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Chinese rocket lifts off on first space-walk mission
A Chinese rocket has lifted off on the country's first-ever space-walk mission. "Taikonaut" Zhai Zhigang will float out of an airlock 341 km above the earth to prepare for an orbiting station. It is China's third manned space flight.
SPACE - SOLAR SYSTEM
Scientists find sun less blustery than before
The sun's winds - which create a massive protective bubble around the solar system - are getting weaker, but it's nothing to worry about, says NASA.
SPACE
Ike puts Nasa space operations in a spin
As Ike barrelled toward Texas, Houston had to shut down the International Space Station, awaiting the arrival of a cargo ship. NASA officials said the hurricane was to blame.
SPACE - SATELLITE
European satellite launch delayed
The launch date for a European satellite which will monitor the Earth's gravitational field has been pushed back almost one month after a technical problem was discovered.
SPACE - CHINA
Third Chinese manned space flight to be launched
Previously planned for November, the launch of manned Chinese flight Shenzhou VII has been moved up to the middle of September, according to a report. It will be the third human flight for China since 2003.
SPACE - TELESCOPE
New NASA telescope gets to work
Launched last June, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, formerly known as GLAST, has officially begun its mission of mapping the universe. NASA scientists hope the high-tech telescope will enable them to better understand the cosmos.
SPACE
Massive galactic 'cluster' found
A European space observatory has found the biggest ever-seen galactic cluster in the universe. The mass is supposed to be 1,000 times larger than our own galaxy and is located some 7.7 billion light years from Earth.
SPACE - MARS
Phoenix Lander finds toxins in Mars soil
NASA said the Phoenix Mars Lander may have detected a potentially toxic substance used in rocket fuel in soil samples taken from the surface of Mars. Further tests are required to confirm the contamination did not come from the spacecraft.
SPACE - MARS
Water bathed Mars four billion years ago
US lander Phoenix analysed mineral elements in Martian soil that prove the presence of water in the southern hemisphere about 4 billion years ago. This could mean there was once life on the Red planet.
SPACE - NASA
Space shuttle program set to retire in 2010
NASA will launch its last shuttle into space on May 31, 2010, 29 years after the program's inaugural launch.
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