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Russian Specialists Raise ISS OrbitMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jan 25, 2010 Russian specialists have completed the operation to raise the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) by about 5 km (3 miles), Mission Control said on Sunday. "The space maneuver was carried out in the nominal mode and took about 150 seconds," Mission Control said. Corrections to the space station's orbit are conducted periodically before launches of Russian cargo ships and U.S. shuttles to compensate for Earth's gravity and to safeguard successful dockings. The correction was ... read more |
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ISS Russian Modules To Realize Uninterrupted Ground CommsMoscow, Russia (XNA) Jan 14, 2010 The Russian modules on the International Space Station will realize uninterrupted communications with the ground by 2013, a space industry insider said Wednesday. Russia plans to launch two tracking and data relay satellites - "Luch-5A" and "Luch-5B" - in 2011, said the unnamed expert, adding that a third satellite, "Luch-4," would be launched in 2013. After the three satellites enter their designated orbits, astronauts on the ISS Russian modules will be able to communicate with th ... read more |
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Bangalore, India (PTI) Jan 13, 2010India would launch its first manned space flights by sending two astronauts into orbit in a Russian spaceship in 2013, according to reports. For this, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is to finance the acquisition of a Soyuz spaceship and train its astronauts by a Russian commander. The Russian cosmonaut would lead the two-member crew on an independent space flight lasti ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jan 13, 2010One of three newly orbited satellites in Russia's Glonass space satellite navigation grouping has entered service, the federal space agency Roscosmos said on Tuesday. Glonass - the Global Navigation Satellite System - is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian use. Both systems allow users to determine their posit ... more  
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jan 13, 2010The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) has signed a decree to reserve, for seven years, a 103,546-ha site in the Amur Province for the construction of the Vostochny spaceport. T he document stipulates that any activity associated with the sale of the land, ownership or the construction of buildings which is not related to the spaceport on the reserved site is prohibited without the ... more |
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Cosmic Dark Energy Detected In Galaxies Nearest EarthWashington DC (SPX) Jan 07, 2010 An international team of astronomers, including a University of Alabama researcher, have detected effects of "dark energy" within the Local Group of galaxies which contains our own Milky Way Galaxy. Astronomers use the term "dark energy" to describe the mysterious field they believe must be present in the mostly empty space of the Universe in order to cause galaxies" accelerated movement away from each other. The team, including Dr. Gene Byrd, professor emeritus of physics and astronomy ... read more |
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