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Russia Sends New Space Freighter To Orbital StationMoscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 28, 2010 A Russian space freighter has separated from its launch vehicle and is heading to the International Space Station (ISS) on a resupply mission, a Russian space official said Wednesday. Russia launched a Soyuz carrier rocket with the Progress M-08M cargo spacecraft at 7:11 p.m. Moscow time (15:11 GMT) on Wednesday from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan. "The freighter has separated from the third stage of the Soyuz launch vehicle...All on-board systems are operating normally," a Roscosmo ... read more |
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  Sciencespace Hotel Project To Be Launched After Contract Is Signed - Energia The implementation of the project to build the first space hotel will only start after a contract between Russian state-owned rocket and space corporation Energia and Moscow-based company Orbital Te ... more | .. |
 Counting Down For ESA MagISStra Mission To Space Station In Latin magistra means 'female teacher', and now Europe's third long-duration astronaut mission to the International Space Station will carry almost the same name: MagISStra. When ESA's Itali ... more | .. |
  Political Obstacles For Sea Launch Overcome International consortium Sea Launch plans to resume Zenit-3SL carrier rocket launches from its floating platform in the Pacific Ocean in 2011, the head of the Russian Rocket and Space Corporation En ... more | .. |
  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 |
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Leeds UK (SPX) Oct 11, 2010Large-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 new study shows. However, the worst effects of these events on agriculture could be mitigated by improved farming and the development of new crops, according to the research by the University of L ... more  
Beijing, China (XNA) Oct 07, 2010A 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 because space exploration is part of the country's responsibility towards mankind. "The most fundamental task for human beings' space exploration is to research on human origins and find a way for ma ... more  
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 07, 2010The 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 six-month maintenance schedule. Photographs are taken of the exercise device's parts and downlinked to Earth for analysis by specialists. Commander Doug Wheelock continues working on the Oxy ... more |
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International Partners Update Launch ManifestParis, France (ESA) Oct 04, 2010 NASA, 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 options to provide manifest robustness. The agencies agreed to the changes during discussions at the Internat ... read more |
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