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  Pakistan committed to send its first astronaut in space by 2022: Fawad Chaudhry

  World | September 16, 2019 16:31 IST

  China would collaborate with Pakistan in its space mission, he said during an interview on Sunday, adding the selection process for the astronaut would start in 2020, reports The News International.

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  Key achievements in space mission under Modi government: All you need to know

  India | March 27, 2019 21:11 IST

  India has achieved a milestone in its space exploration programme under the Modi government. 

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  India keen to fly a woman in maiden manned space mission

  Science | January 12, 2019 16:53 IST

  There will be two unmanned flights by the space agency onboard a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) before the manned mission 'Gaganyaan'.  

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  Prolonged space missions may affect size, density of spinal muscles

  Science | January 10, 2019 16:45 IST

  In the study, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) analysed computed tomography (CT) scans of the lumbar (lower) spine in 17 astronauts and cosmonauts who flew missions on the ISS.   

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  India plans to launch 32 space missions in 2019

  India | January 02, 2019 22:40 IST

  The missions include the second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 to land on the moon with lander and rover.  

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  Scientists develop 'Spacesuits' for microbes destined to live in space

  Science | October 02, 2018 14:40 IST

  The system, developed by researchers at the University of California (UC) Berkeley in the US, mimics photosynthesis in plants.

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  ISRO not to fly any living being before actual manned space mission

  Science | September 14, 2018 15:36 IST

  "We have no plans to test fly any living being like live animals in our two test flights before sending human beings into the space in our rocket," K. Sivan, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), told IANS.  

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  72nd Independence Day | Gaganyaan, India's first manned space mission, to be launched by 2022: PM Modi

  Science | August 15, 2018 9:32 IST

  He said when India celebrates 75th year of Independence in 2022, "and if possible even before, an Indian son or daughter" will undertake a manned space mission on board 'Gaganyaan' "carrying the national flag".

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  NASA’s Cassini spacecraft burns up over Saturn ending 20-year-long journey

  World | September 15, 2017 18:13 IST

  NASA's $4 billion Cassini spacecraft has burned up in the skies over Saturn as planned, ending a 20-year mission.

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  Indian-origin astronaut Shawna Pandya denies being NASA pick

  India | February 10, 2017 20:25 IST

  Refuting all the speculation to fly for NASA, an Indian-origin citizen-astronaut Shawna Pandya said the reports of getting shortlisted by NASA for its 2018 space mission under the Citizen Science Astronaut programme are mistaken. Pandya

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  Space mission: China plans 30 launches in 2017

  World | January 05, 2017 12:31 IST

  In yet another assetion of itsgiant leap in space technology, China plans to conduct some 30 space launch missions in 2017, a record-breaking number in the country's space history, a media report said. According to

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  Chinese astronauts to return home after longest space mission

  World | November 17, 2016 18:39 IST

  China's spacecraft Shenzhou-11, carrying two taikonauts separated from orbiting experimental space labTiangong-2 today as they prepared for their journey to return to earth after a month's stay in space, the longest by Chinese astronauts.

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  China all set to launch its manned space mission tomorrow

  World | October 16, 2016 21:44 IST

  China is ready for its longest-ever manned space mission with a spacecraft carrying two astronauts set to lift off tomorrow to dock with an experimental lab for a month-long stay under the Communist giant's ambitious

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  China all set to carry out Shenzhou-11 manned space mission on Monday

  World | October 16, 2016 12:24 IST

  China is all set to launch the Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft tomorrow, as per reports. China will launch a manned space mission on Monday to send two astronauts to dock on its second experimental lab orbiting

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  Robots to eventually replace humans on space missions

  July 26, 2016 18:47 IST

  Autonomous robots capable of swimming, climbing and walking will eventually replace humans and animals on space missions.

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  Neil Armstrong kept souvenirs from Apollo 11 in his home

  World | February 11, 2015 8:19 IST

  Washington: Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the Moon, for decades kept the camera he used to document his first steps on the lunar surface in a bag discovered at his home

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  Now ISRO working on manned space mission

  India | January 04, 2015 8:33 IST

  Mumbai: After the success of Mangalyaan, the Indian Space Research Organisation is working on developing technology to send a manned mission to space, the organisation's former chief Dr K Radhakrishnan said."We have been able to

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  Winning Haiku is a way to Planet Mars

  World | July 18, 2013 23:54 IST

  New Delhi: Nasa has offered a great opportunity to those who have ever dream of being on planet Mars, with its new Space mission, Mission “MAVEN”.NASA  is going to send a spacecraft named MAVEN to

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  PM hails India's 100th space mission as spectacular success

  India | September 09, 2012 16:34 IST

  Sriharikota (AP), Sep 9: Hailing India's 100th space mission as a “spectacular success”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said it was a “testimony” to commercial competitiveness of Indian space industry.Dr. Singh, who watched the

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  Nasa Unveils Robot For Space Mission

  World | February 06, 2010 17:44 IST

  President Barack Obama may have recently cut the funding legs from beneath NASA regarding the Constellation Project and future manned missions to the Moon, but that isn't likely to stop the cash-strapped U.S. space administration