14 December 2011 Last updated at 00:51 GMT Paul Allen is one of several Silicon Valley billionaires innovating in the private space industry The co-founder of Microsoft has announced plans to build a new spaceship that could launch unmanned rockets and carry cargo into space. Paul Allen, 58, plans to develop a giant aircraft that [...]
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December 14, 2011
November 16, 2011
Soyuz capsule docks with International Space Station
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft carrying Nasa astronaut Dan Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin docks to the International Space Station’s Poisk mini-research module. Their arrival has averted a possible de-crewing of the station following the failure of a Soyuz booster in August
November 14, 2011
Soyuz crew bound for International Space Station after successful launch
A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying an American and two Russians has blasted off successfully from Kazakhstan on a mission to the International Space Station. It is the first flight of a Nasa astronaut in the post-space shuttle areas and is a welcome success for the Russian space programme. Last week a Russian Mars probe failed [...]
October 26, 2011
Hurricane Rina weakens off Mexico
26 October 2011 Last updated at 18:39 GMT Resorts in the Yucatan Peninsula are bracing for Rina’s arrival Hurricane Rina has weakened to a category one storm as it approaches Mexico’s Caribbean coast, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) says. It is expected to lose more force before it makes landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula [...]