Japan is considering putting a robot on the moon by 2020 and an astronaut by 2030, a report from a government office showed on Friday. The plans follow China’s first space walk and India’s launch of their first unmanned moon mission last year.
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Sounding rockets carrying student experiments ready for launch
The two-week REXUS 5/REXUS 6 research campaign started on Monday 2 March 2009. In collaboration with the Swedish National Space Board and the European Space Agency, DLR enables students to carry out their own experiments on board sounding rockets for the first time.
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ISS will be 2nd brightest object in the night sky
Venus is about to be ousted as the brightest star-like object in the night sky. The next space shuttle mission, launching tonight, will deliver and install the fourth and final set of solar array wings to the International Space Station. Once the array is deployed, the station will surpass Venus as the brightest object in the night sky, second only to the Moon.
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