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Russia And Europe May Join Forces To Protect Earth From AsteroidsMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 25, 2010 Russian space officials and members of the European Commission will meet in early July to discuss joining forces against thousands of potentially hazardous asteroids, the head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said. Despite the growing concern about the asteroid threat, no anti-asteroid defense programs have been developed in practice so far, with only several theoretical concepts being studied. At a meeting in Moscow on July 7, the European Commission will consider Roscosmos's proposa ... read more |
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 10, 2010South Korea postponed Wednesday's planned launch of its KSLV-1 rocket due to technical problems, Russia's Khrunichev Space Center's spokesman said. "There will not be a launch today," the spokesman said. The KSLV-1 (The First Korean Space Launch Vehicle), built in cooperation with Russia, was expected to blast off at noon Moscow time [8:00 GMT]. The Korean Ministry of Education, Science an ... more  
New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Jun 10, 2010Russia will transfer its Nerpa nuclear-powered attack submarine for a 10 year-lease to India in the autumn, the head of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation has said. "The training of the crew has been concluded, most of the tests have been carried out - everything is almost at the finish line," Mikhail Dmitriyev told journalists in New Delhi after a meeting of th ... more  
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 09, 2010Russia's Mission Control on Tuesday readjusted the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) raising it by 2.5 kilometers (1.6 miles), a Mission Control spokesman said. The readjustment was necessary to ensure the best conditions for the docking of the Soyuz TMA-19 manned spacecraft and the Progress M-06M space cargo ship. It was carried out in two stages with the help of thrusters of ... more |
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Russian Defense Spending To Grow As Proportion Of GDP In 2011Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 09, 2010 Russian defense spending will rise to 2.9% of GDP in 2011, up three tenths of a percent on the current year, a deputy finance minister said on Thursday. "Defense spending in 2010 was 2.6% [of GDP], in 2011 the volume of funding will be 2.9%, in 2012 3% and then 3.2%," Anton Siluanov told the lower house of the Russian parliament. He also said spending on defense contracts and arms procurement will also increase, but gave no specific figures. State Duma Defense Committee head Viktor Zav ... read more |
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