Malaysian &#39;Gagarin&#39; hopes to observe Ramadan fast in space
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Malaysia&#39;s soon-to-be first astronaut Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor said on Thursday he hoped to fast aboard the International Space Station as he visits there in the holy month of Ramadan.
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By Mike Schneider THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA asked an astronaut aboard the International Space Station to exercise vigorously Friday, hoping the rapid movement would jostle a half-retracted solar wing that refuses to fold up properly.
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Anyone who    wants to follow in the shoes of Burt Rutan and win the next big space prize    will have to build a spacecraft capable of taking a crew of no fewer than five    people to an altitude of 400 kilometers and complete two orbits of the Earth    at that altitude. Then they have to repeat that accomplishment within 60 days.
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When you&#39;re orbiting 240 miles above Earth in the International Space Station, grabbing a midnight snack is a bit more complicated than sneaking into the kitchen.
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Staff Writer. 10/15/04 This weekend, one-fifth of the world&#39;s population will begin a monthlong fast during daylight hours for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
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CHICAGO -- Astronaut Daniel Tani had hoped to spend Christmas with his family, but that was before fuel tank problems scrapped two scheduled December launches of the space shuttle Atlantis, which would have taken him home from the international space station. Now the launch delay -- until late...
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Millions of Muslims across the world begin observing the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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The top cosmonaut of Russiaâs space defense troops lieutenant colonel Yuri Shargin has proposed sending politicians to space to discipline them.
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Moscow, Aug 21 (VNA) - Russian Roskosmos space agency will help Malaysia build a space and satellite controlling centre and will help develop Malaysia&#39;s space programme, said Russian Federal Space Agency head Anatoly Perminov while meeting his Malaysian
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Text of report by Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency  Astana, 12 June: Kazakhstan intends to set up a space reconnaissance and flight control system in order to position its forces, the head of the National Space Agency (Kazkosmos), Talgat Musabayev, has said.
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A Russian Soyuz rocket is due to blast off from the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan early Thursday. Astronaut Leroy Chiao and cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipovalso will observe conditions on
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Russia hopes to join NASA's moon exploration programme with technology and know how, a Russian space agency spokesman said yesterday.  Igor Panarin said Russia was conducting talks with NASA and voiced hope that a deal could be reached within months.
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Friday prayers marked the start of Ramadan in the Middle East as millions of Muslims around the world began observance of the holy month of fasting and prayer.
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Science & environment: The countdown is on for the first regular space tourists to rocket into space
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Space travel should make human beings more aware of the fragility of the Earth's environment and intensify efforts to preserve the planet, &quot;space tourist&quot; Anousheh Ansari said before her trip to the International Space Station.
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BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan  - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft   blasted off on Monday carrying a woman set to notch up three   space records: the first female tourist, first female Muslim,   and first Iranian in orbit.
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By Fauziah Ismail  MALAYSIA could well intensify its space exploration programme with the assistance of Japan, which has already sent five astronauts into space.