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China Leads In Outer Space PollutionMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 02, 2010 China has topped the list of the world's major polluters of the near-Earth space environment, followed by the United States and Russia, the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Friday. All together, the three main space powers produce 93% of space debris, according to a statement published on the agency's website. "According to estimates, 40% of space debris is produced by China. The U.S.'s share accounts for 27.5%, and Russia's [share] for 25.5%, with 7% falling on other countries ... read more |
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 16, 2010Test launches of Russia's new booster rocket, the Angara, are to start in 2013, the rocket designer said on Thursday. Vladimir Nesterov, head of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, said the rocket assembly would be completed in the first quarter of 2011, adding that the first-stage engine was "99% ready" and the second-stage engine had already been tested three times ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 16, 2010The Russian air defense system is designed so that it responds to all aircraft approaching the state's airspace, a high ranking Defense Ministry source has said. "That is perhaps its basic difference from the American system," the source said commenting on recent remarks by a senior U.S. military official. Adm. James A. Winnefeld, Jr., head of the U.S.-Canadian North American Aerospa ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 16, 2010Six participants in the Mars-500 simulation of a manned mission to the Red Planet demonstrated team spirit and unity during the first month of the project, a Russian scientific institute that conducts the experiment said. The Moscow Institute of Medical and Biological Problems started the 520-day experiment on June 3. The project is due to simulate almost all aspects of a journey to the Re ... more |
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Expensive Food And WaterBethesda MD (SPX) Jul 13, 2010 A week ago an unmanned Russian Progress supply ship docked with the ISS. It was late, because a technical glitch occurred on the first try a couple of days earlier. These Progress modules make roughly four trips annually to the ISS and they carry supplies for the crewmembers. On this occasion the module was carrying 2,600 kg of fuel, food and water for the six astronauts currently on the ISS. Each of these resupply flights costs tens of millions of dollars. Somehow, something is wrong here. ... read more |
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