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Russia To Launch 8 Glonass Navigation Satellites In 2011-2013Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 25, 2010 Russia will put eight Glonass-M satellites into orbit in 2011-2013 to ensure the effective operation of its satellite navigation network, a Russian space industry official said. Glonass - the Global Navigation Satellite System - is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian use. The network requires 18 operational satellites for continuous navigation services covering the entire territory of Russia and at least 24 sate ... read more |
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 NKorea Jamming Device A New Security Threat A North Korean jamming device capable of disrupting guided weapons poses a fresh threat to South Korea's security, the South's defence chief said on Tuesday. Defence Minister Kim Tae-Young tol ... more | .. |
  Research Suggests Volcanoes Nixed Neanderthals New research suggests that climate change following massive volcanic eruptions drove Neanderthals to extinction and cleared the way for modern humans to thrive in Europe and Asia. The research ... more | .. |
  Crop Failures Set To Increase Under Climate Change Large-scale crop failures like the one that caused the recent Russian wheat crisis are likely to become more common under climate change due to an increased frequency of extreme weather events, a ne ... more | .. |
  Lunar Probe And Space Exploration Is China's Duty To Mankind A chief designer with China's second lunar probe project has said that the country's lunar pursuit, while lagging behind Russia and the United States for more than 40 years, is still important becau ... more | .. |
  ISS Crew Hard At Work As New Crew Members Prepare For Launch The Expedition 25 crew has been working on the International Space Station's treadmill located inside the Russian segment. The treadmill is disassembled, inspected then reassembled as part of its si ... more |
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Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Oct 06, 2010The Soyuz spacecraft that will carry three new Expedition 25 flight engineers to the International Space Station was rolled out to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka will launch aboard the new Soyuz TMA-01M Thursday at 7:10 p.m. EDT (Friday, Kazakhstan time) and begin a f ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 05, 2010Russia's Rokot carrier rockets will take two European Space Agency (ESA) scientific satellites to orbit in 2012-2013, the head of the ESA Moscow Office said on Monday. "We have signed contracts for two launches of ESA remote sensing satellites on Russia's Rokot carrier rockets," Rene Pischel said. The first launch will deliver to orbit the SWARM satellite, which will survey the geoma ... more 
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 04, 2010NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) on Friday agreed to update the International Space Station launch schedule. The target launch dates for the last planned space shuttle flight, STS-134 on Endeavour, will be Feb. 27 and the Automated Transfer Vehicle-2 (ATV-2) will be Feb. 15. Roscosmos will continue to look at Soyuz launch and landing optio ... more |
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International Partners Discuss ISS Extension And UseWashington DC (SPX) Sep 24, 2010 The International Space Station partner agencies met Tuesday, Sept. 21, by videoconference to discuss continuation of space station operations into the next decade and its use as a research laboratory. The Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB) meeting included senior representatives from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the European Space Agency (ESA), the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). The MCB ... read more |
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