Japanese space junk collector not successfully deployed

Tokyo, Fab1:An experimental ‘space junk’ collector designed to pull rubbish from the Earth’s orbit has run into trouble, Japanese scientists said Tuesday, potentially a new embarrassment for Tokyo’s high-tech programme.

Space cucumber plants sense gravity

Tokyo, Dec 26 : Examining cucumber seedlings germinated under the very weak gravity — or microgravity — conditions of the International Space Station, researchers from Japan’s Tohoku University have discovered

China launches its longest manned space mission

Beijing,Oct17:China on Monday successfully launched a spacecraft carrying two astronauts, in its longest-ever manned space mission, who would later join its experimental space lab orbiting the Earth as the country

NASA views Europa’s water plumes erupting into space

WashingtonDC,Sept27:On Monday, after teasing about an announcement concerning “surprising activity” on Jupiter’s moon Europa, NASA revealed new evidence for water geysers shooting from the ice-covered satellite. Surprising? Well, not really.

China’s second space lab Tiangong-2 to be launched

Beijing,Sept10:The Tiangong-2 stands with its carrier rocket on the launch pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China’s Gansu Province, Sept. 9, 2016. China’s second space lab Tiangong-2

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