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 Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 08, 2009 
A Rokot carrier rocket with two European satellites is being prepared for a November 2 launch from the Plesetsk space center in northwest Russia, a spokesman for the Khrunichev center said on Tuesday. The dry run, or dress rehearsal of the launch, began at the space center in early October, according to the schedule. "The launch is scheduled for November 2. A deal to launch Rockot ... read more 
Moscow, Beijing (SPX) Oct 08, 2009Boeing and Russian aerospace company RSC-Energia signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Moscow on Oct. 2 to work together on a future common docking system for advanced space exploration vehicles. The two companies will complement each other's extensive knowledge in International Space Station (ISS) design, assembly and operation to produce an international standard for docking ... more
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 07, 2009Russia plans to launch a cargo spaceship to the International Space Station from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on October 15, a Mission Control official said on Tuesday. "The launch of a Soyuz-U carrier rocket with the Progress M-03M cargo spaceship is scheduled for October 15 at 05:17 Moscow time [01:17 GMT]," the official said. The space freighter, the third of Russia's ... more 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 06, 2009As part of its ambitious manned space flights programme, India has sought a Russian spaceship for sending "space tourists" into orbit, an official said. "Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has applied for acquiring a spaceship for sending space tourists," Russian space agency "Roskosmos" spokesman Alexei Krasnov said. He said the deal would be commercial and two space ... more 
Korolyov, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 06, 2009The U.S. firm Space Adventures said on Friday it will be able to send two space tourists into orbit on Soyuz spacecraft from 2012 onwards. Space Adventures has been authorized by the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos to select and contract candidates for space tourist trips. "We have been working on this project for a number of years. Each Soyuz will carry two tourists and a ... more |
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 29, 2009Russia's last cargo spaceship with an analogue control system plunged on Sunday into a "spaceship cemetery" in the southern Pacific, the Russian Mission Control said. "Fragments of the Progress M-67 space freighter with waste material from the International Space Station (ISS) drowned at about 14.20 Moscow time [10.20 GMT]...several thousand kilometers to the east of New Zealand," space of ... more 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 28, 2009Russia's last space freighter with an analogue control system will reenter the Earth's atmosphere on Sunday before plunging into a "spaceship cemetery" in the southern Pacific, the Russian Mission Control said. The Progress M-67 cargo spaceship, which arrived at the International Space Station on July 29, bringing 2.5 tons of supplies, including fuel, water and various equipment ... more  
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 24, 2009The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, has decided to delay from 2009 to 2011 the launch of the Phobos Grunt mission to study and return samples from the Martian moon Phobos. The Planetary Society's LIFE (Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment) experiment, designed to test the ability of microorganisms to survive deep space flight, is part of the mission. Due to the relative orbits of Earth ... more |
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