Space Exploration News

Aug 17, 2011 by News Staff

Heads of Roscosmos and the European Space Agency discussed future manned mission to Mars at Air Show MAKS-2011, was announced on Wednesday, August 17,2011. ‘Flight to Mars is needed and, in my opinion, we will perform the first flight together’, – said the ESA’s head, Jean-Jacques Dordain. Mars (NASA) However, the parties found it difficult to name specific dates of such a joint expedition. Currently, the European Space Agency...

Aug 15, 2011 by News Staff

‘Fobos-Grunt spacecraft has been compiled and sent to the vibration test. A couple of weeks it will be shaken to simulate extreme space conditions’,...

Aug 11, 2011 by News Staff

Russia will spend about $ 1 billion for the construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur region, said Vladimir Popovkin, the head of Roskosmos,...

Aug 10, 2011 by News Staff

After a journey of almost three years, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the Red Planet’s Endeavour crater to study rocks...