China to select taikonauts for space stationBEIJING - China has started a new round of selection for taikonauts and five to seven of them will be part of the final list, said an official of the country’s space programme Thursday. Two-year-old to hold painting exhibition in AustraliaSYDNEY - The finger-paintings of a two-year-old would normally be praised for their creativity by doting parents and get a place under a fridge magnet along with shopping lists, bills and postcards. But Aelita Andre’s parents have managed to convince a Melbourne gallery that their tot’s acrylics deserve a solo exhibition next month. Six selected for Mars flight simulation experimentMOSCOW - Six people, who will take part in a 105-day experiment to simulate a flight to Mars, have been selected by scientists at the Moscow-based Russian Institute of Medical and Biological Problems. Mosquito survives in outer spaceMOSCOW - A Russian scientist has said that a mosquito had managed to survive in the outer space for 18 months. NASA postpones Discovery launchWASHINGTON - NASA has for the fourth time delayed the launch of its space shuttle Discovery due to technical reasons, the US space agency has announced. Launch of Discovery shuttle put off to Feb 27WASHINGTON - NASA is eyeing Feb 27 as the earliest possible date for launch of the next shuttle mission Discovery, a postponement blamed on worries over the possibility that pieces of a faulty fuel valve could strike the shuttle on takeoff. Shuttle Discovery launch postponed until Feb 27: NASAWASHINGTON - The US space agency NASA has set a new date for the launch of space shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station (ISS) due to technical reasons, an official said. US and Russian satellites collide in spaceWASHINGTON/MOSCOW - A US satellite was destroyed in an unprecedented collision with a spent Russian satellite, raising fears of danger to other satellites, a report said Thursday. Satellite collision debris no threat to ISS: Russian space agencyMOSCOW - The debris from the collision Tuesday involving two communications satellites poses no threat to the International Space Station (ISS), a spokesman for Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said Thursday. US and Russian satellites collide in spaceWASHINGTON - A privately owned US communication satellite collided with a defunct Russian satellite in orbit posing a risk to the international space station, US space agency NASA has said. Space debris - a growing man-made threatBEIJING - The collision of a privately owned US communication satellite with a non-operational Russian satellite in space has highlighted the increasing threat posed by space debris. South Africa prepares for second satellite launch in MarchPRETORIA - South Africa will launch its second satellite from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur space station March 25 to monitor disasters like floods, oil spills and wild fires in the country. Russian space agency plans to build new space stationMOSCOW - The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos is considering a plan to build a new space station as the current one approaches its retirement, officials said. Russia’s space agency plans to build own orbital stationMOSCOW - Russia’s Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will propose to the government the building of a low-orbit space station to support future exploration of the Moon and Mars, an agency official has said. Months in space erode astronauts’ bone strengthWASHINGTON - Astronauts who spend months in space tend to lose bone strength, making them increasingly vulnerable to fractures in later life. India to set up first space-themed park by 2010NEW DELHI - As India reaches for the moon, one company is gearing up to offer the country its space-themed park, complete with a space camp, an aviation camp, fun rides demonstrating weightlessness, robotics, rocketry and even scuba diving, near Pune. Orbiting ISS crew begins space walk missionWASHINGTON - Two crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) began a space walk late Monday to collect science experiments attached to the outside of their orbiting home. |
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