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Google Maps Adds the International Space Station

The International Space Station has become the first “off planet” addition to Google Maps’ Street View facility....

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Trillion-Tonne Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica

An iceberg the size of Delaware, one of the largest on record, was set adrift after snapping off a West Antarctic ice...

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An Iceberg the Size of Delaware Is About To Break Off From Antarctica

A chunk of ice bigger than the US state of Delaware is hanging 'by a thread' from the West Antarctic ice shelf,...

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Are Asteroids Humanity’s ‘greatest Challenge’?

Throughout its 4.5-billion-year history, Earth has been repeatedly pummeled by space rocks that have caused anything...

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EU Outdoors Low-Level Airspace Blueprint For Drones

The European Commission on Friday announced that the Single European Sky Air traffic management Research (SESAR) Joint...

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Ghana To Launch First Satellite Into Space

All Nation University’s giant steps towards putting Ghana in the ‘League of Nations’ exploring space technology...

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Space Junk Could Destroy Satellites, Hurt Economies

The growing amount of fast-moving space debris orbiting the Earth could lead to catastrophic collisions with...

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China Simulates Extended Moon Stays Amid Space Drive

China plans to establish a village on the moon with Europe's help by 2036. Now, in a step towards that goal, the nation...

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All Nations University’s Quest Into Space Technology Takes Giant Leap

The desire of All Nations University College (ANUC) in Koforidua to make Ghana a space-faring nation took a giant leap...

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NASA Spacecraft Survives Dive Through Saturn’s Rings

An unmanned NASA spacecraft has survived its plunge between the rings of Saturn and, after briefly going dark for the...

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NASA’s Cassini Poised To Plunge Beneath Saturn’s Rings

An unmanned NASA spacecraft, Cassini, is poised to plunge into the gap between Saturn and its rings, a pioneering...

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Dangerous Space Junk Has More Than Doubled Over the Past 25 Years

Scientists sounded the alarm yesterday over the problems posed to space missions from orbital junk - the accumulating...

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Mars Spacecraft’s First Missions Face Delays, NASA Says

NASA will probably delay the first two missions of its Orion deep-space capsule, being developed to send astronauts...