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Russia To Launch Four More Progress Cargo Trucks To Space Station By Year End
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 11, 2008Another four Progress cargo ships will be launched to the International Space Station in 2008, the head of the ISS Russian segment said Thursday. "The station's permanent crew will soon consist of six rather than three people, and they will need more food," Vladimir Solovyov said. "Besides, with the arrival of the U.S. shuttle Atlantis, the station will receive the new European module ... more Progress M-63 Docks With ISS 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 08, 2008Russia's Progress M-63 cargo ship has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) as planned, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Thursday. Progress M-63 delivered 2.5 metric tons of cargo, including food, equipment and other supplies, for the ISS. The crew on board the ISS, the 16th expedition to the space station, comprises U.S. astronauts Peggy Whitson and Daniel Tani, as well as Russi ... more New Space Tourists Start Training In Russia 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 07, 2008A U.S. computer game developer and his backup an Australian entrepreneur are undergoing training near Moscow to be the next space tourist, a training center spokesman said Wednesday. Richard Garriott, 46, the son of former NASA astronaut Owen K. Garriott, and Nik Halik, 38, started training for the next trip to the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for October 2008, at the Yuri Gagari ... more Progress M-63 On Way To ISS 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Feb 07, 2008In accordance with the mission plan and Russian commitments under the International Space Station (ISS) project, a cargo transportation spacecraft Progress M-63 was launched from Baikonur launch site at 16:02:57 Moscow Time. The objective of the launch is to deliver to ISS more than 2.5 tons of various cargoes that are needed to support the operation of the space station in manned mode and provi ... more Russia Launches Space Freighter To ISS 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 06, 2008Russia launched on Tuesday a Soyuz-U rocket carrying a cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a Mission Control spokesman said. The Progress M-63 space freighter will deliver 2.5 metric tons of cargo, including food, equipment and other supplies, for the ISS. Automatic docking with the orbital station has been set for 2:38pm ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 29, 2008Russia successfully put into orbit on Monday a new Express-AM33 telecommunications satellite, the Federal Space Agency said. The satellite, designed by the Reshetnev Applied Mechanics Science and Production Association to provide TV and satellite communications all over Russia, was launched on board a Proton-M carrier rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan earlier on Monday. ... more Russian Space Forces To Launch New Military Satellite In 2009 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 29, 2008Russia's Space Forces will launch a new relay satellite in 2009, the forces' commander said Friday. "Next year, we plan to orbit a new military relay satellite that will have twice as many transponders compared with available satellites. "The satellite will be in service for 12 years unlike current satellites in use, which have a service life of three years but operate for five years," Col ... more First Deputy PM Ivanov Slams Agency Over Glonass Failings 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 24, 2008Russian space agency Roscosmos must take responsibility for the operational shortcomings of the Glonass satellite navigation system, a first deputy prime minister said on Wednesday. Glonass (Global Navigation Satellite System), Russia's equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), is designed for both military and civilian use and allows users to identify their positions in real time. ... more Ivanov Says Russia Must Not Turn Into Space Cabman 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 24, 2008Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Wednesday that if space launches remain Russia's only services in the sector, the country risks becoming a "space cabman." Speaking at a board session of the state space agency Roscosmos, Ivanov said: "Roscosmos today earns most of its money by putting foreign satellites into orbit. And our state organizations and businesses buy data prov ... more |
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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 Russia To Launch Two Telecom Satellites On Jan 28 And Feb 10 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 18, 2008Russia is to launch two communication satellites in the coming weeks from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a leading Russian space company said on Thursday. The Khrunichev State Research and Production Center said the Proton-M rocket, carrying an Express-AM33 satellite, was on schedule for take-off on January 28. The Express-AM33 was designed by the Reshetnev Applied Mechanics Scie ... more
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