Tibetan children fly model planes during aviation science campaign
School children dance during the launch ceremony of an aviation science campaign 2013 Soaring with Your Dream held in Lhasa, capital of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, May 9, 2013. The campaign since its first coming to Tibet in 2012, has offered a chance to over 1,000 children in 22 schools getting to know more […]
Chinese communications satellite successfully launced in Xichang
A Long March-3B carrier rocket is launched in Xichang, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, May 2, 2013. China successfully sent a communications satellite, “Zhongxing-11”, into orbit with a Long March-3B carrier rocket launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Thursday. <Xinhua/Han Yuqing>
Chinese and Senegalese officials attend solar street light project ceremony
(L to R) Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Senegal Huang Mingyuan, Chinese ambassador to Senegal Xia Huang, Senegal’s Transport and Infrastructure Minister Thierno Alassane Sall and President of the Commission of Urban Planning, Housing, Infrastructure and Transport of Senegal’s National Assembly Ndeye Lucie Cisse, attend the handover ceremony of the Chinese-funded […]
More than 100 teams compete in Istanbul University Robot Olympics
Contestants show their robots to visitors in Istanbul, Turkey, April 11, 2013. The three-day Istanbul Technical University Robot Olympics was held in Demirel cultural center of Istanbul Technical University on Thursday. More than 100 teams from universities and high schools in Turkey participated in competitions and other activities. <Xinhua/Lu Zhe>
Paper submission for Indonesian students conference extended
Conference of Indonesia Student in Korea 2013 – Extension of Paper Submission Deadline to April 28 Around 500 Indonesian students currently studying in the country of ginseng, South Korea. Despite living away from the homeland, the sense of togetherness and nationalism inspire them to actively participate in the Indonesian Students Association in Korea (PERPIKA) which […]
Soyuz space ship blasts off carrying two Russian, one American astronauts
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, March 29, 2013. The Russian rocket carries Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin, Pavel Vinogradov and U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy. The moon is seen above the Soyuz-FG rocket […]
NK issues a fresh threat as S.Korea probes hacking
North Korea said it would attack U.S. military bases on Japan and the Pacific island of Guam if provoked, a day after leader Kim Jong-un oversaw a mock drone strike on South Korea. The North also held an air raid drill on Mar. 21 after accusing the United States of preparing a military strike using […]
South Korea Successfully Launches Its First Satellite From The Naro Space Center
In this photo released by Korea Aerospace Research Institute, South Korea’s rocket blasts off from its launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. South Korea says it has successfully launched a satellite into orbit from its own soil for the first time. Wednesday’s high-stakes launch comes just […]
Self-made rocket due 2018
Following the success of Naro, or the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) Korea will speed up its efforts to join the league of global space power by bringing forward its plan to launch a rocket entirely built using local technology. At a press conference Wednesday, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) President Kim Seoung-jo said that […]
Korean Air, Hanwha contribute to Naro launch
The successful launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), popularly known as Naro here, would have been impossible without the support from scores of corporate giants and laboratories here. Nearly 150 companies and 45 universities and research centers spent nearly a decade developing core technologies for the rocket, precisely the second stage and its […]
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