Category: Science
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China set to launch cargo spacecraft
China’s first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 is scheduled to be launched into space between April 20 and 24, according to the office of China’s manned space program. The team responsible for the power system arrived at the launch centre in Wenchang, south China’s Hainan province on Thursday. The team will prepare the Long March-7 carrier rocket…
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NASA says a big asteroid will fly Very Close to earth in mid-April
A large near-Earth asteroid discovered nearly three years ago will fly safely past Earth on April 19th, US space agency NASA has said. The space rock, known as 2014 JO25, is estimated to be 2,000 feet in size. It is expected to fly by Earth at a safe distance of about 1.1 million miles (1.8…