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Moscow-Astana Space Symbiosis
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 12, 2007Kazakhstan and Russia have few reasons for discord, but Russian rocket launches are an increasingly sore point between them. In Kazakhstan's opinion, they often fall on its territory causing significant environmental damage. The recent crash on Kazakh territory of a Russian Proton-M rocket carrying a Japanese satellite has sparked a wave of speculation about the future of space cooperation ... more New Isotope Molecule May Add To Venus' Greenhouse Effect 
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 11, 2007Planetary scientists on both sides of the Atlantic have tracked down a rare molecule in the atmospheres of both Mars and Venus. The molecule, an exotic form of carbon dioxide, could affect the way the greenhouse mechanism works on Venus. The discovery is being announced today at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society's Division of Planetary Sciences in Orlando, Florida. Its pres ... more NASA Spacecraft To Carry Russian Science Instruments 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 10, 2007NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos have agreed to fly two Russian scientific instruments on NASA spacecraft that will conduct unprecedented robotic missions to the moon and Mars. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and Roscosmos head Anatoly Perminov signed agreements in Moscow on Oct. 3 to add the instruments to two future missions: the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, scheduled to ... more Russia Expects Positive US Response To Missile Shield Proposals 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 10, 2007Russia's foreign minister said on Tuesday he hoped that the U.S. response to Moscow's missile shield proposals would strengthen strategic stability and prevent new risks. Top Russian and U.S. defense officials and diplomats are scheduled to meet in Moscow on October 12-13 to continue discussions on the deployment of elements of a U.S. missile defense system in Central Europe. The talks are expec ... more Spanish Power Company To Build Wind Farm In Russia 
Krasnodar, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 10, 2007Spanish electricity company Iberdrola Renovables will invest $140 million in the construction of a wind farm in south Russia's Krasnodar Territory, the local administration said. The turbines, with output capacity of 1,000 MW, are expected to be built in the region's resort cities on the Black Sea coast by 2011, the administration's press service said. "The Krasnodar Territory is intereste ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 09, 2007On October 11, the Russian government will consider a state defense order for the next three years. The program covering the period until 2015 is expected to replace 45% of the military inventory in the army and navy. In addition to re-equipping tank, motorized rifle and air landing units, it also plans to build up strategic weapons. The troops will take delivery of over 50 mobile Topol-M missil ... more Russian Parliament Postpones Consideration Of CFE Moratorium 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 09, 2007The lower house of Russia's parliament postponed until November hearings on a bill submitted by President Vladimir Putin on imposing a moratorium on the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty. Lawmakers were set to consider the future of the 30-member treaty, which limits Russian and NATO conventional forces and heavy weaponry from the Atlantic to the Urals, on October 9. "The hearings have ... more Russia To Carry Out Up To 20 Space Projects By 2015 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 05, 2007Under the Federal space program for 2006-2015 Russia plans to conduct over 20 scientific projects, Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) head Anatoly Perminov told Thursday "In particular, we have plans to build special-purpose spacecraft fitted with scientific equipment. The research will focus on fields like astrophysics, and planetary science," he said. He said that planned flights includ ... more Russian Silkworms Spin First Space Silk In History 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 04, 2007Silkworms on board the recent Russian Foton-M bio-satellite flight span the first space silk in history, a Moscow school teacher revealed Tuesday. As part of the satellite's scientific program, Moscow school students, led by biology teacher Alexander Koloskov, carried out an experiment to study how weightlessness influences the life cycle of silkworms. Experiments on board the satellite also rev ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 03, 2007An asteroid, discovered in 2004, could pose a threat to Earth in 2029, the director of the Institute of Astronomy said Monday. Boris Shustov said at an international space forum in Moscow that the Apophis asteroid, which is due to cross earth's orbit in 2029 at a height of 27,000 km (17,000 miles), could under certain conditions hit Earth in 2029. The explosion could surpass the famous Tun ... more Successful Test Of Jules Verne ATV Software 
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 02, 2007For the first time, the compatibility of the final Jules Verne Automatic Transfer Vehicle flight software has been successfully tested this month with the rest of the vast ISS flight software by international teams at the NASA Software Verification Facility (SVF) in Houston. This ISS-level stage test, the so-called 'five-box' test, is a new step where the ATV software is integrated into th ... more Expedition 16 Crew To Launch From Baikonur 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Oct 02, 2007Commander Peggy Whitson and Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko of the 16th International Space Station crew are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at about 10:21 a.m. EDT on Oct. 10 to begin a six-month stay in space. With them will be spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor. He is a Malaysian flying under contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency. He will ... more India And Russia Discuss Space Cooperation 
Hyderabad India (PTI) Sep 28, 2007India and Russia held discussions here on possibility of cooperation in space exploration, including missions to the moon and Mars. General Anatoly Perminov, Head of the Federal Space Agency, Russia met Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair on the sidelines of the 58th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) here. "Discussions are on for possible cooperation with ... more
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