Space ≡ Today’s latest news in category Space

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.

World News > World News

30.10.2020 17:23

NASA discovers water on sunlit surface of moon

WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the moon, the agency announced on Monday.

Society > Science

27.10.2020 19:30

NASA to announce 'exciting' discovery about Moon Monday

WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM NASA said Wednesday that it will announce an «exciting» new discovery about the Moon from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) on Monday.

World News > World News

22.10.2020 19:36

Soyuz MS-16 lands safely with crew from space station

ZHEZKAZGAN. KAZINFORM – The Soyuz MS-16 lander with the Russian, US crew from the space station has safely landed on the Kazakh stepper southeast of the Kazakh city of Zhezkazgan, Kazinform cites the press service of Roscosmos.

News

22.10.2020 09:55

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.

World News > World News

22.10.2020 09:37

NASA explorer touches down on asteroid Bennu for sample collection

WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM - A NASA space explorer on Tuesday touched down on the surface of the asteroid Bennu to collect rock samples and return them to Earth for study in what would be the first such mission for the U.S. space agency, Kyodo News reports.

World News > World News

21.10.2020 11:20

Turkey, Kazakhstan ink deal on space sector cooperation

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - The Turkish Space Agency (TUA) signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday with Kazakhstan's national space agency Kazcosmos on bilateral cooperation in the space sector, Anadolu Agency reports.

World News > World News

15.10.2020 17:37

Soyuz manned spacecraft docks to space station, setting record by speed of flight

BAIKONUR. KAZINFORM The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft with three crew members reached the International Space Station (ISS) under the two-orbit scheme for the first time, setting a record by the speed of flight to the orbital outpost, Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said in a live broadcast on Wednesday.

Society > Science

14.10.2020 19:36

ISS-bound Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft lifts off from Baikonur Cosmodrome

BAIKONUR. KAZINFORM – The Soyuz-2.1a carrying the Soyuz MS-17 manned space vehicle blasted off at 11:45am on October 14, 2020 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazinform correspondent reports.

News

14.10.2020 12:37

Head of Republican Space Communications Center named

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Today Chairman of the Aerospace Committee of the Kazakh Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry Baubek Oralmagambetov introduced the new CEO of the Republican Space Communications Center, Malik Zhuiriktayev, to the staff.

Appointments

01.10.2020 22:00

ANSA: Italian experts find network of lakes on Mars

ROME. KAZINFORM A group of Italian scientists have found a system of liquid ponds under the south pole of Mars.

World News > ANSA News

29.09.2020 20:52

UAE's first environmental nanosatellite to launch today

ABU DHABI. KAZINFORM The United Arab Emirates will launch today its first environmental nanosatellite which was developed by students of Khalifa University, KU, and the American University of Ras Al Khaima, AURAK.

Society > Science

28.09.2020 19:31

Japan eyes using Moon water as fuel for space exploration in 2030s

TOKYO. KAZINFORM - Japan's space agency said Monday it aims to engage from around the mid-2030s in lunar exploration using water extracted from the Moon's ice deposits as fuel, Kyodo News reports.

World News > World News

28.09.2020 10:57

Crew members of ISS expedition 64 arrive at Baikonur Cosmodrome

BAIKONUR. KAZINFORM – The primary and backup crews of the ISS long-duration expedition 64 arrived at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazinform correspondent reports.

News

28.09.2020 10:35

ANSA: Italy, USA sign moon-exploration agreement

ROME. KAZINFORM Italy and the United States on Friday signed a declaration of intent for exploration of the moon linked to the Artemis programme.

World News > ANSA News

27.09.2020 13:39

Soyuz MS-17 crew to return to Earth on April 9, 2021

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM The crew of the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft, scheduled to leave for the International Space Station (ISS) on October 14, will be brough back to Earth on April 9, 2021, the crew’s commander, Sergei Ryzhikov, told a news conference on Thursday.

World News > World News

24.09.2020 20:17

ANA, Pola Orbis to develop cosmetics for use in outer space by 2023

TOKYO. KAZINFORM - ANA Holdings Inc. has launched a joint project with cosmetics manufacturer Pola Orbis Holdings Inc. to develop the world's first-ever space-friendly cosmetics line by 2023, Kyodo News reports.

World News > World News

20.09.2020 14:40

China sends nine satellites into orbit by sea launch

QINGDAO. KAZINFORM - China successfully sent nine satellites into planned orbit at the Yellow Sea Tuesday, Xinhua reports.

World News > World News

15.09.2020 20:39

Life in orbit induces brain changes in cosmonauts — head of research

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM - A cosmonaut’s brain at the International Space Station changes in order to adapt a human being to life in space, head of the Department of Sensory-Motor Physiology and Countermeasures of the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yelena Tomilovskaya told TASS on Tuesday.

World News > World News

15.09.2020 16:20

Russia finishes tests of satellite lasers for advertisement from space

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM - The laser assembly for spacecraft, capable of displaying advertisement from space, has passed stratosphere tests, Avant Space, the developer, told TASS Thursday, TASS reports.

World News > World News

10.09.2020 13:38

Space

Archive