The International Space Station (ISS) will be de-orbited and sunk in the Pacific Ocean after 2020 like its Russian predecessor Mir, Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) Deputy Head Vitaly Davydov said on Wednesday.
// Jul. 27, 2011 - 08:25 GMT
Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will launch a mini-satellite during a spacewalk on August 3, mission control said on Friday.
// Jul. 22, 2011 - 09:02 GMT
The U.S. shuttle Atlantis will on Thursday make its final landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing NASA's 30-year Space Shuttle program.
// Jul. 21, 2011 - 03:21 GMT
The launch of Russia's Soyuz-2.1a space carrier with six U.S. Globalstar-2 communications satellites, has been postponed due to technical reasons.
// Jul. 11, 2011 - 03:17 GMT
Leading scientists will gather on Monday in South Siberia's Altai Territory to discuss the possible discovery of remains of a previously unknown human relative, a leading Russian scientist told RIA Novosti.
// Jul. 04, 2011 - 03:50 GMT
Russian and Italian scientists will on June 20–21 discuss the possibility to construct Ignitor fusion reactor in Russia, the director of Russia's national research center Kurchatov Institute said on Saturday.
// Jun. 18, 2011 - 06:33 GMT
The space shuttle Endeavour has landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, bringing its 25th and final spaceflight to a close.
// Jun. 01, 2011 - 07:03 GMT
German scientists said they will suspend their efforts to synthesize element 120 on Wednesday morning, the project's chief scientist Sigurd Hofmann told RIA Novosti.
// Jun. 01, 2011 - 03:58 GMT
The space shuttle Endeavour, which finally undocked from the International Space Station at 3:55 GMT, is flying a re-approach to the station for a Detailed Test Objective known as STORRM (Sensor Test for Orion Relative Navigation Risk Mitigation), NASA said on Monday.
// May. 30, 2011 - 08:54 GMT
Space Shuttle Endeavour departed the International Space Station for the very last time, U.S. space agency NASA said on Monday.
// May. 30, 2011 - 05:49 GMT