World news about “Space exploration” published by euronews.
Three countries picked to host super telescope The biggest telescope ever built will be hosted in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, according to a decision taken on Friday. The Square Kilometre… 26/05/2012
Unveiling Venus It can be called the morning or evening star, depending on where you are or what time it is, but it is anything but a star; in fact it is one of our nearest… 24/05/2012
The mysteries of Mercury Mercury has always been something of a puzzle for planetary scientists. Its close position to the Sun means it is very difficult to observe, but now a series… 21/03/2012
20,000 light years from the SunA few years ago V838 Monocerotis was seen experiencing a major eruption, making it one of the brightest stars in the Milky Way. This photo taken from the… 04/12/2011
Mars 500, simulated mission accomplished After 520 days of total isolation in a mock spaceship, the Mars 500 crew were reunited with their loved ones in the outside world. In this edition of Space… 17/11/2011
China launches module for future space station – nocomment China has launched an experimental module into space as part of its future plans for a manned station. 29/09/2011
French Guiana: satellites launched – nocomment An Ariane 5 rocket and its payload of two telecommunications satellites were launched from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana on Wednesday. 23/09/2011
Close Encounters with Asteroids NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has entered orbit around the asteroid Vesta: and the first set of images from the mission have been published. Mark Raymond, the… 05/08/2011
Space shuttle Atlantis makes final landing – nocomment Space shuttle Atlantis has touched down at the Kennedy Space Centre, bringing the curtain down on NASA’s 30-year space shuttle project. 21/07/2011
New Russian space telescope goes into orbit A new ultra-powerful Russian space telescope has been launched into orbit by a rocket that blasted off from Kazakhstan on the 18th of July. The 3.8 tonne… 21/07/2011
Scientists find black holes in early universe Scientists have discovered the first direct evidence that massive black holes were present in the early universe. 20/06/2011
Shedding light on secrets of deep space Unlocking some of the mysteries of space; the nature of black holes, how ancient galaxies were formed, dark matter and even dark energy – these are some of… 06/06/2011
Russian Soyuz heads to launch pad – nocomment The Soyuz-TMA-02M rocket moves to its launchpad ahead of the new ISS mission launch next week. 06/06/2011
Shuttle Endeavour lands after final flight – nocomment The US space shuttle Endeavour has safely landed after its final flight. 01/06/2011
Juno going to Jupiter Jupiter is the biggest planet in the Solar System, a gaseous giant composed mainly of hydrogen and helium. It was explored by robotic spacecraft during the… 26/05/2011
The Space Truck The European cargo spacecraft ATV, is the most complex vehicle ever built to re-supply an International Space Station. It can take nearly eight tonnes of… 18/05/2011
New venture sets sights on asteroid miningA US-based company is aiming to open up a new mining market, with the extraction of precious metals and rare minerals from asteroids that orbit the… 25/04/2012
Japanese astronomers claim ‘new galaxy’ discoveryJapanese astronomers claim they have discovered a cluster of galaxies some 12 billion light years away from Earth. Researched used a Hawaii-based telescope… 25/04/2012
Lego makes a giant leap into spaceA legoman has gone where no legoman has gone before. Two Canadian high school students from Toronto claim to have flown him into space and they say they… 26/01/2012
Failed Russian satellite parts land in SiberiaParts from Friday’s failed Russian satellite launch have landed on a remote Siberian village. Fragments of the Meridian communications satellite crashed… 26/12/2011
Russian space rocket designer Boris Chertok diesRussian space rocket designer, Boris Chertok has died at the age of 99. For many years Chertok played a key role in engineering Soviet-era space programmes… 14/12/2011
Earth-like planet found 600 light years awayNASA scientists have discovered an Earth-like planet 600 light years away. It is thought to be about 2.4 times the size of Earth. The so-called “Kepler 22-b”… 06/12/2011
Life on Mars probe launchedA rocket has blasted-off from Cape Canaveral in Florida carrying a new space probe on a nine-month journey to Mars. ‘Curiosity’, as it has been nicknamed… 27/11/2011
Life on MarsSpace agency NASA is launching a nuclear-powered probe on a nine-month journey to Mars in a bid to learn if there is or ever was life on the planet. The… 26/11/2011
Curiosity robot headed for MarsNASA scientists claim the search for life on Mars will take a step forward with the launch of its newest rover on Saturday. The vehicle named “Curiosity” is… 23/11/2011
Russian Mars moon probe hits problemsThe future of a Russian interplanetary probe is in doubt after developing problems soon after launch. The mission – set for a Martian moon – managed to make a… 09/11/2011
Isolation experiment in Moscow ends after 520 daysThey are pale and thin, but a team of volunteers kept in isolation to simulate a long voyage to Mars has emerged in good spirits. The experiment near Moscow… 04/11/2011
Number of the Week: 520520 – That is the number of days that seven volunteers spent enclosed in a space capsule in Russia in preparation for the Mars 500 mission. For nearly a year… 04/11/2011
Galileo has to wait for blast off into spaceIn French Guiana the Russian Soyuz rocket with its payload Galileo satellites is static. Its scheduled launch on Thursday morning was delayed due to technical… 20/10/2011
World’s most powerful eye peers at the cosmosThe world’s most powerful radio telescope has begun operating in Chile’s Atacama desert. ALMA as its known is a joint US Europe and East Asia project and… 04/10/2011
Back in the Day: Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit the EarthOn October 4, 1957, Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite to be put into Earth’s orbit. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the… 03/10/2011
‘Heavenly’ Chinese space module blasts offChina has launched an experimental module into space as part of its future plans for a manned station. Tiangong-1, which translates as ‘heavenly place’… 29/09/2011
Double dawn: the planet with two sunsIt sounds like something from science-fiction but it is actually space fact. Star-gazers at NASA have discovered a planet with two suns. Researchers made the… 16/09/2011
Safe landing for astronauts in KazakhstanGround control is calling it a “bulls eye landing”. A Russian Soyuz space capsule has landed safely in Kazakhstan with three astronauts on board. The… 16/09/2011
Rocket blasts off on “moon mapping” missionAn unmanned US rocket has blasted off from Cape Canaveral as part of mission to find out what lies beneath the surface of the moon. Scientists hope to map the… 10/09/2011
Aerospace foundations tremble after Progress crashAerospace industries around the world are going through a shake-up after last week’s loss of the Russian cargo vessel Progress. The resupplying of the… 29/08/2011
Liquid water found on MarsNASA scientists believe they may have found evidence of water flowing on Mars. If so, it increases the chance that there could be life in some form on the… 05/08/2011
Back in the Day: NASA joins the space raceJuly 29, 1958. The US Congress passes the National Aeronautics and Space Act which establishes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The… 28/07/2011
Back in the Day: Man on the MoonJuly 20, 1969 Apollo 11’s lunar landing craft, Eagle, lands on the moon’s Sea of Tranquillity at 16:17 EDT (20:17GMT). Putting man on the moon by the end of… 20/07/2011
Shuttle programme on its last lapAn American space shuttle has parted company with the International Space Station for the last time ever. Atlantis pulled away after a nine-day visit to… 19/07/2011
NASA captures pictures of Saturn’s giant stormNASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured unprecedented images of a giant thunderstorm raging on the planet Saturn. Said to be eight times bigger than the Earth… 07/07/2011
Final space shuttle flight scheduled for July 8The final flight of the 30-year old space shuttle programme has been scheduled for July 8. Atlantis will embark on a 12-day mission to deliver a year’s… 29/06/2011
Last landing for Endeavour; shuttle programme nears closeHeading straight into the history books, the space shuttle Endeavour has finished its final flight with a smooth landing in Florida. After 19 years of… 01/06/2011
Pope Benedict speaks to ‘the heavens’The sky is no longer the limit for Pope Benedict XVI. He has become the first pontiff to call space, speaking directly with crew members onboard the… 21/05/2011
