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Russia picking moon rocket design Moscow (UPI) Mar 16, 2009 
Russian space officials say they will select the winning design this month for the rocket intended to carry cosmonauts to the moon within a decade. Alexander Chulkov, head of the rocket and launch facilities directorate at Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, told the BBC News the winner will be picked by March 25. "We have a bidding procedure, under which we made a request for prop ... read more
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Launch Of ESA's Gravity Mapping Satellite Delayed
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 17, 2009This afternoon, ESA's Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite was due to be launched by a Russian Rockot vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia. However, the launch operations were stopped a few seconds before scheduled liftoff as the doors of the launch service tower did not open. Due to this anomaly, the tower was held in position and d ... more Venezuela offers use of air base to Russia: Chavez 
Caracas (AFP) March 15, 2009Venezuela has offered Russia unlimited use of an air base off its Caribbean coast, President Hugo Chavez said Sunday - the latest step to boost military ties between the two countries. "I told (Russian) President (Dmitry) Medvedev that any time Russia's strategic aircraft need to land in Venezuela to meet their strategic aims, Venezuela will be at their service," Chavez said. Chavez's ... more Pentagon mocks Russian military moves in Latin America 
Washington (AFP) March 16, 2009The US Defense Department on Monday made light of Russia's possible use of air bases in Venezuela or Cuba for its strategic bombers. "That would be quite a long way for those old planes to fly," Geoff Morrell, Pentagon press secretary, told AFP. Another defense official said Russia's efforts to promote military ties with Venezuela and Cuba were not cause for serious concern. Top US ... more Russia backs US ops in Afghanistan: minister 
Kabul (AFP) March 16, 2009Russia supports US operations in Afghanistan and is ready to contribute to stabilising the country, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published Monday during his visit to Kabul. Lavrov however criticised "indiscriminate" Western air raids in the war-torn country in comments published in an Afghan government newspaper, a transcript of which was distributed by the foreign min ... more Arctic states gather to try to save polar bear from global warming 
Oslo (AFP) March 15, 2009Towering at the top of the food chain, the polar bear need not worry about predators but nonetheless faces a daunting enemy: climate change, which is jeopardising the very survival of the species. To avoid relegating the majestic animal to the realm of museums, the five countries that ring the Arctic - Canada, Denmark (with Greenland), Norway, Russia and the United States - are set to meet ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) March 13, 2009Russia's military said on Friday it would deploy warning systems to protect against accidents during neighbouring North Korea's forthcoming rocket launch, as a senior deputy voiced concern. An unnamed source at the General Staff said special attention would be paid to the far east of the country and Russia's eastern islands during next month's satellite launch by neighbouring North Korea. ... more New ISS space junk threat as Shuttle approaches 
Washington (AFP) March 16, 2009US and Russian experts Monday weighed moving the International Space Station to dodge a potentially dangerous piece of space junk as the shuttle Discovery rocketed toward the orbiting laboratory. Just hours after Discovery blasted off on Sunday en route for the ISS, NASA was tracking a 10-centimeter (4-inch) piece of debris believed to be from the Soviet-era Kosmos 1275 satellite, which disi ... more Russia weighs Cuba, Venezuela bases for bombers: report 
Moscow (AFP) March 14, 2009Russia could use bases for its strategic bombers on the doorstep of the United States in Cuba and Venezuela to underpin long-distance patrols in the region, a senior air force officer said Saturday. "This is possible in Cuba," General Anatoly Zhikharev, chief of the Russian air force's strategic aviation staff, told the Interfax-AVN military news agency. The comments were the latest sign ... more Russian air force withdraws 90 faulty MiGs: report 
Moscow (AFP) March 13, 2009Ninety of Russia's MiG-29 fighter jets have been rejected by military inspectors during checks after a crash last December, an air force spokesman said on Friday, quoted by Interfax. "So far from the overall fleet of MiG-29s, about 200 planes have been examined, of which 100 have been permitted to fly. About 90 MiG-29s have been withdrawn from flying," said Colonel Vladimir Drik. He adde ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) March 12, 2009Iran could produce an atomic weapon in "one or two years," a Russian strategic arms control expert said Thursday, calling a nuclear-armed Tehran a "significant threat." "One can speak of one or two years," Vladimir Dvorkin, a retired general and veteran participant in US-Soviet disarmament talks in the 1970s and 1980s, told reporters when asked how close Iran was to having a nuclear weapon. ... more Radar offer for US missile system still on: Russia 
Baku (AFP) March 12, 2009Russia's offer of a Soviet-era radar station in Azerbaijan as an alternative to US missile defence sites in Eastern Europe remains on the table, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday. "The offer remains on the table. If American and European partners express interest we are ready to return to this question," he said during a visit to the Azerbaijani capital Baku. Moscow p ... more Kazakh Astronaut To Replace Tourist In Russian Spaceship 
Moscow (XNA) Mar 12, 2009A Kazakh astronaut will take the space tourist's seat on the Russian Soyuz spaceship that is slated to dock with the International Space Station next autumn, local media reported Wednesday. The astronaut, taking one of the three seats, will carry out his professional mission during the flight and stay in the ISS, Itar-Tass and Interfax cited Federal Space Agency Director Anatoly Perminov ... more ESA's Gravity Satellite Moves To Launch Pad
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 12, 2009With liftoff just five days away, ESA's GOCE spacecraft - encased in the protective half-shells of the launcher fairing - has been transported from the cleanroom and installed in the launch tower at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. The so-called Upper Composite, which comprises the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Explorer (GOCE) satellite joined to the Breeze-KM Upper Stage ... more
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