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Come July 8th, 2011, the long standing and highly successful NASA shuttle program will finally meet its end as Shuttle Atlantis will ferry the last four U.S astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). This historic event will eventually result in establishing the domination of the Russian Federation in the so called ‘Space Race’ that [...]

Scientists and researchers from the Russian space agency are expected to hold high level meetings in order to prepare for a mission that would be based on the deflection of the 99942 Apophis, a near earth object asteroid that is believed to pass quite close to our plant in about 20 years from now. As per the studies conducted, the 99942 Apophis asteroid [...]

The sensation and addiction of blogging has grasped millions of users worldwide, with numerous blogging websites getting online everyday. Now the craze of blogging has gone beyond the orbit of our planet, with the world’s very first space blogger, astronaut Maksim Suraev who is currently posting his day to day activities from space. One of the [...]

The realm of sci-fi is finally merging with the aspects of reality and the technology we witnessed in some of the greatest science fiction flicks like, Star Trek and Mission To Mars is all set to come true. The Russian Space Agency today announced, that it is planning to build a nuclear powered spaceship. As per the estimates released by Anatoly Perminov, [...]

The European Space Agency has issued formal request to recruit volunteers for a simulated 520-day manned Mars mission, that is scheduled to begin in the year 2010. The proposed experiment is designed to evaluate the psychological and medical impacts of long duration space missions. The volunteers will be living working in a sealed facility in Russia, [...]