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Russian Space program

Flawless Maiden Launch for Europe’s New Vega Rocket

February 13, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Europe scored a major space success with today’s (Feb. 13) flawless maiden launch of the brand new Vega rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The four stage Vega lifted off on the VV01 flight at 5:00 a.m. EST (10:00 [...]

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Budget Axe to Gore America’s Future Exploration of Mars and Search for Martian Life

February 11, 2012

America’s hugely successful Mars Exploration program is apparently about to be gutted by Obama Administration officials wielding a hefty budget axe in Washington, D.C. Consequently, Russia has been invited to join the program to replace American science instruments and rockets being scrapped. NASA’s Fiscal 2013 Budget is due to be announced on Monday, February 13 [...]

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China Unveils High Resolution Global Moon Map

February 8, 2012

Chinese scientists have assembled the highest resolution map ever created of the entire Moon and unveiled a series of global Moon images on Monday, Feb. 6. The composite Lunar maps were created from over 700 individual images captured by China’s Chang’e-2 spacecraft and released by the country’s State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for [...]

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Amazing Panorama of Western Europe at Night from Space Station

January 31, 2012

An amazing panorama revealing Western Europe’s ‘Cities at Night’ with hardware from the stations robotic ‘hand’ and solar arrays in the foreground was captured by the crew in a beautiful new image showing millions of Earth’s inhabitants from the Earth-orbiting International Space Station (ISS). The sweeping panoramic vista shows several Western European countries starting with [...]

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Doomed Phobos-Grunt Mars Mission Destructively Plunges to Earth

January 15, 2012

Story and Crash Zone Map updated 1 p.m. EST Jan 16 Today (Jan. 15) was the last day of life for Russia’s ambitious Phobos-Grunt mission to Mars after a desperate two month race against time and all out attempts to save the daring spaceship by firing up a malfunctioning thruster essential to putting the stranded [...]

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