Tag: Space rocket

Categories USA

‘Hopefully it won’t hit anybody’: Pentagon chief says ‘no plan to shoot down’ unguided Chinese rocket as it falls from orbit

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While the US military is capable of “a lot of things,” they are not planning to shoot down debris from a Chinese rocket, which is hurtling back to Earth in an uncontrolled reentry, Pentagon head Lloyd Austin has said. … Read More >‘Hopefully it won’t hit anybody’: Pentagon chief says ‘no plan to shoot down’ unguided Chinese rocket as it falls from orbit

Categories Asia & Pacific

China’s next probe will carry French, Russian gear to the Moon, asteroid defense system planned also

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As part of its major ambitions in the field of space exploration and development, China has confirmed that its next robot lunar lander in 2024 will feature equipment from France, Sweden, Russia and Italy. … Read More >China’s next probe will carry French, Russian gear to the Moon, asteroid defense system planned also

Categories Russia

WATCH Russian Soyuz rocket take off with 36 British-built satellites in launch commemorating Yuri Gagarin’s historic space flight

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A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying 36 satellites, produced by the British firm OneWeb, has successfully blasted off from Vostochny Cosmodrome in the country’s Far East. Its payload is poised to help expand global internet coverage. … Read More >WATCH Russian Soyuz rocket take off with 36 British-built satellites in launch commemorating Yuri Gagarin’s historic space flight

Categories Russia

Poekhali! Russian spaceship named after Yuri Gagarin blasts off almost sixty years after Soviet cosmonaut’s record-smashing flight

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A Russian-made Soyuz rocket has lifted off from a cosmodrome in the Kazakh desert. It will now carry its crew – two Russians and one American – to the International Space Station, orbiting more than 400km above the Earth. … Read More >Poekhali! Russian spaceship named after Yuri Gagarin blasts off almost sixty years after Soviet cosmonaut’s record-smashing flight

Categories Russia

American astronauts to again use Russian Soyuz rocket to reach ISS as NASA can’t rely on ‘unstable’ US tech – Moscow space chief

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After the US bought a seat on a Russian spacecraft to send a NASA astronaut to the International Space Station, the chief of Russia’s Space Agency Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin claimed that American spaceflight is still “unstable.” … Read More >American astronauts to again use Russian Soyuz rocket to reach ISS as NASA can’t rely on ‘unstable’ US tech – Moscow space chief

Categories Russia

Russian ‘Progress’ space freighter launched from Baikonur, cargo slated to put an end to outdated docking module on ISS (VIDEO)

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Russia’s Progress MS-16 robotic spacecraft has been launched on a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The voyage will end with the de-orbiting of one of the compartments on the iconic celestial facility. … Read More >Russian ‘Progress’ space freighter launched from Baikonur, cargo slated to put an end to outdated docking module on ISS (VIDEO)

Categories World

Ukraine in space! Despite desperate financial situation & need for Western aid, deputy PM says country must launch own spacecraft

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Though policymakers in Kiev are embroiled in a bitter row over the constitution and access to Covid-19 jabs, the country’s deputy prime minister says Ukrainians should be setting their sights firmly on a voyage to the stars. … Read More >Ukraine in space! Despite desperate financial situation & need for Western aid, deputy PM says country must launch own spacecraft