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Cuba ratifies constitution of Latin American space agency

Published on: September 30, 2024
16:40

Havana, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) Cuba became the eleventh country to adhere to the constitutive agreement of the Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency (ALCE), which has already achieved the necessary quorum to enter into force, the local Foreign Ministry reported today.

Iran plans to launch 14 new home-made satellites into orbit

Published on: August 22, 2024
13:26

Tehran, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) Iranian Space Agency Director Hasan Salarieh announced on Thursday that the Agency plans to launch 14 new satellites into orbit, while 30 others are being manufactured.

Chile and Brazil to cooperate in space breakthrough for peaceful ends

Published on: August 6, 2024
15:43

Santiago de Chile, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) Chile’s President Gabriel Boric, and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva presided here Tuesday over the signing act of a Memorandum of Cooperation in Space Activities for Peaceful Purposes.

Russia is disappointed by UN Security Council vote

Published on: May 21, 2024
10:49

Moscow, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Russia is disappointed by the vote at the United Nations Security Council on the Russian-Chinese resolution on the non-deployment of weapons in space, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday.

Comet and eclipse might coincide, but the former is already visible

Published on: April 3, 2024
13:22

Washington, Apr 3 (Prensa Latina) The comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, whose shape is reminiscent of the Millennium Falcon from the Star Wars saga, is passing close to Earth these days and will be visible in the night sky of the northern hemisphere on Wednesday, a NASA statement said.

Mars had water in its craters longer than estimated

Published on: March 26, 2024
00:30

London, Mar 26 (Prensa Latina) The Gale crater on Mars hosted abundant water long after the Hesperian period, which lasted between 3,700 and three billion years when they believe that most of the liquid was lost, it was reported.

Russia’s Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft docks into ISS

Published on: March 25, 2024
12:36

Moscow, Mar 25 (Prensa Latina) The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft with the first Belarusian cosmonaut, Marina Vasilevskaya, Russia’s Oleg Novitski and Tracy Dyson, from the United States, docked at the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, the space flight control center reported.

Aleida Guevara welcomes Israel’s suspension from space fair in Chile

Published on: March 6, 2024
12:59

Santiago, Chile, Mar 7 (Prensa Latina) Aleida Guevara, ambassador of the Global Campaign for the Right of Return to Palestine, on Wednesday welcomed the Chilean Government's decision to prevent Israel's participation in the upcoming Aerospace, Defense, and Security Fair.

NASA releases images of a stadium-sized asteroid

Published on: February 28, 2024
00:15

Washington, Feb 28 (Prensa Latina) NASA released the first detailed images of asteroid 2008 OS7, which has the size of a stadium and has managed to come within 2.9 million kilometers from Earth, it was reported.

India confirms sending a cosmonaut to the Moon in 2040

Published on: December 7, 2023
09:55

New Delhi, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, confirmed the efforts made by the space science of that country to achieve, among other objectives, the sending of a cosmonaut to the Moon in 2040.

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