysis, instrumentation and technology is being supported by a NASA Mis...

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The Progress M-07M/39P cargo ship undocked from Zvezda module on the ISS at 08:12 UTC, 20th February 2011, to make way for the Johannes Kepler Automated Transfer Vehicle. After undocking it will be deorbited to a destructive reentry over the spacecraft cemetery in the Pacific Ocean.

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STS-63 was the second mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried out the first rendezvous of the American Space Shuttle with Russia's space station Mir. Known as the 'Near-Mir' mission, the flight used Space Shuttle Discovery, which lifted off from launch pad 39B on February 3,...

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Mars 'hopper' may run on nuclear decay and Martian CO2 Nuclear decay-driven machines could gather gases from the atmosphere of Mars, giving future robotic missions leaps of a kilometre, researchers say. A design concept in Proceedings of the Royal Society A outlines an approach to compress CO2 an...

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Russia launched a Progress cargo spacecraft early on Friday to deliver fuel, food and water to the International Space Station (ISS). The Progress M-09M blasted off from Baikonur at 04:31 hours Moscow time (01:31 GMT Friday) carrying over 2.6 tons of various life-supporting cargoes, including f...

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Twenty-five years ago, NASA's Voyager 2 zipped past the planet Uranus on its way to Neptune. It was the first spacecraft ever to grab a close-up look at this bizarre world. Voyager 2 made its closest approach on Jan. 24, 1986, and since then we've only been able to gaze on the "ice giant" from...

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A team of Swinburne students has developed a multi robot system that won them first place at the national iNexus Robot Competition and second place at the world final in Mumbai, India. The competition set teams the challenge of replicating a manned spacecraft mission called Mars Manoeuvre. A manua...

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Luna 21 (Ye-8 series) was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 21. The Luna 21 spacecraft landed on the Moon and deployed the second Soviet lunar rover (Lunokhod 2). Read more Launch: 8 January 1973 at 06:55:38 UT...

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Much like the story of the shepherds and wise men during the first Christmas, people around the world had their attention turned toward the heavens on Dec. 24, 1968, when the Apollo 8 crew delivered its famous Christmas Eve broadcast from lunar orbit. They were also the first astronau...

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Gemini 7 (officially Gemini VII) was a 1965 manned spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. It was the 4th manned Gemini flight, the 12th manned American flight and the 20th spaceflight of all time (includes X-15 flights over 100 kilometres). [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_7]Read mo...

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STS-61-A (also known as D-1) was the 22nd Space Shuttle mission. It was a scientific Spacelab mission funded and controlled by West Germany - hence the non-NASA name of D-1 (for Deutschland 1). It was also the last successful mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger. STS-61-A holds the record for the...

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	Mars Astrobiology Explorer-Cacher (Preview) The Mars Astrobiology Explorer-Cacher (MAX-C) is a NASA concept for a Mars rover mission proposed to be launched in 2018 together with the European ExoMars rover. Read more The Mars Astrobiology Explorer Cach...	Blobrana	1	Apr 7 17:53 2011 by Blobrana
	Soyuz TMA-01M ISS (Preview) The Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft is scheduled to return to Earth in the on the 16th March, 2011. The spacecraft will return the crew of Expedition 26, commander Scott Kelly, Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka, who were launched to the to the International Space Station on the 7th October, 2010. Soyuz...	Blobrana	3	Mar 16 11:31 2011 by Blobrana
	Apollo 9 Apollo (Preview) Apollo 9 was the first manned flight of the Command/Service Module (CSM) along with the Lunar Module (LM). After launching on March 3, 1969, the crew spent ten days in low Earth orbit. Read more	Blobrana	1	Mar 3 00:28 2011 by Blobrana
	Chinese 'Smart' Mars probe (Preview) China will update and modify its lunar probes to develop a Mars probe, Ye Peijian, chief scientist of deep space exploration at the China Academy of Space Technology, told China Daily. Modifications, to enable the Mars probe to reach deep space and become "smarter", will be carried out,...	Blobrana	0	Mar 2 02:33 2011 by Blobrana
	CMBPol mission (Preview) Measurement of the polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) has the potential to provide one of the few quantitative observable consequences of the inflationary epoch. A community-wide study of the theory, analysis, instrumentation and technology is being supported by a NASA Mis...	Blobrana	1	Feb 27 16:39 2011 by Blobrana
	Progress M-07M/39P (Preview) The Progress M-07M/39P cargo ship undocked from Zvezda module on the ISS at 08:12 UTC, 20th February 2011, to make way for the Johannes Kepler Automated Transfer Vehicle. After undocking it will be deorbited to a destructive reentry over the spacecraft cemetery in the Pacific Ocean.	Blobrana	0	Feb 21 01:08 2011 by Blobrana
	STS-63 mission STS (Preview) STS-63 was the second mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried out the first rendezvous of the American Space Shuttle with Russia's space station Mir. Known as the 'Near-Mir' mission, the flight used Space Shuttle Discovery, which lifted off from launch pad 39B on February 3,...	Blobrana	0	Feb 3 12:21 2011 by Blobrana
	Mars hopper (Preview) Mars 'hopper' may run on nuclear decay and Martian CO2 Nuclear decay-driven machines could gather gases from the atmosphere of Mars, giving future robotic missions leaps of a kilometre, researchers say. A design concept in Proceedings of the Royal Society A outlines an approach to compress CO2 an...	Blobrana	1	Feb 2 14:57 2011 by Blobrana
	Progress M-09M mission ISS Progress (Preview) Russia launched a Progress cargo spacecraft early on Friday to deliver fuel, food and water to the International Space Station (ISS). The Progress M-09M blasted off from Baikonur at 04:31 hours Moscow time (01:31 GMT Friday) carrying over 2.6 tons of various life-supporting cargoes, including f...	Blobrana	1	Jan 30 14:10 2011 by Blobrana
	Uranus Pathfinder (Preview) Twenty-five years ago, NASA's Voyager 2 zipped past the planet Uranus on its way to Neptune. It was the first spacecraft ever to grab a close-up look at this bizarre world. Voyager 2 made its closest approach on Jan. 24, 1986, and since then we've only been able to gaze on the "ice giant" from...	Blobrana	0	Jan 25 22:44 2011 by Blobrana
	Mars Manoeuvre (Preview) A team of Swinburne students has developed a multi robot system that won them first place at the national iNexus Robot Competition and second place at the world final in Mumbai, India. The competition set teams the challenge of replicating a manned spacecraft mission called Mars Manoeuvre. A manua...	Blobrana	0	Jan 18 20:11 2011 by Blobrana
	Luna 21 Luna (Preview) Luna 21 (Ye-8 series) was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 21. The Luna 21 spacecraft landed on the Moon and deployed the second Soviet lunar rover (Lunokhod 2). Read more Launch: 8 January 1973 at 06:55:38 UT...	Blobrana	0	Jan 8 11:18 2011 by Blobrana
	Apollo 8 broadcast Apollo (Preview) Much like the story of the shepherds and wise men during the first Christmas, people around the world had their attention turned toward the heavens on Dec. 24, 1968, when the Apollo 8 crew delivered its famous Christmas Eve broadcast from lunar orbit. They were also the first astronau...	Blobrana	1	Dec 20 12:56 2010 by Blobrana
	Gemini 7 mission (Preview) Gemini 7 (officially Gemini VII) was a 1965 manned spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. It was the 4th manned Gemini flight, the 12th manned American flight and the 20th spaceflight of all time (includes X-15 flights over 100 kilometres). [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_7]Read mo...	Blobrana	0	Dec 4 08:18 2010 by Blobrana
	STS-61-A STS (Preview) STS-61-A (also known as D-1) was the 22nd Space Shuttle mission. It was a scientific Spacelab mission funded and controlled by West Germany - hence the non-NASA name of D-1 (for Deutschland 1). It was also the last successful mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger. STS-61-A holds the record for the...	Blobrana	1	Oct 30 09:54 2010 by Blobrana
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