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Google co-founder buys seat to outer space

AP — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:03:37 +0000

The company that sends wealthy tourists to the International Space Station says that Google co-founder Sergey Brin has paid $5 million to reserve a seat on a future flight.Space Adventures made the announcement Wednesday in Manhattan.Company...

Space beer brews a happy hour for Japanese astronauts

Asmita — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:23:24 +0000

Having spent an ungodly amount of money and resources in trying to train astronauts to survive in space, you definitely don’t want them getting drunk and spacewalk happy. But apparently over in Japan, they believe that astronauts hovering...

Peace on Earth in outer Space...

Charles — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:11:37 +0000

When I get really down after reflecting on the state of the world: a war in Iraq and Afghanistan, disengagement and heightened tension with North Korea and Iran, a world financial disaster, food shortages everywhere, gas prices high as high can be,...

South Korean Astronaut, Cosmonauts Arrive at Space Station

Pooja — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:16:05 +0000

Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko, and South Korean spaceflyer So-yeon Yi pulled in at the station aboard their Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft, which docked with the outpost’s Earth-facing Pirs module at about 8:57 a.m. EDT (1257...

Spaceship Endevour gets an extra passenger - The robot Dextre

Jayaprashanth — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:02:58 +0000

When the spacecraft Endeavour blasts off in yet another voyage to the International Space Station, it will have one more passenger in addition to it’s crew of seven astronauts, the robot Dextre, albeit in unassembled guise. This two armed...

Jules Verne's Space connection - Premier unmanned cargo spaceship

Jayaprashanth — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:51:19 +0000

Yes, the legendary author Jules Verne still has a connection with space, not just courtesy his books like the classic-Around the world in 80 days, but because the European Space Agency has named one of the biggest cargo spaceship to be launched...

Geosafari telescope talks and educates!

Ankita — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:23:22 +0000

Do the stars interest your child? Does the planets capture your twinkling star’s imagination? Or do you find him lost in the thoughts of the animal safari? Time is that you discover the little explorer in him and let him broaden the spectrum...

Astronauts head for earth after fixing ripped solar wing

Arpita Mukherjee — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:01:11 +0000

It was a teary farewell for the astronauts aboard the linked shuttle Discovery and the International space Station, as Discovery makes its return journey to mother earth. Clayton Anderson who had spent five months in orbit is now headed home to...

Russia to send its first space tourist in 2009

Rajni — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:33:00 +0000

It seems like space tourism is getting closer and closer to reality. Few days back I wrote about Galactic Suite, the first hotel planned in space that is expected in 2012. After launching five tourists (four from the U.S. and one from South...

Russian ship successfully docks cargo to international space station

Ritu — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:31:48 +0000

Russia’s Mission control spokesperson stated that a Russian cargo ship has successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS) after a three-day orbit flight. The Russian cargo is carrying more than 2.5 tons of supplies and...