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European Technology To Complete ISSParis, France (ESA) Feb 09, 2010 Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched at 10:14:08 CET and is heading for the International Space Station carrying two sophisticated European modules: Node-3 (Tranquility) and Cupola. Their installation will mark the completion of the non-Russian part of the ISS, with more than a third of the pressurised Station elements designed and built in Europe. Node-3 is part of the Columbus laboratory launch barter agreement with NASA, whereby ESA supplies two of the connecting nodes (Nodes-2 and-3) for the I ... read more |
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jan 25, 2010Russian 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. ... more  
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 22, 2010Russian cosmonauts receive up to $150,000 for a mission on board the International Space Station (ISS), a senior space official said Thursday. "For six months of work on the ISS, a Russian cosmonaut gets an equivalent of $130,000-150,000 in Russian currency," Vladimir Solovyev said, head of the Russian segment of the ISS. Solovyev admitted that the cosmonauts' work in orbit is diffic ... more  
Moscow, China (RIA Novosti) Jan 19, 2010Russia will launch two international satellites as well as a freighter to the International Space Station (ISS) next month from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Federal Space Agency said Monday. A Roscosmos spokesman said Intelsat 16, CryoSat 2, and Progress M04M would be launched with three different carrier rockets. The Progress M04M is due for liftoff with a Soyuz-U ... 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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