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Cosmonauts to abandon Soviet-era space base by 2020: report
Moscow (AFP) April 11, 2008Russia will end manned space launches from Kazakhstan's Soviet-era Baikonur cosmodrome by 2020, replacing it with a launch pad in Russia, a top official said Friday, Interfax news agency reported. All cosmonauts will instead take off from the new Vostochny base, planned in Russia's southeast near the Chinese border, the head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos, Anatoly Perminov, was quoted ... more Russia Could Stop Tourist Flights To ISS From 2010 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 11, 2008Space tourist flights to the International Space Station could be stopped from 2010 due to a planned increase in crew numbers on the station, the head of the Russian space agency said Friday. "As part of our current program, space tourist flights to the ISS will continue. But from 2010, difficulties could emerge due to planned increases in ISS crew numbers to between six and nine members ... more South Korean To Star In Space Sing-Song 
Moscow (AFP) April 12, 2008South Korea's first astronaut, Yi So-Yeon, was to star Saturday in celebratory sing-song aboard the crowded International Space Station (ISS) as back on Earth Russia marked the 47th anniversary of sending the first man in space. Yi, 29, docked Thursday along with Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko after a successful Soyuz space capsule journey from the Russian cosmodrome at ... more Kiev accuses Moscow of meddling after NATO remarks 
Kiev (AFP) April 12, 2008Kiev accused Moscow Saturday of meddling in its internal affairs, a day after Russia's armed forces chief warned of military steps in reaction to Georgia's and Ukraine's desire to join NATO. "The declarations of high Russian officials have an openly anti-Ukrainian nature, questioning the territorial integrity of Ukraine and constitute meddling in the internal affairs" of the country, the for ... more Russia, Mongolia sign uranium accord: reports 
Moscow (AFP) April 11, 2008Russia and Mongolia signed on Friday an agreement on cooperation in the uranium sector, as Moscow pushes to develop nuclear power in the neighbouring state, Russian news agencies reported. "The signing of this document ensures a multi-faceted approach to developing aspects of atomic energy in Mongolia," the head of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, Sergei Kiriyenko, was quoted by ... more |
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Moscow, April 9, 2008 Global utility giant Westinghouse Electric Co. and Ukraine's power utility Energoatom have signed a deal to supply Ukraine's nuclear power plants with fuel from 2011-2015. Under the contract, concluded on March 31, 630 fuel assemblies will be loaded inside three local reactors. "This contract represents a major commitment from both Westinghouse and Ukraine in ensuring that alternative ... more Analysis: Hurdles for Siberia oil to Asia 
Washington, April 10, 2008 The Russian Federation's vast geography has made the issue of supplying the lucrative eastern Asian markets problematic, but that is about to change as Russia has undertaken a massive pipeline project to supply crude to Asian markets. Russia's Soviet-era pipeline network was designed to bring western Siberian crude westward to the Soviet Union's industrial heartland. Since independence, ... more Outside View: Problems with GLONASS 
Moscow, April 9, 2008 The council of chief designers responsible for commissioning Russia's Global Navigation Satellite System has said it will only become operational in late 2008, whereas the previous deadline was Dec. 31, 2007. Something is obviously amiss in this ambitious project, the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Navstar Global Positioning System. According to the Russian Space Agency ... more First Korean astronaut docks with space station 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) April 10, 2008South Korea's first astronaut safely arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday, Russian officials said, in a landmark mission for the Asian country's space programme. Yi So-Yeon, 29, arrived aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft with Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko and after lengthy checks stepped through a hatch to be greeted by the orbiting station's crew, a ... more |
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Seoul (AFP) April 8, 2008Thousands of South Koreans led by President Lee Myung-Bak gathered here Tuesday to celebrate the launch of the country's first astronaut from a space center in Kazakhstan. A festive crowd of 3,000 citizens and invited guests watched on a giant outdoor TV screen as Yi So-Yeon blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome, bound for the International Space Station. "Hurray!" shouted the crowd a ... more First Korean astronaut edges towards space station 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) April 9, 2008South Korea's first astronaut closed in on the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday and was "preparing for docking," an official for Russia's Federal Space Centre said. "They are gradually getting closer to the International Space Station. They will be docking tomorrow," said Oleg Urusov, spokesman for the space centre at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Yi So-Yeon and tw ... more Russia sees US missile shield as inevitable: report 
Moscow (AFP) April 8, 2008Russia believes the United States will build a European missile defense system against Moscow's objections, yet is pleased with recent US attempts at confidence-building, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a newspaper Tuesday. "We were offered measures aimed at transparency and trust," said Lavrov in an interview with daily newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda. "As the United States intends ... more Outside View: Bush, Ukraine look westward 
Moscow (UPI) Apr 08, 2008 Why are President Bush and his administration suddenly interested in Ukraine just nine months before the end of his term? Pushing Ukraine or Georgia into NATO in his remaining months in office is Bush's only chance at scoring a major success in Eastern Europe. This is why he was so determined to go there, ignoring Russia's objections and doubts of U.S. traditional European allies. ... more
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