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US shuttle Endeavour heads home after record mission
Washington (AFP) March 24, 2008The US space shuttle Endeavour began its trek home to Earth Monday after a record five successful spacewalks and 12 days at the International Space Station where astronauts installed Japan's maiden ISS laboratory. With the installation Japan gained a foothold on the orbital outpost alongside the United States, Russia and Europe, whose laboratory Columbus was delivered to the station in Febru ... more Starsem Readies Launch Of Second European Navigation Satellite 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Mar 22. 2008Preparations for Starsem's upcoming mission are in full swing at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the European-built GIOVE-B navigation satellite payload now undergoing checkout, and the Soyuz launch vehicle advancing through the integration process. GIOVE-B was delivered to the launch site on March 13 along with its ground support equipment, arriving aboard an Antonov An-124 cargo ... more US, Russia, China in fierce battle to sell fighter jets in Asia 
Washington (AFP) March 23, 2008The United States is bracing for tough competition from Russia and China as cash-flush Asian economies look up to the trio for a new breed of fighter jets to beef up their air forces, experts say. Japan, India, Australia and South Korea are keen to have the most modern, fifth generation, jet fighters while Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia and Indonesia are reportedly eyeing fourth ... more Russia obtained US guarantees on missile shield: Lavrov 
Moscow (AFP) March 20, 2008The United States gave Moscow guarantees that its proposed anti-missile shield "will be not directed" against Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday in a first sign of progress in very hard negotiations between the two countries. "The Americans are ready to provide us with a series of measures to give us confidence and reassure us that this system is not directed agains ... more Russian FM warns military action on Iran 'disastrous' 
Tel Aviv (AFP) March 20, 2008Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday warned that any military means to solve Iran's controversial nuclear programme would have a "disastrous" effect. "Any forceful attempts to resolve this issue by non-peaceful means would undermine all that has been done to bring clarity into the Iranian nuclear programme," Lavrov said in a press conference with his Israeli counterpart Tzipi L ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) Mar 19, 2008 A long gas squabble ended with Gazprom's recognition of Ukraine's main demands. Russian gas monopoly Gazprom announced on March 13 that it came to terms with Ukraine on gas supplies for 2008. In turn, Gazprom received only minor concessions from Ukraine -- an opportunity to settle accounts for January and February supplies through middlemen who will then leave the scene. Althoug ... more Russian nuclear giant teams up with Toshiba: statement 
Moscow (AFP) March 20, 2008Russian nuclear energy giant Atomenergoprom and Japanese industrial corporation Toshiba signed a preliminary cooperation agreement on Thursday, Russia's nuclear ministry said in a statement. "Today's event symbolises the start of large-scale cooperation between two leading companies... in the field of the peaceful use of nuclear energy," Sergei Kiriyenko, head of Russia's nuclear agency, was ... more iDirect Selected By Russian Network Operator HeliosNet For Expansion Of Broadband Services 
Herndon VA (SPX) Mar 20, 2008iDirect has announced that Russian network operator Web Media Services, which operates under the name "HeliosNet," has implemented iDirect's satellite communications platform. HeliosNet installed two iDirect Universal 5IF satellite hubs and multiple remote routers. This establishes a broad satellite network that can support a diverse range of applications and maximize bandwidth efficiency ... more First Korean astronaut 'honoured' about space mission 
Star City, Russia (AFP) March 18, 2008The 29-year-old woman set to become South Korea's first astronaut said on Tuesday she was "honoured" to have been chosen, as she took final tests at Russia's astronaut training centre. "I am honoured. I will try to do my best. Not just for (myself) but as the first Korean astronaut," said Yi So-Yeon, a biosystems engineering student, before climbing into a model Soyuz capsule for tests. ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) March 17, 2008Russia and the United States sounded upbeat Monday about easing tensions between the two powers as President Vladimir Putin welcomed a "very serious" letter from US leader George W. Bush. In a far cry from the acrimony at similar meetings here six months ago, visiting US Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hailed the positive tone of talks with Putin and ... more US-Russia fail to end missile defence dispute 
Moscow (AFP) March 18, 2008The United States and Russia failed in talks here Tuesday to bridge gaps over US missile defence plans and the fate of the main strategic arms treaty, but vowed to make a clean break with past tensions. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, flanked by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, told reporters that both sides had made "steady progress" on work to combat nuclear terrorism and ... more Russian-Launched US Satellite Unlikely To Reach Target Orbit 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 18, 2008A U.S. AMC-14 satellite launched from a space center in Kazakhstan on early Saturday is unlikely to reach the designated orbit from its current position, a Russian space expert said on Monday. A few minutes after the launch of a Proton-M carrier rocket from the Baikonur Space Center, which is leased to Russia and carries out dozens of launches every year, the Breeze M orbit insertion boost ... more Astrium Teaming With Khrunichev To Build Large Russian Communications Satellite 
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 18, 2008The Russian Satellite Communications Company has selected a team of Khrunichev Space Center and Astrium to build the Express AM4 communications satellite. Express AM4, to be delivered late 2010 and positioned at 80 East, is by far the largest Express satellite ever ordered. RSCC is focused primarily on the development of satellite communications and the broadcasting network in the ... more
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