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ESA hands over keys to Soyuz launch siteKourou, French Guiana (SPX) May 09, 2011 The official ceremony marking ESA's handover of the Soyuz launch site to Arianespace took place at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, after the site was declared ready for the first flight and the completion of a simulated launch campaign. The French space agency, CNES, as prime contractor for the building work, along with its European and Russian partners, has spent recent months qualifying the site. In March, the 'acceptance review' declared that it was ready for its first rocket and at the s ... read more |
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  Space Adventures proposes modified Soyuz TMA for Lunar tourists U.S. Space Adventures, the only company currently offering tourist orbital spaceflights, has offered to equip the Russian Soyuz TMA spaceship with additional living space for eight-day commercial fl ... more | .. |
  Moscow court upholds ban against satellite image distributor A Moscow court upheld a ban on Friday prohibiting the Russian research and development company ScanEx from distributing satellite images of Earth at a resolution higher than two meters. Scanex ... more | .. |
  ISS orbit to be readjusted for Soyuz TMA-20 return The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) will be raised by 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) on Thursday, Russian Mission Control said. "The readjustment is necessary to ensure the best condit ... more | .. |
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 Orbital Space Tourism Demand Space projects and organisations such as Excalibur, Galactic Suite, Bigelow's Space Complex Alpha and Russian Orbital Technologies plans have created increasing interest in orbital space tourism, an ... more | .. |
  Russia successfully launches military communication satellite A Russian Meridian series military communications satellite has been put into a designated orbit, a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces said on Thursday. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the Me ... more | .. |
 Comet Elenin: Preview of a Coming Attraction You may have heard the news: Comet Elenin is coming to the inner-solar system this fall. Comet Elenin (also known by its astronomical name C/2010 X1), was first detected on Dec. 10, 2010 by Leonid E ... more | .. |
 A Soyuz is "born" at the Spaceport The first fully-assembled Soyuz in French Guiana was unveiled Wednesday as the completed vehicle made its initial appearance during ongoing dry run evaluations at the Spaceport. This workhorse ... more |
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BlackSky to supply satellite imagery and analytics for Latin American security operations
GovSat selects Thales Alenia Space to build secure satellite for military communications
SES and Luxembourg to expand military satcom with next generation GovSat2 | .. |
  Popovkin replaces Perminov at Russian space agency Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appointed former First Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin as head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos on Friday, replacing Anatoly Perminov. Popo ... more | .. |
 Soyuz is in the launch zone at Europe's Spaceport The latest addition to Arianespace's launcher family made its world debut at the vehicle's new base of operations, as the first Soyuz was rolled out to the Spaceport's launch pad in French Guiana. ... more | .. |
 ESA prepares Soyuz for dry roll-out The first Russian Soyuz ST rocket built for launch from the European Space Agency's site at Kourou in French Guyana will be rolled out to the launch pad for dry systems tests on April 29, the Russia ... more | .. |
 Russia, Sweden to boost space cooperation Russia and Sweden agreed on Wednesday to improve cooperation in the space industry, including their intention to launch Swedish satellites using Russian carrier rockets. The two countries sign ... more |
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 First Cuban cosmonaut receives award from Russian government The visiting vice leader of the Russian State Duma Wednesday conferred the "Russian Order of Friendship" on Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez, the first Cuban and Latin American cosmonaut. The award, gran ... more | .. |
 Cargo Craft Launches as Crew Prepares for Space Shuttle The ISS Progress 42 resupply craft launched Wednesday morning to replenish the International Space Station. Launch was at 9:05 a.m. EDT (7:05 p.m. Kazakhstan time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The ... more | .. |
  Russia to build aerospace defence shield Russia will build a national aerospace defense shield by the end of 2011, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Viktor Ozerov told reporters on Tuesday in the cosmonau ... more | .. |
 Kazakhstan Open To Discuss Turning Baikonur Space Center Into JSC Kazakhstan is ready to consider Russia's proposal of converting the Baikonur Space Center into a joint-stock company with Russia as a major shareholder, Kazakh chief Talgat Musabayev said on Tuesday ... more |
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One billion years of protein evolution reveals surprising design flexibility
MetOp Second Generation satellite fully fuelled ahead of August launch
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  Russia To Develop New Space Rocket By 2015 Russia is planning to develop a new carrier rocket by 2015 while continuing the work on the Angara family of space boosters, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. The Rus-M carrier ... more | .. |
 Russia prepares to launch space freighter to ISS A Soyuz-U carrier rocket with the Progress M-10M cargo spacecraft has been transferred to a launch pad at the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan in preparation for the April 27 launch, Russia's Fed ... more | .. |
 Russia's Progress M-09M spacecraft to be sunk in Pacific Russia's Progress M-09M cargo spacecraft will be sunk in the remote area in southern Pacific Ocean later on Tuesday after it undocked from the International Space Station on April 22, a spokesman fo ... more | .. |
  Russian space forces reconnect with lost satellite The Russian Space Forces has re-established contact with a military satellite, Geo-IK-2, which went missing in February, local media reported Friday. According to a spokesman from the Defense ... more |
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 Weak Russian component downed Indian rocket Says Ex-ISRO chief The destruction of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) in mid air in 2010 was due to an inherent weakness in a component in the Russian supplied cryogenic engine. "We did se ... more | .. |
 No ISS docking permission for SpaceX unless safety proven Says Roscosmos Russia will not permit the first U.S. commercial spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) unless its safety is fully tested, a high-ranking official with Russia's space agency R ... more | .. |
 Russia may launch light Soyuz carrier rocket by 2012 Russia will be ready to launch a light version of a Soyuz carrier rocket by 2012, commander of the Russian Space Forces Oleg Ostapenko said on Thursday. The Soyuz 2-1V launch vehicle, also kno ... more | .. |
 Resourcesat-2 Will Beam Back Huge Data On Resources The remote-sensing satellite, Resourcesat-2, put up by PSLV-C16 on Wednesday, "will become a workhorse for the global community" with the huge data it will send back on the earth's resources, said R ... more |
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MicroCarb satellite launches to map global carbon dioxide emissions from space
Chemistry breakthroughs open new frontiers in industrial carbon capture
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 Paparazzi In Space For the second time, an attempt to take a photograph of a Space Shuttle docked with the International Space Station has been thwarted. Russia has again declined to undock a Soyuz spacecraft for a ph ... more | .. |
  Kazakh Space Launch Project Delayed Until 2017 The commissioning of a key space launch facility has been postponed again to 2017 due to errors in the draft design and slow progress in relevant flight tests, a Kazakh national space agency officia ... more | .. |
 Russian Space Industry 'Falling Short' Of State Arms Goals Russia's space chief says its rocket industry is falling short of the goals set by the state arms procurement program. "Measures to ensure the implementation of the state arms procurement prog ... more | .. |
  Mars Flight Possible After 2035 An interplanetary spacecraft for a flight to Mars will be created no earlier than 2025, and the maiden flight to the red planet is possible only after 2035, Russian space agency Roscosmos chief Anat ... more |
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 Putin Urges Ukraine To Join New Russian Space Center Project Ukraine should participate in the construction of the Vostochny Space Center in Russia's Far East, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said in Kiev on Tuesday. Russia currently uses two launch sites: Baik ... more | .. |
  ESA May Use Russian Technology In Nuke-Spaceship Project The European Space Agency (ESA) has no immediate plans for cooperation with Russia in creating nuclear-powered spacecraft for future missions to Mars, but is considering using Russian experience and ... more | .. |
 Russia's Medvedev Gives State Honors To Cosmonauts President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday awarded state honors to some of Russia's most senior cosmonauts as Russia is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first human space flight. Fifty years ... more | .. |
 Gagarin As A Symbol Of Modernization "Let's go!" With these words Yuri Gagarin blasted off on a flight that would shock the world. How could a country still emerging from the devastation wrought by WWII accomplish such an incredible fe ... more |
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