China's fourth space center to be completed by 2015
China's fourth space center, Wenchang, will be put into service between 2014 and 2015, not in 2013 as it was previously announced, the CCTV channel reported on Tuesday.
// Mar. 09, 2010 - 09:12 GMT
Russian Volga region moves to produce flying saucers
The government of the Ulianovsk Region in the Volga area has approved a five-year program to produce so-called “flying saucers” – a bizarre hybrid of a helicopter and an aerostat.
// Mar. 03, 2010 - 04:13 GMT
Putin allocates $37 million to build supercomputers in Russia
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has allocated 1.1 billion rubles ($37 million) to develop supercomputer technologies in Russia.
// Mar. 03, 2010 - 01:17 GMT
Russian spacecraft successfully orbits 3 Glonass satellites
A Proton-M carrier rocket has successfully orbited three Glonass satellites, a spokesman for the Space Forces said.
// Mar. 02, 2010 - 03:05 GMT
U.S. space shuttle Endeavour safely lands in Florida
U.S. space shuttle Endeavour successfully landed at a space center in Florida after it undocked from the International Space Station on February 20.
// Feb. 22, 2010 - 03:32 GMT
U.S. space shuttle undocks from International Space Station
U.S. space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday at 07:54 p.m. EST (00:54 GMT Saturday), NASA said
// Feb. 20, 2010 - 06:06 GMT
NASA astronauts complete 2nd spacewalk to hook up plumbing
Endeavour shuttle astronauts successfully completed their second spacewalk early on Sunday to install plumbing for a new technological module of the International Space Station, NASA officials said.
// Feb. 14, 2010 - 10:50 GMT
Endeavour shuttle docks with International Space Station
The NASA Endeavour space shuttle has successfully reached the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said on its website on Wednesday.
// Feb. 10, 2010 - 06:32 GMT
World's largest atom smasher to jump straight to maximum energy
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will jump straight to its maximum energy without any medium-energy proton collisions, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has said on its website.
// Feb. 03, 2010 - 23:32 GMT