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Russia To Raise Space Funding, Build New Space Center
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 22, 2008Russia will increase funding for space projects by 13% and start the construction of a new space center this year, a first deputy prime minister said on Monday. Speaking at a Cabinet meeting with the president, Sergei Ivanov said the funding increase does not include military programs. "With the increase in the funds, concrete development programs in the sector should be considered in terms of t ... more High-Flying Asteroid Scouts 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 21, 2008It looks as though the international space-monitoring community is in for fresh reinforcements, although not a new James Bond. On the agenda are plans to set up a ground- and space-based deep space search network, first on a regional and later on a global basis. Meanwhile, the new year for Russia's Center for Planetary Protection Against Asteroids began with a statement by its director Ana ... more Indian T-90 Deal Offers Lessons For America And Europe 
Washington (UPI) Jan 18, 2007 India's decision to purchase 347 T-90 Main Battle Tanks from Russia flies in the face of the strategic assumptions confidently -- and complacently -- held by both the European Union and the United States. The EU, lulled by the six decades of peace, security and unprecedented prosperity the continent has enjoyed since the end of World War II, despises the concept of "hard" or military po ... more US Has An Ally In Azerbaijan For Energy Supply 
Washington (UPI) Jan 18, 2008In retrospect, 2007 will be remembered as the high-water mark of Washington's attempts to develop the Caspian's post-Soviet hydrocarbon riches. If early 2008 is any indication, then the one remaining friend that America has in the Caspian basin is Azerbaijan. Neither Iran, subject to ongoing U.S. sanctions, nor the Russian Federation have evinced the slightest interest in sharing their oil ... more Cosmic Cockroaches Develop Faster 
Voronezh, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jan 18, 2008Cockroaches conceived in space onboard the Russian Foton-M bio satellite have developed faster and become hardier than 'terrestrial' ones, a research supervisor said on Thursday. The research team has been monitoring the cockroaches since they were born in October. The scientists established that their limbs and bodies grew faster. "What is more, we have found out that the creatures ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 14, 2008The first Proton-M launch of 2008, carrying an Express-AM33 satellite, is scheduled for January 28 at the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a leading Russian space company said on Thursday. The Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center said in a press statement that the carrier rocket, with a Briz-M booster, was on schedule for take-off. The Express-AM33 was designed b ... more Greenhouse Ocean May Downsize Fish 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2008The last fish you ate probably came from the Bering Sea. But during this century, the sea's rich food web-stretching from Alaska to Russia-could fray as algae adapt to greenhouse conditions. "All the fish that ends up in McDonald's, fish sandwiches-that's all Bering Sea fish," said USC marine ecologist Dave Hutchins, whose former student at the University of Delaware, Clinton Hare, led research ... more ILS Marks First Year With 1.5 Billion Dollars In New Proton Business 
Mclean VA (SPX) Jan 09, 2008International Launch Services (ILS) brought in $1.5 billion in new launch orders in 2007, its first year as an independent company marketing the Proton Breeze M vehicle. This total represents contracts for 17 launches on Proton, Russia's premier heavy-lift launcher, through 2013. ILS has exclusive rights to market the Proton vehicle worldwide to commercial satellite operators. Khrunichev ... more New Glonass Satellites Due To Operate For Seven Years 
Krasnoyarsk (RIA Novosti) Dec 28, 2007The three Glonass-M navigation satellites that Russia launched on Tuesday will be operational for seven years, a design and production bureau spokesman said on Wednesday. The three satellites were launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on board an improved Proton-M carrier rocket to join the existing satellite constellation, which comprises 15 operational satellites. "The eq ... more |
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Moscow, Russia (SPX) Dec 31, 2007Russian logistics spacecraft Progress M-62, after three days in free flight, docked with the International Space Station (ISS). Proximity operations, final approach maneuvers and docking were performed in automatic mode. Initial contact with the docking port of the Pirs docking module-compartment occurred at 11:15 Moscow Time within coverage of Russian ground tracking stations. ... more Russia To Launch Space Base For Missions To Moon And Mars After 2020 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 19, 2007Russia plans to deploy an orbiting base for manned and unmanned missions to the Moon and Mars after 2020, the head of the space agency said on Tuesday. "After 2020, Russia plans to create and put into orbit a near-Earth experimental manned complex to ensure transport operations to the Moon and Mars," Anatoly Perminov said. He also said Russia has tentative plans for manned missions to Mars ... more India And Russia Begin Talks On Chandrayaan-II 
New Delhi (PTI) Dec 19, 2007India has begun technical discussions with Russia on the joint moon mission Chandrayaan-II which is expected to be launched in 2011-12. Scientists are planning to land a rover on the moon for carrying out chemical analysis of the lunar surface and explore other resources on the earth's natural satellite. "In situ chemical analysis and resource exploration is the main objective of Chandrayaan-II, ... more Soyuz-FG Carrier Rocket Puts Canadian Satellite Into Orbit 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 17, 2007Russia successfully launched Friday a Soyuz-FG carrier rocket with a Canadian satellite on board from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported. The Soyuz carrier rocket with a Fregat booster put a Radarsat-2 earth remote sensing satellite into a solar-synchronized orbit with an altitude of 805 kilometers (about 500 miles) to join the previous Canadian satelli ... more
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