FlORIDA — After 12 years on the job, the Hubble Space Telescope is about to get a scientific makeover and the cosmic equivalent of a caffeine jolt. The five- spacewalk mission began last Thursday ……

China is forging ahead with a mission to send a man to the moon as it prepares for manned space flights by 2005, State media reported last week.The moon mission is part of Beijing's ambitious plans ……

away into space and are unlikely to do any damage.Space junk is nothing new.Astronauts commonly lose small objects. During the last space mission, US astronaut Piers Sellers lost a spatula ……

manned space mission.Media reports on Monday said that the five-day space trip will happen sometime... preparations.The new, improved shuttle Shenzhou VI will carry two astronauts on a mission lasting five ……

was carried into space on a Russian rocket from Kazakhstan on September 18. The mission carried... in the field of space science being particularlynotable(引人注意的). Below is a brief account of the major events ……

mission. Astronauts will accomplish (完成) missions like walking in space, repairing outside...太空行走China's first space walk is scheduled to take place in October, a senior space engineer said ……

’s space program is being initiated at a time when NASA plans a new mission to the moon. China said last... program is looking to launch a new orbiting vehicle and set up a simple space lab by 2011 ……

.NASA astronaut Thomas Jones told website space.com that NASA’s plans for an asteroid mission.... It will be part of a test run for technologies (科技) needed for a Mars mission (任务). Sending astronauts to an ……

the launch would start "a new wave of space craze among the Chinese people".Chance for businessWhat... space mission, Shenzhou VI is big business.The spaceship will launch live on CCTV. Five-second ads ……

's disintegration.— NEW YORK DAILY NEWS— NEW YORK DAILY NEWS3.space walks 太空行走Putting humans on the moon... to moor to the international space station Tuesday on a routine supply mission.—AP—AP ……

science. They will participate in a simulated space mission at the Challenger Learning Centre attached... to Britain Sunday to attend "Space School, UK" at the University of Leicester for one week. The cultural ……

of the nation's manned space program said.The Shenzhou VII spacecraft (太空船) will be launched (发射) in Gansu and the astronauts (宇航员) will leave their spacecraft for the first time.The Shenzhou VII mission ……

Space mission to the sunFOR centuries, astronomers have studied the sun from Earth. Now, a team...器) to explore the star.The aim of the space mission is to get closer to the sun, and explore many ……

probe of the Chang’e-1, which was sent up in 2007. It was shot into space aboard a rocket from...’e-2 mission (任务) costs 900 million yuan. It is considered “a starting point” of the second stage ……

Aeronautics and Space Administration) first female shuttle pilot and mission commander.She's set... station. Four years later she headed a shuttle mission aboard Columbia. This new task doesn't scare ……