Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:40:16 +0100 A Russian spacecraft designed to burnish the nation's faded space glory in a mission to one of Mars' moons has turned into one of the heaviest, most toxic pieces of space junk ever. (Source: Associated Press)
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:20:16 +0100 A Russian space probe designed to burnish the nation's faded space glory in a mission to one of Mars' moons has turned into one of the heaviest, most toxic pieces of space junk ever. (Source: Associated Press)
Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:10:17 +0100 NASA's Dawn spacecraft is sending back the most close-up images of the asteroid Vesta since it slipped into orbit around the giant space rock last summer. (Source: Associated Press)
Gathering around a life-sized scale model of the Hayabusa spacecraft ...
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:20:09 +0100 (AP) - Gathering around a life-sized scale model of the Hayabusa spacecraft of which capsule successfully returned to Earth last year with particles collected from an asteroid for the first time in history after a seven-year journey, Japanese actor Ken Watanabe, front row fourth from left, poses with Hayabusa space probe project chief Junichiro Kawaguchi, front row third from left, and about 200 project supporting team members during a press conference to promote his latest film 'Hayabusa, Harukanaru Kikan, or Return from the distant place' in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. The 12 million yen (US$156,000) spacecraft model was made to be used in the film which is due to hit the big screen from early February, 2012. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft rests on its launch pad at Baikonur ...
Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:40:02 +0100 (Reuters) - The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft rests on its launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome November 14, 2011. Members of the International Space Station (ISS) crew U.S. astronaut Daniel Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin Members will take off on Monday returning a full crew to the ISS after the crash of a Russian cargo spaceship disrupted operations and undermined faith in the Russian space programme. REUTERS/Mikhail Metzel/Pool (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: TRANSPORT SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)
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