UK astronaut Peake to go into orbit
Source: BBC
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-05-19 10:58:46 -0700 | technology-news
UK astronaut Tim Peake to go to International Space Station Tim Peake was accepted into the European Astronaut Corps in 2009 The UK astronaut Tim Peake has been given a date to fly to the International Space Station (ISS). The...
Russia launches rocket with French telecom satellite
Source: Zee News
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-05-15 03:36:30 -0700 | technology-news
A Proton-M rocket carrying a French telecommunications satellite has blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, said a spokesman for Russian space agency Roscosmos. Tuesday's launch was the 386th of a Proton rocket and the third Proton launch...
Public editor: You may know Grumpy Cat, but can you explain what a meme is?
Source: The Globe & Mail
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-05-14 11:38:25 -0700 | technology-news
EDT Grumpy Cat (Facebook) So far this year, The Globe and Mail has referenced memes more than a dozen times. The stories have included references to memes the funny, edited video clips about Ryan Gosling and cereal, the frowning feline...
Friend in Boston case fights for freedom
Source: CNN
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-05-05 10:07:31 -0700 | technology-news
A friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev -- one of three charged in connection with the case -- will appear in court Monday. Robel Phillipos, charged with lying to investigators, will ask to be released on bond, his...
The Week: Alexander Graham Bell's Voice, Animals in Space and More
Source: The New York Times
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-04-29 16:33:45 -0700 | technology-news
Agence France-Presse Getty Images A Soyuz rocket was launched in Kazakhstan carrying geckos, mice, gerbils, snails and other small animals as part of a month-long mission to study how long spaceflights might affect astronauts. Erica van de Waal Wild vervet...
Alien message embedded in our genetic code?
Source: Indian Express
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-04-02 02:56:18 -0700 | technology-news
According to a new theory, human genetic code is embedded with a "designer label" that may be an indelible stamp of a master extraterrestrial civilisation that preceded us by many millions or billions of years. Researchers Vladimir I shCherbak of...
Spacecraft shortens trip to ISS
Source: BBC
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-03-28 22:14:42 -0700 | technology-news
The three-man crew are the first to take the quicker route, involving just four orbits. The journey normally takes two days for a Russian spacecraft. The arrival of Russians Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin and Chris Cassidy of the US...
New space station crew to launch and dock today
Source: Fox
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-03-28 23:35:19 -0700 | technology-news
After blasting off on a Russian rocket ride Thursday, March 28, three men are poised to make history by reaching the International Space Station faster than any astronauts to fly there before. Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and...
Kazak Women Fight Maternity Pay Cuts
Source: Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-03-20 10:37:25 -0700 | technology-news
Activists hope campaign will prompt wider action on women's rights. Mar 13 A campaign against changes to the law on loss of earnings during pregnancy could coalesce into a broad movement fighting for the rights of women in Kazakstan, activists...
Iran upbeat, West not so much, after Kazakhstan nuclear talks
Posted by: Nathan Salant
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-03-08 12:30:07 -0800 | technology-news
Iran was upbeat following two days of talks in Kazakhstan over its nuclear program, but the reaction of the United States and its allies was more subdued. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Feb. 28 that the talks had...
Video: Russian Soyuz Rocket Off to Space Station, 3 Crews Aboard
Posted by: JeniferLamug
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2012-06-18 12:10:55 -0700 | technology-news
Report by JENIFERLAMUG The Russian Soyuz rocket was launched early this morning with three new crew members on board for a two-day flight to the International Space Station. The spaceship will also due to dock on Thursday. Onboard the TMA-04M...
Soyuz spacecraft takes three astronauts on holiday to the ISS
Posted by: prabirghose
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2012-07-27 17:43:16 -0700 | technology-news
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft TMA-03M took off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in Russia carrying three astronauts to the ISS – the three are an American Don Pettit of NASA, a Russian Oleg Kononenko and Andre Kuipers, a Dutch....
ISS astronauts return to Earth after 165 days in Space
Posted by: prabirghose
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2012-07-27 23:23:19 -0700 | technology-news
It was a grand homecoming for the three astronauts who had been maintaining the International Space Station (ISS) for the last 165 days. They were the US astronaut Michael Fossum, the Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and their Japanese counterpart Satoshi...
Three Astronauts In Russia’s Soyuz Capsule Return Safely To Earth
Posted by: dunite
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2012-07-27 23:23:28 -0700 | technology-news
US astronaut Mike Fossum, Japan's Satoshi Furukawa and Russia's Sergei Volkov have returned safely back to Earth after spending 165 days inside the International Space Station, tasked to do exploration in space to allow for advancement in medicine, technology and...
Kazakh leader dissolves parliament, calls election
Source: International Business Times
Astana :: Kazakhstan | updated 2012-01-20 04:27:01 -0800 | political-news
Text Size Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev dissolved the lower house of parliament on Wednesday and called a snap parliamentary election for January 15-16, a presidential order said...Other deputies will be chosen by the People's Assembly of Kazakhstan, a consultative body...
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