India debates space flight as lunar project proceeds
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BANGALORE, India India&#39;s space agency is ready to send a man into space within seven years if the government gives the nod, while preparations have already begun for the launching of an unmanned lunar mission, a top official said Sunday.
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In a matter of days the European Space Agency&#39;s (ESA) SMART-1 spacecraft will enter orbit around the Moon. It will adjust its position and prepare for the scientific investigation of the lunar surface that will begin in January.
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BERLIN, Nov. 16 -- A small spacecraft has made it into lunar orbit, marking a key milestone in Europe&#39;s first successful mission to the moon and setting the stage for the craft to begin studying the lunar
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Sriharikota, Sept 20 (ANI) : India added another feather to its cap in space technology and stole a march over other countries by launching EDUSAT, its first exclusive satellite for educational sector, from here on Monday.
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HOUSTON, Texas - NASA's new goal of establishing a 21st century Moon base will require bridge building while mending fences between space scientists and exploration technologists.
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More than 30 years after the last Apollo mission, European scientists have made it to the moon. Their experimental Smart-1 probe, powered by a revolutionary Star Trek-style thruster, has entered into orbit around the lunar surface.
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Technology India &gt; Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Sep 26 : Work on designing country&#39;s ambitious unmanned lunar mission &#39;Chandrayan&#39; was over, ISRO Chairman Madhavan Nair said here today.
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An Indian satellite designed to boost television and communication services was on course Tuesday to reach its final orbit after its delayed launch by an Ariane rocket, the national space agency said.
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The SMART-1 probe has entered its lunar orbit, and the history books as the first European mission to have done so. Professor David Southwood, director of science for the European Space Agency (ESA), said: &quot;Europe
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A new report released by an American Physical Society (APS) Special Committee on NASA Funding for Astrophysics has questioned the space agency's Moon, Mars and Beyond initiative. The APS assessment warns that t  he cost of overcoming technological challenges to make real the plan could far exceed budgetary projections and that numerous&nbsp;approved science programs could be jeopardized.
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Russia hopes to participate in U.S. lunar exploration projects and has submitted proposals on possible duties, the Russian Federal Space Agency said.
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China will launch its lunar orbiter Chang&#39;e 1 to explore the moon&#39;s environment and study the thickness of its soil by the end of 2007, according to a senior Chinese space expert in India.
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China will launch its first lunar probe this week in a key step toward building the basis for future space exploration, an official said Monday.
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The Google Lunar X Prize, a robotic race to the moon, has drawn its first contestant.
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A plan for the first British-led mission  to the Moon won the backing of an Anglo-American space  committee on Friday.
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With a controversial nuclear deal with the United States now in limbo, India held out the possibility Tuesday of civilian nuclear cooperation with China.
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China is preparing for the take-off of its first Moon probe, weeks after rival Japan launched a lunar explorer.