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![]() Keiv (RIA Novosti) Nov 02, 2010 Russia is ready to consider training Ukrainian astronauts as soon as it gets an official request from Kiev, the head of the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said. "For the first time they [Ukrainian officials] raised the issue seriously. This requires serous and thorough preparations," Anatoly Perminov said. He said that the two neighbors have no agreements on the issue. Perminov added that the possibility of taking Ukrainian astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) should be ... read more |
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![]() Russia To Launch 8 Glonass Navigation Satellites In 2011-2013 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 ... more | .. |
![]() New International Standard For Spacecraft Docking Partners in the International Space Station programme have agreed on a new standard for docking systems, which will be capable also of implementing berthing. The agreement allows a range of compatib ... more | .. |
![]() Soyuz Moves To Launch Pad For Globalstar Six Bird Launch The Soyuz vehicle with Globalstar's initial cluster of six second-generation satellites is now on Launch Pad #6 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, where it is being readied for liftoff on October 19 in an Aria ... more | .. |
![]() Boeing Projects 90 Billion Dollar Commercial Airplanes Market In Russia And CIS Boeing forecasts that air carriers in Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will take delivery of about 960 new airplanes over the next 20 years at an investment of $90 billion. ... more | .. |
![]() Space Systems Loral To Build ABS-2 Satellite Asia Broadcast Satellite will contract Space Systems/Loral to manufacture the ABS-2 spacecraft which is scheduled for launch in 2013. ABS-2 will be one of the most powerful commercial satellit ... 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 Technologies is signed, the Energia head said. Orbital Technologies on Wednesday announced sky-high plans to launch an orbiting hotel in space by 2015-2016. "As of now, the company only has ... 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 Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli shares a ride to space with Russia's Dmitri Kondratyev and NASA's Catherine Coleman in December aboard a Soyuz TMA spacecraft, he will be looking forward to six months full ... 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 Energia said Monday. "All political conditions for resuming launches on the Sea Launch program have been met. All commissions in the United States have been passed. A license for 70 launches has b ... more |
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![]() Leeds UK (SPX) Oct 11, 2010 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 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 Leeds, the Met Office Hadley Centre and University of Exeter. The unpredictability of the weather is one ... read more |
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