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Cryosat-2 Ready For LaunchDarmstadt, Germany (ESA) Apr 08, 2010 Following yesterday's launch dress rehearsal and the debriefing today, the Russian State Commission has given the go-ahead to launch ESA's ice mission tomorrow at 15:57 CEST. Today's go-ahead marks the last milestone along the road to launch the long-awaited CryoSat-2 satellite. By measuring the tiny variations in the thickness of ice floating in the polar oceans and changes in the vast ice sheets on land, the mission will provide scientists with hard evidence on the speed at which ice is diminish ... read more |
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 29, 2010Russia is ready to import poultry from India if the U.S. does not resume its supplies, Russian agriculture minister Yelena Skrynnik said on Friday after a meeting with her Indian counterpart. The U.S., which supplied 22% of poultry consumed in Russia last year, was unable to continue imports after January 1, when new sanitary requirements came into force in Russia. Skrynnik said Indi ... more  
Sriharikotta, India (PTI) Mar 26, 2010The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D3), fitted with an indigenous cryogenic stage, from Sriharikotta in April, and the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15) in May, P. S Veeraraghavan, Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, said on Wednesday. Terming the launch of the GSLV-D3 by April-end "a landmark in indig ... more  
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 26, 2010Russia and China have signed a framework contract for the construction of the second stage of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China, Russia's nuclear power equipment and service export monopoly Atomstroyexport said on Wednesday. The company said the contract signed by Atomstroyexport and its Chinese partner, the Jiangsu nuclear power corporation, stipulated the construction of two VVER- ... more |
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South Korean Space Foods Receive Russian CertificationSeoul, Korea (XNA) Mar 25, 2010 South Korean food products designed to be consumed in space have received certification from a Russian laboratory, the state-run Korea Food Research Institute (KFRI) said Wednesday. A total of 10 types of specially manufactured food products, including traditional dishes like fried Kimchi, hot pepper paste, bulgogi or beef stew, and bibimbab, a bowl of mixed rice and vegetables, have won the certification by the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBMP) last week a ... read more |
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