Black NASA astronaut is replaced in sudden crew shuffle
MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Jeanette Epps, 46, a former CIA agent turned astronaut, was about to become the first…
8 years ago
spacecraft
Russia restores contact with Angolan satellite
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russian specialists on Friday said they have restored communication with Angosat-1, the first national satellite it…
8 years ago
UPDATE: Russia loses contact with Angolan satellite
by Olga Rotenberg and Anna Smolchenko Agence France-Presse moscow, Russia (AFP) -- Russia has lost contact with Angola's first national…
8 years ago
Russia loses contact with Angolan satellite — space industry source
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia has lost contact with Angosat-1, the first national telecoms satellite for Angola launched from its…
9 years ago
Russia launches telecoms satellite for Angola
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia on Tuesday launched a rocket carrying Angosat-1, the first national telecoms satellite for Angola, from…
9 years ago
McCandless, first astronaut to fly untethered, dies at age 80
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Bruce McCandless, an astronaut who was the first to fly untethered from his spacecraft…
9 years ago
NASA successfully fires Voyager 1 thrusters after 37 years
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft -- cruising interstellar space billions of miles from Earth -- was…
9 years ago
New spacecraft data re-writes the books on Jupiter
Reuters -- Jupiter's atmosphere features colossal cyclones and rivers of ammonia welling up from deep inside the solar system's largest…
9 years ago
NASA spacecraft Cassini prepares for final mission
Reuters --National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientists gathered on Tuesday (April 4) to help usher in the final chapter of the…
9 years ago
Missing comet lander Philae spotted at last: ESA
by Pascale MOLLARD Mariëtte Le Roux PARIS, France (AFP) -- Europe's Rosetta spacecraft has finally spotted its tiny lander Philae,…
10 years ago
NASA’s Juno spacecraft sends first in-orbit view of Jupiter
REUTERS -- NASA'S Juno spacecraft sent its first in-orbit view of Jupiter after it capped a five-year journey to the…
10 years ago
NASA prepares for Juno spacecraft’s Jupiter orbit
CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) -- After nearly a five year wait, scientists at NASA will get their very first close-encounter…
10 years ago
This website uses cookies.