In 2007, plans for an 8-metric ton " space laboratory " being launched in 2010 under the designation of Tiangong 1 were made public.
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1973-Three-man crew of U . S . space laboratory, Skylab 2, makes safe splashdown in Pacific Ocean after record 59 days in orbit around earth.
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An international spy ring that lured Indian scientists with sexual favors managed to steal submarine communication technology from a space laboratory, news reports said Tuesday.
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In 1973, the three-man crew of the U . S . space laboratory Skylab 2 splashed down safely in the Pacific after 59 days in orbit.
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But the space laboratory, a massive 16-nation project headed by the United States, will not be complete for another five years, after more than 40 space flights.
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The reported espionage network has shocked the government because many of the space laboratories also are involved in designing missiles for the Indian army and air force.
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Germany will help build a European space laboratory that is supposed to dock with a planned international space station in 2002, the research and technology minister said Wednesday.
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This year, the Supreme Court acquitted two rocket experts who were accused of heading a ring of spies in space laboratories in southern India, allegedly working for rival Pakistan.
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China plans to launch a space laboratory and eventually establish a permanent space station, top officials said Thursday, just hours after the country's first manned capsule returned from orbit.
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The discovery of the espionage network has shocked the government because many of the space laboratories also are involved in designing missiles for the Indian army and air force.
