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Europe, Russia in Mars mission rehearsal Moscow (AFP) March 29, 2009 
Six volunteers from Europe and Russia will on Tuesday allow themselves to be locked up in a capsule in Moscow for over three months to simulate the conditions for an eventual manned mission to Mars. The two Europeans and four Russians will not be allowed to leave the facility until their mission ends 105 days later, allowing scientists to assess the psychological effects of long duration spa ... read more
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Russian ship with tourist docks with space station
Moscow (AFP) March 28, 2009A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying second-time space tourist Charles Simonyi docked Saturday at the International Space Station, media reports quoted the control centre near Moscow as saying. Officials said the crew, a US astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut, had overridden the spacecraft's automatic pilots to dock manually after a glitch in an engine caused the Soyuz's computer to stop the proce ... more Russian ship with tourist docks with space station after glitch 
Moscow (AFP) March 28, 2009A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying second-time space tourist Charles Simonyi along with a US and a Russian astronaut docked Saturday at the International Space Station, media reports quoted the control centre near Moscow as saying. Officials said the astronauts had overridden the spacecraft's automatic pilots to dock manually after a glitch in an engine caused the Soyuz's computer to stop the ... more Indian tests cruise missile: official 
New Delhi (AFP) March 29, 2009India's military on Sunday successfully tested a surface-to-surface version of the BrahMos cruise missile which it has developed jointly with Russia, a defence ministry spokesman said. The missile was fired from the Pokhran range in the western desert state of Rajasthan, bordering Pakistan, that was also the site of India's nuclear tests in 1998. The BrahMos has a range of 290 kilometres ... more Medvedev, Obama to agree arms declaration: Kremlin 
Moscow (AFP) March 28, 2009Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his US counterpart Barack Obama will make a joint declaration on their weapons arsenals next week, in a step towards renewing a key Cold War disarmament pact, a Kremlin advisor said Saturday. Amid hopes of warming relations that have seen their worst cooling since the fall of communism, the two leaders are to hold their first meeting on the sidelines of ... more Russian Navy Determined To Save Bulava SLBM 
Washington (UPI) Mar 27, 2009 "If you don't succeed at first, try, try and try again." That old saying could be the motto for the Russian navy, which is pushing ahead with at least three more test launchings of its much-troubled Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile this year. "We are planning three test launches of the Bulava missile from the Dmitry Donskoi submarine. If the tests are successful, they will continue on board the new Yury Dolgoruky nuclear-powered submarine," Vice Adm. Oleg Burtsev, deputy chief of the navy general staff, announced March 19, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. ... more |
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Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) March 26, 2009US software pioneer Charles Simonyi on Thursday became the first person to travel twice to space as a tourist, as he blasted off to the International Space Station (ISS). Simonyi, 60, along with an American and a Russian astronaut, was launched aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket at 11:49 GMT from the Baikonur cosmodrome on the Kazakh steppe, in what could be the last space tourist trip for some ... more Virtual Journey To Mars To Begin On 31 March 2009 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Mar 27, 2009The isolation study 'Mars500' focuses on the question how human beings can stay physically and psychologically fit in the extreme conditions of a journey to Mars. On 31 March 2009, the very ambitious isolation experiment will start at the Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Six people will be shut inside an isolation chamber for a period of 105 days ... more Expedition 19 Crew Launches From Baikonur 
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 27, 2009Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael Barratt of the 19th International Space Station crew launched in their Soyuz TMA-14 from the Baikonur Coodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:49 a.m. EDT Thursday to begin a six-month stay in space. Less than 10 minutes after launch their spacecraft reached orbit. Its antennas and solar arrays were deployed shortly afterward. With Padalka and ... more Analysis: EU crisis sows political chaos 
Berlin (UPI) Mar 26, 2009 Besides shattering Eastern Europe's economies, the financial crisis has also sowed political instability in a range of countries in the region. Now even the government of China -- not exactly known as a caring mother to her family of 1.3 billion -- is warning its people from seeking work in Eastern Europe. Chinese workers should avoid going to Romania, Ukraine or Poland, a statem ... more |
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Washington (AFP) March 25, 2009US President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he wanted to "reset" US relations with Russia but argued NATO should still be open to countries which aspire to join the alliance. "My administration is seeking a reset of the relationship with Russia," Obama said after an Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. But Obama said reinvigorated ties with Moscow must ... more US tourist ready for second trip to space 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) March 24, 2009US software pioneer Charles Simonyi should on Thursday become the first person in history to travel into space twice as a tourist, in trips costing a total of 60 million dollars. Simonyi will blast off for the International Space Station (ISS) at 1149 GMT from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome deep in the Kazakh steppe, along with a professional astronaut and cosmonaut. The software program ... more Space station crew set for pioneering launch
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) March 25, 2009The American and Russian pair set to take over the International Space Station (ISS) this week said Wednesday they felt privileged to be part of the doubling of its permanent crew. Speaking ahead of Thursday's launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome, Michael Barratt and Gennady Padalka, said their mission marked a new phase in the history of the ISS as the permanent crew is to be enlarged from ... more ASTRA Extends European Reach To 122 Million Homes 
London, UK (SPX) Mar 25, 2009SES ASTRA has announced that it has significantly increased its reach in Europe, particularly in France, Ukraine and the UK, and is now broadcasting to 122 million analogue and digital TV homes across Europe. The significant increase in reach was especially driven by the increase of ASTRA's digital satellite penetration across Europe. The satellite operator gained 6.1 million digital satel ... more
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