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Mars experiment crew return to 'earth'
04/11/2011 - RUSSIA

Mars experiment crew return to 'earth'

The six crew members of the Mars500 experiment - a 520-day simulation of space travel to the red planet - ended their voluntary isolation on Friday, greeting eager family members and the press in Moscow.
Chinese capsule sets off on Long March to space
01/11/2011 - CHINA

Chinese capsule sets off on Long March to space

A Chinese Long March rocket has successfully launched the Shenzhou 8 unmanned spacecraft into orbit in the latest stage of the country's plan to build a permanent space station by the end of the decade.
Soyuz blasts off, carrying Galileo satellites to space
21/10/2011 - SPACE

Soyuz blasts off, carrying Galileo satellites to space

After a one-day delay, the Russian rocket Soyuz successfully blasted off from its base in French Guiana on Friday carrying satellites for the Galileo project, a European version of the US Global Positioning System (GPS).
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Soyuz lift-off delayed hours before launch
20/10/2011 - SPACE

Soyuz lift-off delayed hours before launch

The lift-off of the Russian rocket Soyuz was delayed Thursday after an "anomaly" was detected. The rocket was to carry the first satellites of the Galileo project, a European version of the US Global Positioning System or GPS, into space.
'Blast off Tiangong-1!'
30/09/2011 - INTERNATIONAL PRESS REVIEW

'Blast off Tiangong-1!'

INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Fri. 30/09/11. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh gives an interview to Time and the Washington Post - his first since returning to Yemen last week. China launches a space module, the first step towards a plan to build a space station around 2020. China Daily assures there is no hidden motive and that the space flight is in service of science.
China to launch test module for space station
29/09/2011 - CHINA - SPACE EXPLORATION

China to launch test module for space station

China was set Thursday to launch the experimental space module Tiangong-1 from the Gobi desert in China's northwest. The unmanned module will test various space operations with an eye toward building a space station by 2020.
Defunct satellite plummeted into Pacific, NASA says
25/09/2011 - SPACE

Defunct satellite plummeted into Pacific, NASA says

NASA's defunct Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite likely fell into the Pacific Ocean a little after 4 a.m. GMT, the US space agency announced Saturday. The satellite was launched in 1991 to measure atmospheric conditions including the ozone layer.
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New planet could support life, astronomers say
13/09/2011 - SCIENCE

New planet could support life, astronomers say

European astronomers have found a planet that may be habitable, though only just. The planet, discovered by special planet-hunting instruments in Chile, is thought to be humid and to experience temperatures of 50 degrees Celsius.
US debt crisis: a feeling of 'déjà vu'
27/07/2011 - THE WEEK IN THE AMERICAS

US debt crisis: a feeling of 'déjà vu'

World markets jitter as Republicans and Democrats collide over debt. Gang warfare rages inside Mexico's most dangerous prison at Ciudad Juarez. And European scientists work to build the world’s most powerful telescope in Chile’s Atacama desert.
Atlantis blasts off on final space shuttle mission
08/07/2011 - NASA

Atlantis blasts off on final space shuttle mission

The space shuttle Atlantis has blasted off on its final mission on Friday, ending the 30-year-old US space shuttle programme with a 12-day mission to the International Space Station.
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