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ISS Expedition 22 To Return To Earth On March 18Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 12, 2010 A Soyuz-TMA-16 space capsule carrying two astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to land in central Kazakhstan on March 18, Russian Mission Control said on Wednesday. The undocking of the Soyuz TMA-16 from the ISS is scheduled for 11:03 Moscow time [08:03 GMT]. "At the present moment, the work of Expedition 22 at the ISS is coming to an end. Russian Maxim Surayev and American Jeff Williams are preparing for their return to Earth on board the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraf ... read more |
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Moscow (RIA NOVOSTI) Feb 24, 2010Transdnestr leader Igor Smirnov said in Moscow on Monday that the breakaway republic in Moldova was not opposed to Russia deploying its Iskander tactical missiles in the republic. "We said long ago that we are ready [for this]; we have asked Russia to keep its military presence indefinitely. We would not protest the deployment of Russian forces with any weapons for the protection of the Tr ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 17, 2010A Proton M carrier rocket bearing three Glonass satellites will be launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on March 2, Russian space officials said on Monday. The carrier rocket and the satellites are currently being tested at the Kazakh space center. Glonass - the Global Navigation Satellite System - is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System, or ... more 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 16, 2010Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has proposed on Monday introducing the Glonass navigation system throughout the country's regions and getting it onto "commercial rails." 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 th ... more |
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Russian Forces Form The Core Of The CIS Air Defense SystemMoscow,(RIA Novosti) Feb 12, 2010 On February 10 fifteen years ago, the leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) met in Almaty, then capital of Kazakhstan (Central Asia), to sign an agreement to create a joint air defense system. In February 2010, they held a jubilee meeting of the Committee on Air Defense at the CIS Council of Defense Ministers. The CIS leaders established the joint air defense system to preserve the remaining elements of the once powerful Soviet air defense. It comprised the air defense systems of ... read more |
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