A pair of Chinese spacecraft coupled and brought the country one step closer to its four-decade question for manned space exploration. full story ![]()
BEIJING — China will send three astronauts to its orbiting space station this summer in a mission that's part of preparations to establish an even larger permanent presence above Earth.The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft will take flight sometime between June and August, the country's manned space program said in its statement Thursday. The craft will deliver its crew to the Tiangong...
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China announced Thursday (Feb. 28) that it will send three astronauts to space this summer on a docking mission to its orbiting lab, according to news reports.
yahoo.com (2 months and 18 days ago)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 2 - A cargo capsule owned by Space Exploration Technologies was cleared for a belated docking at the International Space Station on Sunday after engineers resolved a problem with the spacecraft's thruster pods, NASA said on Saturday.
reuters.com (2 months and 18 days ago)
China's planned space station will offer scientists from around the world opportunities for research and experimentation, the lead designer of China's manned space program told Xinhua on Friday.
china.org.cn (2 months and 18 days ago)
Managers of private US company SpaceX and of the International Space Station (ISS) program gave the go-ahead for docking of the Dragon space freighter with the station on Sunday, NASA reported.
rian.ru (2 months and 18 days ago)
The planned docking of a SpaceX supply ship with the International Space Station went awry, with NASA and SpaceX expecting the Dragon ship to link with the ISS Sunday.
palmbeachpost.com (2 months and 18 days ago)
BEIJING (AP) -- China will send three astronauts on a mission to its orbiting space station this summer as part of preparations to establish an even larger permanent presence above Earth, the manned space program said Thursday....
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 2 - A cargo capsule owned by Space Exploration Technologies was cleared for a belated docking at the International Space Station on Sunday after engineers resolved a problem with the spacecraft's thruster pods, NASA said on Saturday. The Dragon spacecraft, built and operated by privately owned Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, missed its...
yahoo.com (2 months and 18 days ago)
The SpaceX Dragon's four thruster pods are now back online and "operating nominally." The trouble, however, will delay the spacecraft's docking with the International Space Station.
pcmag.com (2 months and 18 days ago)
Three-man crew earlier rocketed into space and glided to a smooth docking with the International Space Station
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