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ESA's next Earth Explorer, SMOS, has recently passed the all-important Flight Acceptance Review, signifying that all the elements that make up the mission are in place for launch later this year. The satellite can now be prepared for its journey to the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. The Flight Acceptance Review is a formal procedure to ensure that all the mission elements are in ... read more 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 29, 2009Space mission 20, dubbed "increment", which will be known as expedition 21 after the Soyuz TMA-15 docks with the ISS, has particular historical significance for space exploration. It is the first time a Canadian astronaut has flown to the International Space Station on board a Russian space capsule, rather than in the shuttle. It is also the first time the Soyuz space craft's crew is ... more
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New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) May 29, 2009India has dropped Russia from a $1-bln tender to supply six aerial tankers for the Indian Air Force due to poor after-sales maintenance services, the Hindustan Times cited the air force chief as saying. The Indian Air Force has been operating a fleet of Russian Il-78 aerial tankers for six years and announced a global tender for an additional six aircraft three years ago. The Russian Il-78 ... more  
Paris, France (ESA) May 28, 2009ESA astronaut Frank De Winne is heading to the International Space Station at the start of his six-month OasISS mission. Together with Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, De Winne launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 12:34 CEST (10:34 UT). Their Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station (I ... more 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 28, 2009Russian arms exports are expected to increase by $700-$800 mln in 2009 despite the global credit crunch, state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Wednesday. "Rosoboronexport sells an additional $700-800 million [worth of weaponry] every year. Despite the crisis, 2009 will be no exception," company official Valery Varlamov said. The arms export monopoly sold $6.75 billion worth of ... more 
Houston TX (SPX) May 27, 2009Aboard the International Space Station Tuesday, the Expedition 19 crew prepared for its upcoming spacewalk and awaited the arrival of three additional crew members later this week. The space travelers also continued their regular science and maintenance activities. Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael Barratt performed height adjustments on their Russian Orlan spacesuits ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 14, 2009Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and NASA have agreed on a new price for ferrying U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) after 2012, a Russian space official said on Wednesday. NASA will now pay $51 million for a single seat on Soyuz spacecraft. NASA earlier said it planned to buy up to 24 seats aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft to fly U.S. astronauts to the ISS af ... more 
Korolyov, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 14, 2009Russia's unmanned Progress M-02M cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station (ISS) as scheduled late on Tuesday. The modified version of the standard Progress craft docked at 23:23 p.m. Moscow time (19:23 GMT), bringing 2.5 tons of supplies to the orbiter, including food, water, scientific equipment and messages for the three-member crew. A third newly designed Russi ... more  
Superior CO (SPX) May 14, 2009Now is the time to reduce the threat to both human spaceflight and satellites from destructive space debris. That viewpoint emerged from a major gathering of space experts at the International Interdisciplinary Congress on Space Debris, held May 7-9 at the Faculty of Law, McGill University in Montreal, Canada. The Congress brought together legal, policy, and technical experts from around ... more  
Houston TX (SPX) May 12, 2009Rising shale gas production in the United States and Canada as well as potential natural gas supplies from Iraq could be pivotal in curbing Russia's ability to organize an "energy weapon" against European consumers, according to a new study released by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. The study, "Russia and the Caspian States and the Global Energy Balance," examines Rus ... more |
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