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Russia Delays Progress Space Freighter Launch Until 2010 Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 12, 2009 ![]() First European Commander Of The ISS ![]() ESA astronaut Frank De Winne became the first European commander of the International Space Station this morning with the departure of Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka who had filled this role since April. De Winne is the first non-American and non-Russian to take on this role. Nearly nine years after the first Expedition crew took up residence on the International Space Station (ISS) in ... more
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Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano ![]()
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Russia To Launch Two European Satellites![]() 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 ... more Boeing And RSC-Energia Team To Develop Future Spacecraft Docking System ![]() Boeing 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 Russia Set To Launch Space Freighter To ISS ![]() Russia 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 |
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Russia To Launch Orbital Lab "Oka-T" In 2015![]() Russia will launch an orbital laboratory in 2015, according to the head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos on Tuesday. The lab, called Oka-T, would serve the crews of the International Space Station (ISS), Anatoly Perminov told the Rossiyskaya Gazeta paper. Oka-T would be an autonomous spacecraft that would support experiments on space technologies and material sciences in ... more Russia Sends Circus Man Into Space ![]() Space Adventures, Ltd., the only company currently providing human space mission opportunities to the world marketplace, today announced that its orbital client Guy Laliberte and his crew successfully launched aboard a Soyuz-TMA spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan en route to the International Space Station (ISS). Laliberte joins the Expedition 21 crew, which includes Rus ... more Russia's Last Analogue Space Freighter Buried In Pacific ![]() Russia'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 |
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