TEHRAN, September 04 - The hole that caused a slight air leak and a depressurization event on the International Space Station last week was caused by a drill hole.
TEHRAN, August 27 -On Jan. 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds into its flight from Cape Canaveral, Fla., killing all seven crew members, including teacher Christa McAuliffe, who would've been the first civilian in space .
TEHRAN, July 23 -NASA astronaut Sally Ride, the first U.S. woman in space , died six years ago Monday after a life spent inspiring young women and girls to reach for the stars through careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
TEHRAN, June 27 -A Japanese probe has reached an asteroid 300 million kilometres away to collect information about the birth of the solar system and the origin of life after a more than three-year voyage through deep space .
TEHRAN, June 19 - US President Donald Trump has announced plans for American dominance in space by ordering the establishment of a sixth branch of the military - a “ space force.”
TEHRAN, April 22 -Hong Kong, a city with some of the costliest real estate in the world, set a new record earlier this week with a single parking space in the Kowloon district.
TEHRAN, April 18 - Head of Iranian National Space Agency Manouchehr Manteghi said the country has managed to come second in the region in terms of space discoveries.
TEHRAN, April 16 - NASA is poised to launch a $337 million washing machine-sized space craft that aims to vastly expand mankind's search for planets beyond our solar system, particularly closer, Earth-sized ones that might harbor life.
TEHRAN, December 18 - The Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, launched the final human mission of 2017. Three new members for the International Space Station – Anton Shkaplerov, Scott Tingle, and Norishige Kanai – launched aboard the Soyuz MS-07 vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 17 December for a two-day orbital chase to the international outpost.
TEHRAN, December 3 - A senior US general said Saturday that countries like Russia and China are actively building weapons that can target space -based US military assets like satellites.
TEHRAN, November 20 - The UK could soon be launching US space craft into space as part of its plans to foray into new markets after leaving the European Union (EU), according to a new report.
TEHRAN, November 20 - The UK could soon be launching US space craft into space as part of its plans to foray into new markets after leaving the European Union (EU), according to a new report.
TEHRAN, November 11 - In order to increase the global dominance and “lethality” of the US military, the Air Force is moving to modernize its space capabilities and to secure the “freedom to attack and maneuver” in their new “warfighting domain,” top officials have stated.
TEHRAN, November 9-The European Space Agency (ESA) has already narrowed down the possible crash sites for the Chinese ‘Tiangong-1’ space station, including several European nations, which is due to meet its fiery end early in 2018.
TEHRAN, November 4 -The Starlight program has selected both tardigrades and a species of roundworm as the Earth’s first interstellar voyagers who will cross the solar system at relativistic speeds on a laser-powered craft.