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PolyU Gears Up For Sino-Russian Interplanetary Space Mission
Hong Kong (SPX) Dec 01, 2008The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is working closely with the well-established Russian Space Agency in designing a state-of-the-art space tool which will be carried onboard a Russian spacecraft for the Red Planet in the 2009 Sino-Russian Space Mission - the first strategic interplanetary collaboration between China and Russia. This historical mission also marks the first ... more Unmanned Russian resupply spacecraft forced to dock manually 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 30, 2008An unmanned Russian resupply vehicle was forced to dock manually with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday due to computer problems, a senior Russian official said. Carrying cargo ranging from scientific equipment to birthday presents, the Progress M-01, is the first vehicle in its series with upgraded computer facilities and a new on-board digital transmission system. "During ... more Russia Tests Sea And Land Based Nuke Missiles 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 28, 2008Russia successfully tested Friday a sea-based missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads, the military said, amid continued tension with Washington over missile defence. A Bulava missile fired from the Dmitry Donskoy submarine in the White Sea, along Russia's northern coast, hit its target on the Kamchatka Peninsula near the Pacific Ocean, navy spokesman Igor Dygalo said in a stat ... more Russia to deploy new missile from 2009: military 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 28, 2008Russia will from December 2009 deploy its new RS-24 intercontinental missile, designed to counter defence systems like the controversial US missile shield, the military announced Friday. The announcement of the deployment of the RS-24, a multiple-warhead, nuclear-capable missile, came amid continued disagreement between Moscow and Washington over US missile defence plans. "It is expected ... more Russia, Venezuela leaders vow closer ties ahead of navy exercise 
Caracas (AFP) Nov 26, 2008Russia and Venezuela's leaders on Wednesday vowed closer cooperation to establish what they called a "multi-polar" world, ahead of naval exercises seen as sending a defiant signal to the United States. President Dmitry Medvedev defended Russia's arms sales to Venezuela -- criticized by the United States and Colombia as potentially destabilizing -- and said military cooperation with firebrand ... more |
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Caracas (AFP) Nov 26, 2008Russia and Venezuela on Wednesday signed a joint deal to promote the development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. Officials signed a series of deals in the presence of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who arrived in Caracas Wednesday, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Chavez has said that the cooperation will only concern civilian and peaceful uses of nuclear energy. ... more Russian Navy to show its flag in the Caribbean Sea 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 28, 2008The nuclear-powered battle cruiser Pyotr Veliky (Peter the Great), the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) ship Admiral Chabanenko and their supply ships arrived in La Guaira, Venezuela, after leaving Severomorsk, the main base of the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet in northern Russia, a month ago. The Russian naval squadron conducted exercises in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean en route ... more Russia Launches New Space Freighter To ISS 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 27, 2008Russia launched on Wednesday a Soyuz-U carrier rocket with a cargo spacecraft, equipped with a new on-board digital control system, from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Mission Control said. "The flight of the first cargo spacecraft in the new, digitally-controlled Progress M-01M series will take four days to check the proper operation of all on-board systems," a spokesman said. ... more Outside View: Drop Bulava, back Sineva 
Moscow (UPI) Nov 26, 2008 The Russian military plans to resume tests of the Bulava missile at the end of this year, a navy headquarters officer said. The new submarine-launched ballistic missile is expected to enter service in 2009 along with the new submarine designed to carry this missile, the Borei-class Project 955 nuclear-powered undersea cruiser Yury Dolgoruky. It is nevertheless clear that the ... more |
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Lima (AFP) Nov 25, 2008As President Dmitry Medvedev takes Russian assertiveness to Washington's doorstep on a tour of Latin America, analysts point out an uncomfortable truth: China is stealing the show. The 43-year-old leader was relentlessly upbeat as he met other heads of state at a weekend forum of Asia-Pacific leaders in Peru, exhorting Russian journalists following his punishing itinerary: "For those that ... more Outside View: Venezuela's nuclear plans
Moscow (UPI) Nov 25, 2008 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced his country had reached a tentative agreement with Russia to build a nuclear reactor. "A nuclear reactor, to produce energy for peaceful purposes, will soon be built in Estado Zulia and named in honor of a 20th century Venezuelan scientist, Humberto Fernandez Moran," the Venezuelan Ministry for Communication and Information quoted Chavez as ... more Russian president visits Petrobras on Brazil trip 
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Nov 25, 2008Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited the headquarters of Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobas on Tuesday at the start of a two-day visit aiming to increase energy and defense deals. Medvedev, on a regional tour seeking to assert Moscow's global power and wave a defiant message at Washington, was later due to meet President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The Russian leader -- whose ... more Russian Space Freighter Set To Test New Flight Software 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 25, 2008The flight of Russia's cargo spacecraft, equipped with a new on-board digital control system, to the International Space Station (ISS) will take four days, a Russian space official said on Monday. The launch of the Progress M-01M space freighter to the orbital station on board a Soyuz-U carrier rocket is scheduled for November 26 from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. ... more
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