NASA sets shuttle Discovery launch for April 5

NASA has given the final go-ahead for the launch of the U.S. space shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station (ISS) scheduled for April 5, NASA said on its website on Saturday.

// Mar. 27, 2010 - 06:15 GMT


Large Hadron Collider

// Mar. 24, 2010 - 01:51 GMT


CERN sets date for first 7 TeV particle smashes in Large Hadron Collider

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will for the first time collide particles at an energy of 7 tera-electron volts (TeV), or 3.5 TeV per beam, on March 30, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on its website.

// Mar. 24, 2010 - 01:51 GMT


CERN sets date for first 7 TeV collisions in Large Hadron Collider

// Mar. 24, 2010 - 01:51 GMT


Russia set to launch Proton-M rocket with U.S. telecoms satellite

A Proton-M carrier rocket with the U.S. telecommunications satellite Echostar 14 will be launched on Saturday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.

// Mar. 19, 2010 - 22:20 GMT


Large Hadron Collider accelerates beams to 3.5 TeV

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) set a new record by accelerating its proton beams to half its designed energy – 3.5 tera-electron volts (TeV) – early on Friday, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on its website.

// Mar. 19, 2010 - 16:14 GMT


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


Large Hadron Collider

// Mar. 09, 2010 - 01:23 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