Space ≡ Today’s latest news in category Space

New Deputy Chairman of Aerospace Committee named

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Alan Kazkenov has been appointed as the new Deputy Chairman of the Aerospace Committee under the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry, Kazinform reports.

Appointments

14.01.2020 17:22

NASA planet hunter finds Earth-size habitable-zone exoplanet

WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM NASA's planet-hunting satellite TESS has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star's habitable zone, according to NASA scientists attending the 235th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Honolulu.

World News > World News

09.01.2020 23:00

U.S. astronaut Christina Koch sets women’s record for longest space flight

BAIKONUR. KAZINFORM The U.S. astronaut, Christina Koch, set the new record for the longest space mission by woman, Kazinform reports.

Society > Science

30.12.2019 08:11

Saudi Arabia aims to coop with Kazakhstan in space exploration

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - Saudi Arabia is ready to establish mutually beneficial relations in space exploration with Kazakhstan, Trend reports with reference to the press office of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

World News > Foreign Mass Media about Kazakhstan

25.12.2019 09:03

Kazakhstan to earmark $233 mln for Baiterek space project

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan plans to allocate $233 mln to finance the project to build the Baiterek space launch facility at the Baikonur space center, Kazakh Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry Askar Zhumagaliev told reporters on Wednesday.

Society > Science

18.12.2019 21:16

Progress MS-13 space freighter blasts off from Baikonur spaceport

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM A Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with a Progress MS-13 resupply ship blasted off from launch site No. 31 of the Baikonur cosmodrome, Russia’s Roscosmos state space corporation reported in a live broadcast on its website on Friday.

Society > Science

06.12.2019 17:44

PM opens forum «Space Days in Kazakhstan: Baikonur – the cradle of world cosmonautics»

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Prime Minister Askar Mamin attended the opening of the forum «Space Days in Kazakhstan: Baikonur – the Cradle of the World Cosmonautics», Kazinform has learnt from the prime minister’s press service.

Politics > Government

12.11.2019 14:16

New satellites can be built under Kazakhstan’s leadership – Lionel Champeaud

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – A delegation of France’s Airbus Defence and Space (AD&S) that has been Kazakhstan’s strategic partner in space industry for the past 10 years is expected to partake in the international forum The Space Days in Kazakhstan on November 12-13. On the eve of the forum Kazinform correspondent sat down with Lionel Champeaud, Vice President Central Europe, Russia, Central Asia, Baltics, Caucasus, Airbus Defence Space, to talk about Airbus-Kazakhstan cooperation.

Interview > Interview

10.11.2019 16:23

The International Space Station Russian state space corporation Roscosmos

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM Specialists of Russia’s Mission Control Center will carry out a maneuver on November 8 to raise by 800 meters the average altitude of the International Space Station (ISS), the Central Research Institute of Machine-Building (TsNIIMash) told TASS on Friday.

Society > Science

02.11.2019 12:12

Belarus, Kazakhstan to step up cooperation in space monitoring of Earth

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Belarus and Kazakhstan will intensify cooperation in monitoring the Earth from space, Kazakhstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar told journalists on 24 October, BelTA has learned.

World News > Diplomacy

25.10.2019 07:09

Samsung sends Galaxy S10 5G into orbit for 'space selfie'

SEOUL. KAZINFORM Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it has sent one of its Galaxy S10 5G smartphones into space inside a balloon to allow its users to take selfies with the Earth in the background.

World News > World News

24.10.2019 13:14

NASA unveils new spacesuits for human lunar landing

WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM The U.S. space agency NASA unveiled on Tuesday the next-generation spacesuits to be used in its Artemis program that will send the first woman and next man to the Lunar South Pole by 2024.

Society > Science

17.10.2019 19:07

Satellites launched atop Russia’s Proton-M rocket put into designated orbits

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM Two commercial satellites, Europe’s Eutelsat-5WB and US MEV-1, launched atop the Proton-M carrier rocket on Wednesday, were put into their designated orbits on Thursday, the International Launch Services (ILS) said on Twitter.

Society > Science

10.10.2019 16:00

Russia’s state commission greenlights Proton rocket’s launch with 2 foreign satellites

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM Russia’s state commission has made a decision on the readiness of a Proton-M carrier rocket for its scheduled launch with two foreign satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Wednesday, the State Space Corporation Roscosmos reported on its Twitter.

Society > Science

09.10.2019 16:37

Milky Way sends out cataclysmic beam 3.5 mln years ago: study

WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM Astronomers found that an expanding beam of energy sprang from close to the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way, like a titanic lighthouse beam, more than 3 million years ago.

World News > World News

07.10.2019 20:26

Hazza Al Mansoori returns to Earth after successful mission aboard ISS

DUBAI. KAZINFORM Hazza Al Mansoori, the first Emirati astronaut, along with astronauts Nick Hague and Aleksey Ovchinin, returned to Earth safely, after completing his eight-day scientific mission aboard the International Space Station, ISS. The hatch closing of the Soyuz MS-12 took place at 08:20 UAE time, WAM reports.

World News > World News

03.10.2019 22:23

NASA astronaut Shannon Walker to visit Almaty

ALMATY. KAZINFORM Shannon Walker, an American scientist and a NASA astronaut, will arrive in Almaty to attend the Space Week 2019 slated for October 4-10, the U.S. Consulate General Almaty informs.

Top Story

01.10.2019 08:50

SpaceX to launch new heavy-lift rocket into orbit in 6 months

WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that the private space company's next-generation heavy-lift rocket Starship is expected to be launched into orbit in six months.

Society > Science

30.09.2019 09:09

Al Mansoori starts experiments involving UAE schools on first day onboard ISS

DUBAI. KAZINFORM Hazzaa Al Mansoori, the first Emirati astronaut, began his missions immediately after arriving safely at the International Space Station (ISS).

Society > Science

27.09.2019 18:40

Astronomers find three black holes on collision course

LOS ANGELES. KAZINFORM Astronomers have spotted three giant black holes within a titanic collision of three galaxies, according to a release of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on Thursday.

World News > World News

27.09.2019 17:09

Space

Archive