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Russian-European Crew Starts Mars Mission Moscow, Russia (ESA) Apr 02, 2009 
Earlier today, a crew of six, including two ESA-selected participants and four Russians, embarked on a simulated mission to Mars. Although they will not leave the confines of a dedicated isolation facility in Moscow for 105 days, their mission will help prepare for a real human mission to Mars in the future. At 12:00 CEST (14:00 local time), once all six crewmembers had entered the special ... read more
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Moscow (AFP) March 31, 2009The hatch slammed shut Tuesday behind six volunteers from Europe and Russia who will spend three months isolated in a capsule in Moscow to simulate conditions for a manned mission to Mars. The two Europeans and four Russians must now live in the cramped facility until the experiment ends 105 days later, allowing scientists to assess the effects of long duration space flight on their minds ... more Obama, Medvedev seek huge nuclear weapons cuts 
London (AFP) April 1, 2009US President Barack Obama and Russia's Dmitry Medvedev launched a milestone quest Wednesday to slash their nuclear arsenals, hoping to reverse the worst slump in the former foes' ties since the Cold War. In their first face-to-face talks, Obama and Medvedev also upped pressure on Iran over its nuclear programme and agreed the US leader would go to Moscow in July for a high-stakes summit as h ... more Analysis: New terror-group tactics in Iraq 
Baquba, Iraq (UPI) Mar 31, 2009 A previously less visible terror group has replaced al-Qaida in spearheading attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq. Armor-piercing hand grenades have appeared in the Diyala provincial capital of Baquba, disrupting the relative calm that has held in the key Iraqi city for months. he RKG-3 - a Russian acronym for handheld shaped charge grenade - weighs just a bit more than 2 pounds and ... more Russia, China cooperate on new currency proposals: Kremlin 
Moscow (AFP) March 30, 2009Russia and China are coordinating proposals on a new global currency that could replace the US dollar as a reserve currency to prevent a repeat of the global economic crisis, the Kremlin said on Monday. "We have received proposals from our colleagues in China, detailed proposals," President Dmitry Medvedev's top economic adviser Arkady Dvorkovich said. "Our positions are very similar. "W ... more Europe, Russia in Mars mission rehearsal 
Moscow (AFP) March 29, 2009Six 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 ... more |
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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 Russia plans to deploy troops in the Arctic: document 
Moscow (AFP) March 27, 2009Russia plans to turn the Arctic into its "leading strategic resource base" by 2020 and station troops there, documents showed Friday, as nations race to stake a claim to the oil-rich region. The country's strategy for the Arctic through 2020 - adopted last year and now published on the national security council website - says one of Russia's main goals for the region is to put troops in it ... more Analysis: China can't buy Sukhoi jets 
Hong Kong (UPI) Mar 25, 2009 Some Western media have reported that China is negotiating with Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi Co. for the procurement of 14 Su-33 shipborne fighters, claiming that the contract on the deal will be signed soon. However, Boris D. Bregman, first deputy general director of Sukhoi, said the talks with China are still only at the consultation stage. While confirming that contacts were ... more |
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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 US, Iran could work together in Afghanistan: official 
Moscow (AFP) March 27, 2009Afghanistan is a "very productive area" for engagement between the United States and its arch foe Iran, a US official declared Friday, at a meeting in Moscow aimed at curbing rising violence in the conflict-torn country. The meeting, led by the Shanghai Group which groups China, Russia and Central Asian states, came amid mounting international concerns over the resurgence of the Taliban Isla ... more New Station Crew Set to Launch Thursday 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Mar 26, 2009Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt of the 19th International Space Station crew are scheduled to launch in their Soyuz TMA-14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:49 a.m. EDT Thursday to begin a six-month stay in space. With Padalka, a colonel in the Russian Air Force, and Barratt is second-time spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi, flying under ... more
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