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First European To Become ISS Commander And Next European Long-Term Flight
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 24, 2008ESA astronaut Frank De Winne is set to become the first European Commander of the International Space Station. De Winne,from Belgium,will fly to the Station in a Soyuz spacecraft in May 2009 with Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk,which will bring the total number of crew on the ISS up to six for the first time. For the first four months De ... more Russia To Put 3 Glonass Satellites Into Orbit December 25 
Moscow, November 20 (RIA Novosti)Russia will put into orbit three Glonass navigation satellites on December 25 from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Russia's space agency said on Thursday. "The first of three Glonass navigation satellites has been delivered to the space center by an Il-76 plane. The second and third satellites will arrive at Baikonur in 10 days," a Roscosmos spokesman told RIA Novosti. Glona ... more Russian Military To Be Fully Rearmed By 2020 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 24, 2008Around 80-100% of the Russian Armed Forces will be equipped with modern weapons and military hardware by 2018-2020, the Russian General Staff chief said on Wednesday. "In the next 3-5 years we plan to equip 30% of the Armed Forces with advanced weapons and military hardware and to raise this figure to 80-100% by 2018-2020," Gen. of the Army Nikolai Makarov said. He also said the ... more Russia To Scrap All Decommissioned Nuclear Submarines By 2012 
Severodvinsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 24, 2008Russia will scrap all decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines by the beginning of 2012, a shipyard official said on Friday. "All decommissioned Russian nuclear submarines will be disposed of in 2010, or no later than the start of 2012," said Vladimir Nikitin, general director of the Zvezdochka ship-repairing facility in Severodvinsk in northern Russia. Nikitin said more than ... more China, Russia pledge deeper cooperation 
Lima (AFP) Nov 23, 2008Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday pledged closer cooperation to face the world financial crisis, a Chinese spokesman said. "Both leaders agreed the world political and economic situation is experiencing great change and that the two sides must strengthen cooperation to face the current economic troubles," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Liu ... more |
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Sofia (AFP) Nov 21, 2008Russian company Atomstroyexport signed an agreement on Friday with French and German subcontractors to build a new nuclear power plant in northern Bulgaria, a statement said. A consortium featuring French giant Areva and Germany's Siemens, CARSIB, was chosen by the Russian company to design the new facility's control and operations, safety, conditioning and electric systems, Atomstroyexport ... more Russian US Hostility Has Many Sources 
Brussels (UPI) Nov 19, 2008 Russia sees new threats from NATO and the United States, and they see new threats from Russia. And even where they see common dangers -- as in the case of potential and actual missile threats from Asia and the Middle East -- they cannot find common ground on how to deal with them. How do we reverse this steady escalation of tension and confrontation? The growing hostility has many ... more Russia allows overland Germany army shipments to Afghanistan 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 20, 2008Russia said Thursday it has authorised the transport of German military equipment to Afghanistan through Russian territory, the first time it has authorised such a transit by a foreign state. Russian authorities on November 10 "issued a permit for... the rail transit through Russian territory of arms, military equipment and military property of the Bundeswehr to Afghanistan," the foreign ... more Russia Having Lots Of Fun Making Trouble In South America 
Washington (UPI) Nov 19, 2008 Russia is sending a powerful naval squadron comprising the missile battle cruiser Pyotr Veliky and the anti-submarine warfare ship Admiral Chabenko to visit Venezuela and hold naval exercises in the Caribbean region later this month. In addition, the head of Venezuela's air force announced last week that the two nations will carry out joint air force maneuvers next year. ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 21, 2008Russian military bases in Georgia's disputed republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia have been fully staffed with 3,700 personnel each, the chief of the Russian General Staff said on Wednesday. Russia's Defense Ministry earlier said it plans to open one base in Gudauta, in the west of Abkhazia, and another in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, following a five-day war with Georgia ... more Russia to send more warships to battle Somali pirates: report 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 20, 2008Russia will send more warships to patrol the waters near Somalia to battle the growing problem of piracy, the top commander of the Russian navy was quoted as saying Thursday by RIA Novosti news agency. "After the Neustrashimy (Fearless), ships from other fleets of the Russian navy will head to the region," Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky said, referring to a frigate sent to the area in September. ... more Analysis: Uzbek-Malaysian energy ties 
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 21, 2008Many Western observers see the Russian-Western "Great Game" over Caspian and Central Asian hydrocarbon resources essentially as a two-nation struggle, but the reality in the last few years is that other actors have entered the arena, playing nimble Velociraptors to Washington and Moscow's lumbering Tyrannosaurus Rex. The most notable newcomer is China, but other Asian nations have begun to ... more Solving The Problems Of Garbage In Space 
Ithaca NY (SPX) Nov 20, 2008No one takes out the trash in space. In the cramped living quarters of a space station, garbage can pile up, spoil and become a health hazard for astronauts. There has never been a good system for dealing with space waste -- the space shuttle now brings full trash bags back to Earth; on the Russian space station MIR, junk would accumulate in hallways for months before it was sent to burn ... more
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