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 Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 20, 2009 
The maiden launch of Russia's new Angara carrier rocket could be postponed for at least one year due to shortage of funds from the Defense Ministry, the top Russian space official said Wednesday. The Angara rocket, currently under development by the Khrunichev center, is designed to put heavy payloads into orbit. The launch facilities were expected to be finished by 2010, and the first lau ... read more 
Coimbatore, India (PTI) Nov 25, 2009Mylswamy Annadurai, Project Director of Chandrayan Mission II, ISRO, on Monday said that there would be more indigenous components in country's second moon mission. Annadurai was in the city to participate in the 30th convocation of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. Addressing the media on the sidelines of the function, Annadurai said: "This time we expect more indigenous components ... more
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 24, 2009Well-known spaceship designer and one of the Soviet Union's first cosmonauts, Konstantin Feoktistov, has died at 83 in Moscow, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said Sunday. "We report with regret that Konstantin Feoktistov, a famous Soviet cosmonaut, died in Moscow on Saturday. Information on the funeral service, place and time of the burial will be available later," a Roscosmos ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 23, 2009Russia's Space Forces on Friday launched a Soyuz-U carrier rocket with a Cosmos-series military satellite, a SF spokesman said. He said the rocket was launched from the Plesetsk space center in north Russia and successfully orbited a satellite that was assigned the serial number Cosmos 2455. Some experts believe the Cosmos series with 2411 and upwards could be part of Russia's Oko ... more 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 18, 2009The U.S. ambassador to Moscow confirmed on Tuesday that the United States will continue to use Russian Soyuz spacecraft after space shuttles retire from service in 2010. "Soon, when space shuttles are taken out of operation, we will only be using your Soyuz rockets to put our astronauts into orbit," John Beyrle said in an online conference hosted by Gazeta.ru. The new Orion spacecraf ... more |
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Paris, France (ESA) Nov 02, 2009The Russian State Commission has given the go-ahead to fuel the Rockot launcher that will take ESA's SMOS and Proba-2 satellites into orbit. This formal authorisation confirms that launch can take place on 2 November at 02:50 CET (01:50 UT). The go-ahead to fuel follows the launch dress rehearsal, which took place in the Mission Control Centre near the Plesetsk launch site on 28 October. ... more
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 29, 2009ESA's SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) and Proba-2 (PRoject for OnBoard Autonomy) satellites are scheduled for launch on Monday 2 November at 02:50 CET on a Russian Rockot launcher from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia. SMOS, ESA's water mission, is the first satellite designed both to map sea surface salinity and monitor soil moisture on a global scale, thus contributing ... more  
Moscow, Russia (XNA) Oct 28, 2009The future Mars manned exploration projects will only become true by using nuclear energy, said President and Chief Designer of Russia's Energia Aerospace Corporation Vitaly Lopota here on Monday. Since current rocket technologies are not sufficient for the future exploration of Mars and the whole Solar system, and since no alternative energy resources have been found as of now, the only ... more |
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