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| Mar.24 |
Global |
ISS alert over passing space junk The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) briefly took refuge in escape capsules as a piece of space junk drifted nearby
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| Mar.7 |
Global |
Strong solar storm to hit Earth A strong solar storm is expected to hit Earth shortly, and experts warn it could disrupt power grids, satellite navigation and plane routes
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| Jan.15 |
Oceania |
Phobos: Failed probe 'falls over Pacific' Orbital tracking reports suggest Russia's failed Mars probe, Phobos-Grunt, fell back to Earth on Sunday, to be destroyed over the Pacific
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| Jan.13 |
Russia |
Russian space probe heading down Russia's failed Mars probe, Phobos-Grunt, is about to fall back to Earth - probably on Sunday
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| Dec.23 |
Russia |
Another Soyuz rocket launch fails Russia's recent poor launch record has continued with yet another Soyuz rocket failure
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| Nov.9 |
Russia |
Probe fails to set course to Mars The Phobos-Grunt probe launched successfully but then failed to fire the engine to put it on the correct path to the Red Planet
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| Oct.22 |
Germany |
German satellite falling to Earth The Roentgen Satellite (Rosat) re-entered the Earth's atmosphere between 01:45 and 02:15 GMT
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| Sep.23 |
USA |
Satellite falls towards earth US officials now say the fall to Earth of Nasa's six-tonne UARS satellite could occur early on Saturday
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| Sep.16 |
USA |
Nasa satellite hurtling to Earth A five tonne, 20-year-old satellite has fallen out of orbit and is expected to crash somewhere on Earth on or around September 24
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| Sep.1 |
USA |
Space debris 'at tipping point'
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| Aug.24 |
Siberia |
Cargo rocket crashes in Siberia Map of Altai Russia A Russian space freighter Progress carrying cargo to the International Space Station has crashed in a remote area of Siberia
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| Dec.5 |
Russia |
Russia satellites orbit failure Three Russian satellites have failed to enter orbit after they were launched on a rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
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| Aug.1 |
Global |
Cooling fault hits space station
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| Jul.2 |
Global |
Russian spaceship fails to dock The cargo vehicle Progress has failed to dock with the International Space Station after an apparent electronics failure
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| Jun.10 |
South Korea |
Rocket apparently blew up
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| Aug.29 |
India |
India loses Moon satellite links
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| Apr.5 |
North Korea |
Space launch 'fails'| North Korea failed in its attempt to get a satellite into space. 2 stages of the rocket and its payload landed in the Pacific Ocean | |
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| Mar.12 |
Global |
Junk alert for space station crew
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| Feb.24 |
USA |
Failure hits Nasa's 'CO2 hunter'
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| Feb.11 |
Siberia |
Russian and US satellites collide| The communications satellites have collided in space in the first such reported mishap at high speed nearly 780km over Siberia | |
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| Dec.30 |
USA |
Grim details of Columbia disaster
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| Nov.26 |
India |
Lunar orbiter hit by heat rise
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| Sep.18 |
Peru |
Scores ill in 'meteor crash' Some 600 people have required treatment after an object from space plummeted to Earth in a remote area
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| Jul.21 |
USA |
Mars dust storms threaten rovers
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| Jan.29 |
Global |
Hubble's main camera shuts down
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| Jul.3 |
Florida |
Crack found in shuttle tank foam
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| Mar.24 |
Oceania |
SpaceX rocket fails first flight
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| Oct.8 |
European Union |
Europe ice mission lost in ocean
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| Jul.28 |
Florida |
Foam 'might have struck shuttle'
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| Jul.27 |
Florida |
Nasa grounds space shuttle fleet| The engineers investigate debris which fell from Discovery's external fuel tank during launch | |
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| Jul.26 |
Florida |
Nasa looks into shuttle 'debris'
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| Jul.13 |
Florida |
Nasa investigates shuttle failure
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| Jun.21 |
Russia |
Malfunction fear for 'solar sail'
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| Sep.8 |
Utah |
Solar capsule crashes into Earth
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| Jan.22 |
USA |
Nasa rover breaks down on Mars
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| Dec.26 |
England |
Beagle 2 not calling home from Mars
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| Nov.28 |
Japan |
2 spy satellites blown up Officials have blown up a rocket carrying the satellites intended to monitor North Korea
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| Aug.26 |
Washington |
Columbia report faults Nasa managers| The independent team concluded that long-standing flaws in the organisation were 'as much a cause' as technical faults | |
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| Aug.22 |
Brazil |
21 dead in rocket explosion At least 20 others were injured. A rocket exploded on its launch pad while undergoing final pre-launch tests
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| Feb.13 |
Texas |
NASA: puncture may be to blame
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| Feb.4 |
Texas |
NASA memo warned of tile damage
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| Feb.3 |
Texas |
Nasa extends shuttle search Experts have extended their search for debris and crew remains across the western United States
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| Feb.2 |
Texas |
NASA probe progressing, assessing data
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Texas |
Sensors: rising temperatures on Columbia In the final minutes something occurred on the craft's left side, significant enough to make the space craft roll to the right
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Texas |
Clues sought for shuttle disaster
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| Feb.1 |
Texas |
Remains found among shuttle debris
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Texas |
NASA mourns, seeks answers
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Texas |
Space shuttle and crew lost Columbia broke up as it descended toward a planned landing, showering debris across southeastern Texas
| Those killed on the flight were commander Rick D. Husband; pilot William C. McCool; payload commander Michael P. Anderson; mission specialists David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla and Laurel Clark; and Israel's astronaut, Ilan Ramon. The loss was caused by damage sustained during launch when a piece of insulation broke off
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| Dec.11 |
French Guiana |
Europe's super rocket explodes New heavy-lift rocket Ariane 5-ESCA has failed on its maiden flight and exploded over the Atlantic three minutes later
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