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Flooding delays return of Soyuz spacecraft Moscow, April 3, 2009 
Flooding in Kazakhstan has delayed the return of a Soyuz spacecraft from the International Space Station, the Russian agency Roscomos said Friday. The Soyuz TMA-13 is scheduled to land Wednesday, a day later than planned, and further northeast in Kazakhstan, where spring floods inundated the original landing site on the Kazakh steppes, RIA Novosti reported. The spacecraft is carr ... read more
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Soyuz Spacecraft Return To Earth Postponed Until April 8
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 04, 2009The landing of a Soyuz spacecraft with members of the 18th Expedition to the International Space Station and a U.S. tourist has been delayed by one day, Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Friday. A landing capsule from the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft, carrying U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke, Russian Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov and U.S. space tourist Charles Simonyi, was originally schedu ... more Russian launcher puts European telecoms satellite in orbit 
Moscow (AFP) April 3, 2009A Russian Proton-M rocket was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Friday to put into orbit a European telecommunications satellite, the Krunichev space centre announced. The Eutelsat W2A satellite is designed to transmit multimedia services, including television, to mobile phones and receivers fitted in vehicles. The launching took place at the planned time of 8:24 pm ... more UN boss hails US-Russian accord on nuclear arms talks 
United Nations (AFP) April 3, 2009UN boss Ban Ki-moon on Friday hailed an agreement by US and Russian leaders to hold talks on further cuts in their nuclear arsenals to replace a key arms control pact that expires late this year. "The Secretary-General welcomes the joint statement by (Russian) President (Dmitry) Medvedev and (US) President (Barack) Obama," said a statement issued by the UN press office. It added that Ba ... more Old Russia, role tenions still haunt NATO: experts 
Strasbourg (AFP) April 3, 2009NATO leaders were keen to show unity Friday at NATO's 60th anniversary summit, but divisions linger over the future role of the military alliance and ties with Russia, officials and experts said. The issues were touched on by the 28 NATO heads of state and government during an evening dinner. But they will be treated in depth in the new "strategic concept" -- essentially a new mission st ... more Analysis: Russia moves on Nigeria oil 
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 02, 2009Russian energy firm Gazprom has signed an agreement with the New Nigeria Development Co. for exploration of three oil blocks in the country's north, officials from both countries said. Though rights to the blocks in the Chad Basin and Benue Trough were first acquired by Gazprom in 2005, the company has taken its time in entering the often volatile oil and gas sector beset by violence fr ... more |
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London (AFP) April 2, 2009Russia's Dmitry Medvedev hailed Barack Obama as "my new comrade" Thursday after their first face-to-face talks, saying the US president "can listen" -- even if little progress was made on substance. The Russian president contrasted Obama as "totally different" to his predecessor George W. Bush, whom he blamed for the "mistake" of US missile shield plans fiercely opposed by Moscow. Obama ... more IAEA welcomes US-Russian talks on nuclear arms cuts 
Vienna (AFP) April 2, 2009The UN atomic watchdog on Thursday welcomed an agreement by the United States and Russia to hold new talks on cutting their nuclear arsenals, saying the move would help boost nuclear non-proliferation. The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a statement that its director general Mohamed ElBaradei "welcomes and is greatly encouraged by the joint statement of presidents (Dmitry) Medvede ... more Russian-European Crew Starts Mars Mission 
Moscow, Russia (ESA) Apr 02, 2009Earlier 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 ... more Russia locks up six for Mars experiment 
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 |
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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 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
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