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UK Space Industry Enters A New AgeLondon, UK (SPX) Jul 26, 2010 A new age of co-operation between the UK Space Agency and its Russian and American counterparts has been announced. Space Minister David Willetts revealed the UK has signed new agreements with NASA and the Russian Federal Space Bureau during his first major speech on space at the Farnborough Airshow. Mr Willetts said: "I am delighted to usher in an era of greater co-operation between our nations' space activities. "These historic agreements promise to help us unlock some of the mysteries of ... read more |
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Sergeyevsky Testing Ground (Primorye Territory) (RIA Novosti) Jul 12, 2010The number of professional soldiers in the Russian Army should be increased, the head of the defense committee in the Russian parliament's upper house said recently. "Today, officers account for 15 percent of the Armed Forces [personnel], professional servicemen for 25 percent - the rest are conscripts," Viktor Ozerov told reporters at the Sergeyevsky testing ground in Russia's Far Eastern ... more  
Washington DC (PTI) Jul 12, 2010Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams would travel to space for the second time in June 2012, NASA has announced. Born of Gujarati parents in Euclid, Ohio, Williams, 44, holds the longest space flight of 195 days for space women. Williams would be joined by flight engineers Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide on Soyuz 31 flight to the space station ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 09, 2010NASA and its international partners, the Russia Federal Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), have assigned four new International Space Station crews. The crews include NASA astronauts Joe Acaba, Sunita Williams and Kevin Ford. Acaba was born in Inglewood, Calif., and raised in Anaheim, Calif. Williams was born in Euclid, Ohio, but considers Needham, Mass., her h ... more |
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Russia To Sell One Billion Dollars Worth Of Arms To YemenMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 06, 2010 Russia and Yemen could sign an arms contract worth over $1 billion, an international arms expert has said. A Yemeni delegation led by President Ali Abdullah Saleh discussed sales of Russian arms to the Arab republic recently during the leader's short visit to Moscow. Igor Korotchenko, head of a Moscow-based think tank on the international arms trade, said Yemen "is interested in a very broad range of Russian arms and military equipment," especially MiG-29 SMT jet fighters (up to 30), Mi-35 a ... read more |
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