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Russia Has Become A Nation Of Pensioners
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 10, 2007Russia's population is currently ageing faster than almost any other country in Europe. The workforce/pensioner ratio has shrunk by a factor of 1.5 over the past 15 years. The idea of solidarity between generations no longer works in the Russian pension system, hence our big headache-old people living from hand to mouth and a snowballing Pension Fund deficit. Regular federal subsidies are not a ... more First Malaysian Astronaut To Take Off For Space Station October 10 
Kuala Lumpur (XNA) Jul 05, 2007The first Malaysian astronaut is expected to take off for the International Space Station (ISS) on Oct. 10, Science, Technology and Innovations Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jamaludin Jarjis said here Thursday. Under the contract, the preliminary launching date was Oct. 2, but Russia had set the new date which might also be changed again, according to the report by Malaysia's national news agency Berna ... more Russia Proton-M Booster Puts US Satellite Into Orbit 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (RIA Novosti) Jul 09, 2007A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket has successfully delivered U.S. telecommunications satellite, DirecTV-10, into orbit, Russia's space agency said. The rocket, powered by a Briz-M booster was launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 5.16 a.m. Moscow time Saturday (1.16 a.m. GMT). The launch services were provided by International Launch Services, a U.S.-Russian joint venture wit ... more Station Computer Inspection Continues 
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 09, 2007Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Clay Anderson this week finished preparing their spacesuits for a planned July 23 spacewalk. Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov also continued evaluating the computers on the Russian segment of the International Space Station. During the U.S. spacewalk, Yurchikhin and Anderson will jettison a support post for an exterior ... more Progress M-61 Launch Campaign Underway For August 2 Liftoff 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Jul 09, 2007Preparations are continuing at the Baikonur launch site for the launch of Progress M-61 logistics spacecraft, which is currently scheduled for launch on August 2, 2007. Earlier, the launch of the spacecraft was moved from August 6 to July 23 to accommodate a prompt delivery of replacement computers to ISS. Testing and isolation of faults that on June 11-12, 2007, caused glitches in the on-board ... more |
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Cannes, France (SPX) Jul 03, 2007The second SAR-Lupe satellite, part of the German observation system, was successfully boosted into orbit yesterday from the Plesetsk space centre by a Russian Cosmos-3M rocket at 21:38:41 hours CEST. SAR-Lupe provides high-resolution images of the ground 24 hours a day to the German Ministry of Defence. Thales Alenia Space has supplied the Sensor Electronic units forming the core of the Synthet ... more Missiles In Kaliningrad 
Washington (UPI) Jul 05, 2007The ballistic missile defense showdown in Central Europe between the United States and Russia took another grim leap forward this week: Russian First Deputy Premier and former Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said that if the Bush administration pushed ahead with its plans, Russia would respond by openly deploying ballistic missiles targeted on the bases in its oblast or region of Kaliningrad. ... more Russia Threatens Missile Deployment But US Shrugs Off Threat As Not Constructive 
Moscow (AFP) Jul 04, 2007Russia issued a veiled threat on Wednesday to deploy rockets in its Kaliningrad region bordering the European Union if the United States built a missile defence shield in central Europe. Moscow and Washington are locked in a standoff over the US plans for a radar station in the Czech Republic and interceptor rockets in Poland. Russia says the plans threaten its security. The threat to put missil ... more Eyeing The Shanghai Group In 2007 
Sapporo, Japan (UPI) Jul 03, 2007The annual summit of the presidents of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will take place this coming August in Kyrgyzstan. The SCO groups together Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The U.S. government has reacted warily to the SCO for several reasons. First, when Washington asked to send observers to the SCO summit meetings, its request was refused. Late ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 29, 2007Russia's Navy has successfully tested a new Bulava sea-launched ballistic missile in the White Sea, a Navy spokesman said Thursday. "A [simulated] warhead reached the testing grounds [on the Kamchatka Peninsula] on schedule," Igor Drygalo said. The scheduled launch was conducted from the submerged Dmitry Donskoi, a Typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine, in the northern Russia's White ... more Russia Puts Cosmos Military Satellite In Orbit 
Moscow (RIA) Jul 01, 2007Russia has successfully put a Cosmos-series military satellite into orbit after a launch from a space center in Kazakhstan, Russia's space agency said Friday. A Zenit-M rocket with a military satellite was launched from the Baikonur space center that Russia rents in Kazakhstan at 2 p.m. Moscow time (noon GMT). "The separation of the spacecraft occurred successfully and on schedule," a spok ... more In Russian Far East Nature Makes No Allowances For Tourists 
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (AFP) Jun 28, 2007In a vast wilderness in eastern Russia, scientists and tourism entrepreneurs are anxiously working out how much is left of one of the world's great natural wonders, Geyser Valley. Hidden behind a veil of secrecy in Soviet times, the far eastern Kamchatka peninsula boasts nature at its most unpredictable, as demonstrated by a recent landslide that obliterated many of its prized geysers. In ... more Russia And France Establish JV To Produce Nuclear Power Planet Turbines 
Paris (RIA Novosti) Jun 29, 2007Russia's Atomenergomash and France's Alstom signed Friday documents to establish a $400-million joint venture to manufacture half-speed turbines for nuclear power plants in Russia and abroad. The companies reached a deal in April with Russia's state controlled nuclear power corporation having a 51%-share in the JV, which will operate on the platform of the machine-building firm ZIO Podolsk in th ... more
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