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Russia To Get A New Space Port
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 11, 2007On the last day of summer, the Russian Space Agency made a sensational announcement. Its head Anatoly Perminov painted an epic picture of Russia's immediate future in space, specifically its manned part. A week and a half ago, during a final news conference with journalists at the MAKS-2007 international air show, to the surprise of many, he spoke modestly about the evolutionary path to be ... more STS-120 To Deliver Harmony Node To ISS 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Sep 11, 2007A series of recent shuttle missions have added to the International Space Station's exterior with new elements for its main truss. Now, Discovery will take into orbit a connecting module that will increase the orbiting laboratory's interior space. October's STS-120 mission will bring the Harmony module, christened after a school contest, that will provide attachment points for European and ... more Russia To Launch UAE Spacecraft In 2008 From Baikonur 
Abu Dhabi, UAE (RIA Novosti) Sep 11, 2007The chief of Russia's space agency said Monday Russia would launch a spacecraft for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2008 from the launch site in Kazakhstan. "We plan to launch a remote sensing satellite for the UAE in 2008," Anatoly Perminov said, adding that a related agreement had been signed on the sidelines of President Vladimir Putin's first visit to the Arab state. Perminov said ... more Kazakhstan Wants Right To Ban Rocket Launches Over Its Territory 
Astana, Kazakhstan (RIA Novosti) Sep 10, 2007Kazakhstan wants the right to ban rocket launches from its Baikonur space center, which Russia rents, in situations where the Kazakh president is located near the launch, the prime minister said. The Kazakh premier's announcement follows Thursday's crash of a Russian Proton-M rocket with a Japanese communications satellite on board shortly after launch. "If the president is on a visit ... more Indonesian Papua To Accommodate Russian Satellite's Launching In 2010 
Jakarta, Indonesia (XNA) Sep 10, 2007Frans Kaisiepo Airport in Biak Numfor district, Papua province of Indonesia, has been designated as the location from where a Russian satellite will be launched in 2010, Indonesian Antara News Agency reported Saturday. "The Russian satellite will be launched using an air launch system. And this will certainly require a huge investment," Biak Numfor, District Chief Yusuf Melianus Maryen, was ... more |
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Seoul (XNA) Sep 06, 2007A 30-year-old computer vision engineer has been chosen as South Korea's first astronaut to make a trip to the International Space Station on a Russian spacecraft early next year, the local news agency Yonhap reported Wednesday. Ko san, a researcher at the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, will go into space on the Soyuz spacecraft in April 2008 and spend seven to eight days on the space ... more Grain Will Not Become Oil 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 05, 2007Russian Minister of Agriculture Alexei Gordeyev will discuss a possibility of creating an OPEC-like grain cartel with his colleagues from Australia in September. He said the United States is reviewing the idea, and somewhat earlier Ukraine and Kazakhstan accepted it as a rational suggestion. But agricultural experts are not too optimistic about the idea to control the production and trade in ... more Grain Will Not Become Oil 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 31, 2007Russian Minister of Agriculture Alexei Gordeyev will discuss a possibility of creating an OPEC-like grain cartel with his colleagues from Australia in September. He said the United States is reviewing the idea, and somewhat earlier Ukraine and Kazakhstan accepted it as a rational suggestion. But agricultural experts are not too optimistic about the idea to control the production and trade in ... more US Senator Lugar Speaks For Extending START-I Treaty 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 30, 2007Russia and the U.S. should extend the START-I Treaty, which expires in 2009, or else negative consequences will result, U.S. senator Richard Lugar said Tuesday. "The United States and Russia must extend the START Treaty's verification and transparency elements, which will expire in 2009," Lugar told an arms control round table in Moscow. Lugar said the two countries should also introduce ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 29, 2007A senior Russian nuclear official said Tuesday that a deal is likely to be signed with the United States this fall on the civilian use of nuclear power. The document, initialed two months ago, envisages the transfer of fissile materials, and relevant installations and equipment. "We hope the document will be signed during the coming fall," said Nikolai Spassky, deputy head of the Federal Agency ... more Bulava Missile Not Ready For Mass Production 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 28, 2007Four of the first six flight tests of the Bulava-M missile (where "M" stands for morskoi, or naval) were a failure. However, Admiral Vladimir Masorin, commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, said the Bulava-M (SS-NX-30), a naval derivative of the land-based Topol missile (SS-27), had been approved for mass production. Did he mean that a batch of missiles would be produced for more tests? ... more Russian Oil Export Duty Could Rise To 250 Dollars Per Ton 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 28, 2007Duty on Russian oil exports could rise by up to $26, reaching $248-250 per metric ton as of October 1, in keeping with world market trends, a Finance Ministry official said Monday. The Russian government adjusts export duty on crude and petroleum products every two months, depending on changes in the Urals blend price on world markets. "The average oil price monitored from July to August 2 ... more Russia's Stroytransgaz Completes Gas Pipeline In Greece 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 28, 2007Russian pipeline-building company Stroytransgaz said Monday it had finished constructing a short natural gas pipe section in Greece, which extends an existing route from Alexandroupolis to Turkey. The new 53.7-kilometer (33-mile) section runs northwest from the city to Komotini. The new addition is a continuation of a pipeline built by Stroytransgaz in 1996-2000, and provides a link between the ... more
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