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China and Russia to launch 6 lunar missions in 2021-2025 to build international Moon base BEIJING. KAZINFORM China and Russia are planning to launch six missions within the preparatory stage of building an international Moon base, Pei Zhaoyu, deputy director of the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), said during the GLEX-2021 conference on Wednesday.

17.06.2021 17:19

Soyuz MS-18 landing scheduled for October 17 — cosmonaut MOSCOW. KAZINFORM The landing of the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft, which is currently docked with the International Space Station (ISS), is scheduled for October 17, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky said on Saturday.

25.04.2021 12:45

Russia to send three missions to Moon by 2026 MOSCOW. KAZINFORM Larger spending on space explorations will enable Russia to send three missions to the Moon and actively engage in the second lunar race, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeyev said at a session of the Academy’s Presidium on Tuesday.

13.04.2021 21:40

Askar Mamin pays working visit to Baikonur, holds talks with Roscosmos Director General BAIKONUR. KAZINFORM – Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin has familiarized with the social and economic development of Baikonur city, Kyzylorda region, as well as with the implementation of the projects of Kazakhstan and Russia in the field of space as part of his working visit to the city, Kazinform cites the website of the PM.

09.04.2021 20:53

Tokayev confirms Kazakhstan and Russia’s cooperation in implementing joint space projects NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Today, the solemn session on the occasion of 60 years of Yuri Gagarin’s flight into space took place at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, where Kazakh PM Askar Mamin read out the welcoming remarks by the Kazakh Head of State, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kazinform cites the Facebook account of the President’s Press Secretary Berik Uali.

09.04.2021 20:10

State Commission approves crew members of Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft at Baikonur BAIKONUR. KAZINFORM – A session of the State Commission took place at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazinform correspondent reports.

08.04.2021 20:39

Rocket carrying 38 satellites launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome BAIKONUR. KAZINFORM – The Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with a Fregat booster set to launch 38 satellites of 18 countries into orbit blasted off at 12:07pm Nur-Sultan time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazinform correspondent reports.

22.03.2021 13:39

Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket on launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome with 38 satellites BAIKONUR. KAZINFORM – The preparations for launching the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with a Fregat booster and 38 satellites have been completed at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazinform correspondent reports.

17.03.2021 18:55

SpaceX’s Starship prototype explodes minutes after landing in Texas NEW YORK. KAZINFORM - US’s SpaceX successfully landed the Starship spacecraft, designed for Martian missions, Wednesday; however, the spacecraft exploded several minutes after the landing. The event was livestreamed on YouTube, TASS reports.

04.03.2021 09:50

NASA reveals video, audio recordings from Perseverance rover on Mars WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM - NASA revealed on Monday a first-of-its-kind footage of its Perseverance rover while landing on Mars, and the first audio of Martian wind recorded by the rover, Xinhua reports.

23.02.2021 19:11

UAE receives Hope Probe’s first image of Mars DUBAI. KAZINFORM - The Emirates Mars Mission team announced that the Hope Probe, which successfully entered the orbit of Mars last Tuesday, had sent the first image of the Red Planet, WAM reports.

15.02.2021 12:26

Asteroid samples safely stored for delivery to Earth: NASA WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM - The U.S. space agency said Thursday its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft safely stored samples collected from asteroid Bennu inside a capsule for delivery to Earth in September 2023, Kyodo News reports.

30.10.2020 17:23

NASA says images suggest "success" in asteroid sample collection WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM - The U.S. space agency said Wednesday that it likely succeeded in collecting samples through a spacecraft touchdown on asteroid Bennu a day earlier, based on images that captured the activities, Kyodo News reports.

22.10.2020 09:37

Russia to launch Soyuz MS-17 crewed spacecraft to orbital outpost on October 14 MOSCOW. KAZINFORM The launch of a Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft with three crewmembers to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for October 14, Russia’s Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center announced on Wednesday.

19.08.2020 19:39

Nasa launches Mars rover hoping to find signs of life WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM - Nasa’s new Perseverance rover took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday headed for the Red Planet in search of evidence of ancient life.

31.07.2020 17:13

EAEU countries mull over joint space project MOSCOW. KAZINFORM The Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) has approved the first cooperation project of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries in the provision of space and geoinformation services based on remote sensing data - an interstate program, which will be a pilot one for the EAEU member states, BelTA learned from the press service of the EEC.

14.07.2020 15:11

Pluto’s icy crust may be hiding ocean ANKARA. KAZINFORM Pluto may have started off as a hot place which formed rapidly and violently and may have an ocean under its icy crust, according to a study published this week.

24.06.2020 10:17

1st Turkish-made observation satellite to launch in 2021 ANKARA. KAZINFORM - The first Turkish-made, high-resolution earth observation satellite is set for launch next year, said Turkish officials on Thursday.

04.06.2020 18:55

Crew Dragon with two NASA astronauts docks to ISS NEW YORK. KAZINFORM - The Crew Dragon spacecraft with Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on board has successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS), as follows from a NASA broadcast on Sunday.

01.06.2020 09:33

Russia’s future space observatory to be able to search for other civilizations — Roscosmos MOSCOW. KAZINFORM Russia’s proposed scientific satellite Millimetron (also known as Spektr-M), whose main task will be to conduct research into the early days of the Universe, will also be searching for traces of engineering activity by extraterrestrial civilizations, if they ever existed or do exist, the executive director of Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos for research programs and science, Alexander Bloshenko, told TASS in an interview.

28.05.2020 20:33

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