Topic: Space Technology
New Iran rocket launch site shows N. Korea links: Jane's
AFP Global Edition
Iran is building a new rocket launch site a short distance from an existing complex and seems to be working with North Korea, information group IHS Jane's said Friday. Construction visible from satellite imagery of the new site, near the city of Semnan east of Tehran, suggests that Iran ...
Mars Orbiter
AP News
In this image released by NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona showing a view of an inverted crater in the Arabia Terra region of Mars that is among the images taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in early 2010. Scientists are impressed with the flood of data beamed back by ...
Canada to boost space research
AFP Global Edition
The Canadian government is to boost its support for research of space technologies, Governor General Michaelle Jean said Wednesday in a speech to open parliament. "Canada has been a space faring nation for 50 years," Jean said in the Speech from the Throne -- an address that traditionally opens every session ...
Russia faces cosmonaut shortage: official
AFP Global Edition
Russia faces a shortage of candidates to be cosmonauts as fewer Russians than before are showing an interest in going to space, the head of its space training centre said on Wednesday. Following icons like Yuri Gagarin into space has been a traditional dream of young Russians but now interest ...
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