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US, Russian spacemen take spacewalk: mission control Moscow (AFP) March 10, 2009 
A Russian cosmonaut and a US colleague ventured out of the International Space Station Tuesday on a spacewalk to install an experiment, make repairs and take pictures, a mission official said. Cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and astronaut Mike Fincke completed their tasks one hour ahead of schedule, finishing their spacewalk in four hours and 50 minutes, said Russian mission control spokeswoman Val ... read more
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Satellites track leaf beetle infestation
Salt Lake City (UPI) Mar 10, 2009 University of Utah scientists say they have successfully used satellite data to monitor saltcedar leaf beetle defoliation along the Colorado River. The scientists said thousands of the beetles (Diorhabda elongate) were brought to Utah from Kazakhstan and were released during the summers of 2004, 2005 and 2006 to help eradicate a small Eurasian tree named tamarisk or saltcedar. The trees ... more SSTL Delivers On Russian KANOPUS Missions 
London, UK (SPX) Mar 10, 2009Surrey Satellite Technology has delivered to the customer, FSUE NPP VNIIEM, the first two suites of equipment for the KANOPUS-type satellite platforms. The equipment now in Russia has successfully completed two weeks of tests, marking a major milestone for the project and the customer. Work is now underway to integrate the equipment into the first two satellites, under a joint operation wi ... more Iridium Provides Update On Satellite Constellation 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 10, 2009Iridium is pleased to announce that on Wednesday, March 4, 2009, the company completed the replacement of the operational Iridium satellite lost in the collision three weeks ago with a non-operational Russian satellite. The unique architecture of Iridium's fully-meshed network of 66 satellites enabled the continuity of service to Iridium's customers while one of Iridium's in-orbit spares w ... more Space Program Still Vital 
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 10, 2009In 1961, when President John F. Kennedy told Congress we'd put a man on the moon by the end of the decade, he knew that the journey of discovery would yield more value than simply beating the Russians to the moon. "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth," were the w ... more Russia Beefs Up Black Sea Fleet 
Washington (UPI) Mar 9, 2009 Russia is strengthening its forces in the south of the country, including its powerful Black Sea Fleet, Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Vladimir Popovkin announced Thursday. Relations between Russia, the United States and NATO were tense for several months following the Russian invasion and occupation of one-third of the former Soviet republic of Georgia in the Caucasus last August. ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) March 6, 2009Russian environmentalists on Friday vowed a campaign against top officials who hunt endangered species from helicopters, after a crash in January highlighted the practice. The Russian chapter of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said it had lodged a complaint with prosecutors over the investigation into a January 9 helicopter crash in the mountainous Altai region, alleging irregularities in the ... more Analysis: Ukraine-Russia gas dispute 
Washington (UPI) Mar 6, 2009 The new year opened with Russia halting natural gas deliveries through Ukraine to Eastern Europe and points west, reminding the European Union that its Russian gas imports are hostage not only to bilateral economic disputes between Moscow and Kiev but to Ukrainian domestic politics as well. The stoppage, which began Jan. 1 when Russia first diminished gas flows before halting them completely ... more Analysis: Kazakhs to boost uranium output 
Washington (UPI) Mar 5, 2009 Unlike many other newly emerging oil-rich nations, Kazakhstan is not placing all its hopes on its hydrocarbon resources but seeking to diversify its energy exports to include uranium, adducing an increased demand for the fuel in coming decades from countries interested in nuclear power. Ultimately, however, having the silvery metal underwrite an increased percentage of the national economy mig ... more US space tourist shrugs off 10 mln dollar price hike 
Star City, Russia (AFP) March 5, 2009American software tycoon Charles Simonyi on Thursday shrugged off a 10 million dollar price hike by Russia for his next space flight, saying space tourism was the way of the future. Simonyi, one of the brains behind the rise of Microsoft, said the 35 million dollars (28 million euro) he is paying for his March 26 trip -- compared to the 25 million dollar bill he paid for a first trip in 2007 ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) March 5, 2009NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer called Thursday for the alliance to resume top-level talks with Russia which have been frozen since last August's war in Georgia. Scheffer said ties between the alliance and Moscow had shown a marked improvement after lower-level talks and hoped that a ministerial meeting in Brussels would approve the resumption of contacts at the highest level. ... more NATO agrees to restart of top level talks with Russia 
Brussels (AFP) March 5, 2009NATO agreed Thursday to resume high-level talks with Russia, ending a seven-month freeze sparked by Moscow's decision to send troops into Georgia in August. After overcoming staunch objections from Lithuania, NATO foreign ministers agreed to restart the so-called NATO-Russia Council after the alliance's summit on April 3-4. "Ministers reached agreement to formally resume the NATO-Russia ... more Clinton, Lavrov meet to 'reboot' Russia ties 
Moscow (AFP) March 4, 2009US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday holds her first bilateral talks with her Russian counterpart as Washington seeks to "reboot" ties plagued by discord over Iran and missile defence. Her meeting in Geneva with Sergei Lavrov will be a test of whether President Barack Obama's emphasis on diplomacy can improve US-Russian relations, which were badly strained during the presidency of Ge ... more Iran says nuclear plant to start operating by Sept 
Tehran (AFP) March 4, 2009Iran said on Wednesday that its much-delayed nuclear power plant, where testing began last month, would start generating electricity by September 2009. The 1,000-megawatt Russian-built plant in the southern port city of Bushehr will first generate around 500 megawatts, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told parliament, the official IRNA news agency reported. "Since the fuel for the pow ... more
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