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Bulava Missile Designer Blames Industry For Test FailuresMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Apr 21, 2010 Yury Solomonov, the designer of the troubled Bulava ballistic missile, said that the poor state of the Russian defense industry was the main cause of the weapon's failed test launches. Solomonov resigned from his post as general director of the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology (MITT) in July 2009 after a series of unsuccessful Bulava tests, but retained his post as general designer of the missile. "I can say in earnest that none of the design solutions have been changed as a result of ... read more |
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Astana, Kazakhstan (RIA Novosti) Apr 12, 2010The upper chamber of the Kazakh parliament, the Senate, ratified on Friday a 2004 agreement to extend Russia's use of the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported. The Russian-Kazakh agreement, which was signed in Astana on January 9, 2004, extends Russia's use of facilities at the space center until 2050. The ratification comes after threats from Russia to ... more 
Astana, Kazakhstan (RIA Novosti) Apr 12, 2010Kazakhstan intends to acquire 33% stakes in two Russian-Ukrainian joint ventures using the Baikonur space center for launches of Dnepr and Zenit carrier rockets, the country's top space official said Friday. The head of Kazakh space agency Kazcosmos, Talgat Musabayev, told a session of parliament that the issue of Kazakhstan's equal participation in commercial space projects must be resolv ... more  
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 12, 2010The commander of Russia's space forces said on Friday Russia had no plans to deploy weapons of any kind in space. Some analysts have suggested that Russia could deploy space weapons as part of measures to counter controversial U.S. plans to build missile shields in Europe. "We have no such plans," Maj. Gen. Oleg Ostapenko told a news conference in Moscow a day after Russia and the United S ... more |
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New Expedition 23 Crew Members Welcomed Aboard StationHouston TX (SPX) Apr 5, 2010 There are three new Expedition 23 crew members aboard the International Space Station. Following the completion of leak checks, the hatches between the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft and the station were opened at 3:19 a.m. EDT Sunday. A welcome ceremony for the new arrivals followed. NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko lifted off aboard the Soyuz TMA-18 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan 12:04 a.m. Friday. The trio docked to ... read more |
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