U.S. space tourist Charles Simonyi enjoyed an extra day in space on Tuesday when boggy ground meant the date and location of his return to Earth in a capsule with two others had to be changed, the Reuters news agency reported Monday.
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April 18, 2007The world’s Bill Gates wants to fly into outer space.
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April 12, 2007The crew of the Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft have met with the colleagues aboard the International Space Station, the Interfax news agency reported quoting Russian mission control.
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April 10, 2007Chinese and Russian officials have agreed to jointly send a probe to Mars and its moon, Phobos, in 2009, Chinese news service reported Tuesday .
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March 27, 2007Russia intends to launch its first research micro-satellites in 2008, the Federal Space Agency said Monday.
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March 5, 2007A Russian Soyuz-U rocket with a Progress M-59 space cargo ship has been launched from the Baikonur space center to the ISS.
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January 19, 2007Russia has the first place in space launches with 45 percent of the world`s spacecraft launches conducted in 2006.
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December 29, 2006Five volunteers have been selected for a simulated Mars mission, expected to be launched in Russia late next year, the Russian news agency RIA-Novosti quoted a spokesman for the Russian Space Agency as saying Friday.
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According to the Russian Federal Space Agency, a Russian Proton-M rocket that blasted off at 2328 GMT, orbited the Malaysian telecommunications satellite Measat 3 Monday, Interfax news agency reports.
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