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![]() Bethesda MD (SPX) Aug 30, 2011 Last Wednesday, an unmanned Russian spaceship carrying tons of cargo for ISS crashed in Siberia shortly after blast-off. Liftoff of the Soyuz booster carrying the Progress module from the Baikonur Cosmodrome occurred at 9:00 a.m. EDT. This was supposed to be the 44th successful cargo delivery mission to the space station. Unfortunately, this turned out to be the first failed attempt to get supplies to the station crew. The Russian space agency reported that the problem was with the upper stage pro ... read more |
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![]() Lost Russian satellite poses threat to space navigation The Russian heavy satellite Express-AM4 lost on Aug. 18 might pose a threat to other space vehicles, local media reported Friday. Citing a source in the space industry, Interfex news agency sa ... more | .. |
![]() Russia enters the era of space realism The recent string of spaceflight accidents in Russia is the symptom of a deep crisis in the nation's aerospace industry. Experts say it's time to tone down the rhetoric about Russia being a "great s ... more | .. |
![]() Extreme 2010 Russian Fires and Pakistan Floods Linked Meteorologically Two of the most destructive natural disasters of 2010 were closely linked by a single meteorological event, even though they occurred 1,500 miles (2,414 km) apart and were of completely different na ... more | .. | ||
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![]() Russia to test launch Soyuz rockets before delivering ISS crews Russia will carry out two unmanned test launches of Soyuz carrier rockets in the coming fall before using them to deliver crews to the International Space Station, a source in the Russian space indu ... more | .. |
![]() Roscosmos smarting after Progress loss Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 29, 2011 Heads are expected to roll in Russia's space industry in the wake of the recent failures, above all the August 24 incident when the cargo spaceship Progress M-12M ... more | .. |
![]() "Progress's" misfortune doesn't change Russia's space plans The Russian, the US, the European, the Canadian and the Japanese space agencies, who are partners in using the International Space Station, are now jointly analyzing the reasons for the crash of the ... more | .. |
![]() Glonass-M satellite launch postponed for additional check The launch of the Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket with the Glonass-M navigation satellite was postponed for an additional equipment check, Russia's Space Forces commander said on Thursday. The launc ... more |
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![]() Roscosmos to tighten control of space industry after rocket lost The Russian space agency Roscosmos says it will set up a commission for quality control in the space industry after the loss of the Progress spacecraft. The Progress M-12M space freighter carr ... more | .. |
![]() Russia likely to suspend space deliveries over loss of Progress freighter Russia may fail to fulfill its obligations in delivering crews to the International Space Station after Wednesday's accident with Russia's Progress M-12M space freighter, a source in Russia's space ... more | .. |
![]() Russia's space industry may face overhaul after cargo ship crash A Russian Progress cargo ship crashed into Siberia after failing to reach the right orbit Wednesday. The crash marked the second failure in space launch in less than a week and the third in this yea ... more | .. |
![]() Russian, European space agencies to team up for Mars mission With just months to go before the end of a Moscow-based simulated journey to Mars, the European Space Agency (ESA) head said on Wednesday a joint mission with Russia to the Red Planet was in the pip ... more |
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![]() MSU, UR launch satellite from Russia A Russian Dnepr rocket roared out of a silo launcher into space carrying a satellite with hardware designed and built at Morehead State University. The rocket launched from Yasny, Russia, on the Kaz ... more | .. |
![]() Russian Progress space freighter set to undock from ISS Progress M-11M space freighter will undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday to be buried in the Pacific after conducting a nine-day scientific mission, Russia's Mission Control ... more | .. |
![]() Missing satellite found off designated orbit The Russian Express-AM4 communication satellite, missing after Thursday's launch, could not separate from the booster and was found off the designated orbit, a source in the Russian space program sa ... more | .. |
![]() Boeing Working with Leading Russian Airports to Increase Capacity Boeing announced at the Moscow Air Show that it has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate toward increasing the efficiency and capacity of leading Russian airports. Boeing will ... more |
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![]() Boeing Projects 110 Billion Dollar Commercial Airplanes Market in Russia and CIS Boeing forecasts that air carriers in Russia and CIS will take delivery of 1,080 new airplanes over the next 20 years at an investment of $110 billion. New airplane deliveries in the region wi ... more | .. |
![]() SSTL's very high resolution satellite NigeriaSat-2 prepares for launch The latest Earth observation satellite from UK small satellite manufacturer SSTL has successfully completed pre-launch tests and has been integrated with a Dnepr launch vehicle. NigeriaSat-2, one of ... more | .. |
![]() SSTL successfully launches two further Earth observation satellites SSTL's NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites were successfully launched Wednesday at 07:12:20 UTC onboard a Dnepr rocket from Yasny in southern Russia. The highly advanced Earth observation satel ... more | .. |
![]() Russia loses contact with new satellite The designer and manufacturer of a Russian satellite launched on Thursday has no information about its location or condition, the Khrunichev State Research and Production Center said. Russia's ... more |
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![]() Comet Elenin Poses No Threat to Earth Often, comets are portrayed as harbingers of gloom and doom in movies and on television, but most pose no threat to Earth. Comet Elenin, the latest comet to visit our inner solar system, is no excep ... more | .. |
![]() Russia to build new space center in Far East Russia is planning to build a 250 billion ruble (8.5 billion U.S. dollar) space center in its Far East, head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos told a local newspaper Thursday. In an interv ... more | .. |
![]() Launch date set for NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites SSTL has announced that it will launch the NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites on behalf of the Nigerian National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) by a Dnepr launch vehicle from Y ... more | .. |
![]() Make outer space safe for all Gregory L. Schulte, US deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, recently told reporters that the United States has proposed to establish regular dialogue with China in an effort to cr ... more |
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![]() Russian Spacewalkers to Move Cargo Boom, Deploy Ham Radio Satellite Two Russian cosmonauts will leave the confines of the International Space Station on Aug.3 to move a cargo boom from one airlock to another, install a prototype laser communications system and deplo ... more | .. |
![]() Russia to carry out 3 space launches in August Russia's space agency Roscosmos said on Friday it is planning to launch two satellites and a space freighter next month. The Express-AM4 satellite will be launched on August 18 on board a Prot ... more | .. |
![]() New Russian carrier rockets to the Moon Russia is working on two large-scale space projects simultaneously, including the next generation of the "Soyuz" spaceships and a principally new space system with the Rus-M carrier rocket. The laun ... more | .. |
![]() Graybiel Lab poised for next chapter of space exploration A 30-year chapter in the history of space travel has ended with the landing of the space shuttle Atlantis, and what comes next is still unknown. But whatever direction the story takes, researchers o ... more |
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![]() US shale gas weakening Russian, Iranian petro-power Rising U.S. natural gas production from shale formations has already played a critical role in weakening Russia's ability to wield an "energy weapon" over its European customers, and this trend will ... more | .. |
![]() Gilat Provides Turnkey Broadband SatComms for Russian Yakutia Ministry of Finance Gilat has announced that it has been selected by Russian Yakutia Ministry of Finance to provide a full turnkey SkyEdge II broadband satellite network to serve new Ministry of Finance locations acros ... more | .. |
![]() Russia sends observation satellite into space A Russian Zenith-3M rocket with an observation satellite blasted off early Monday, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said. The rocket with Fregat-SB upper stage and Russian astrophysical obse ... more | .. |
![]() "Space taxi" coming The last Atlantis shuttle which docked with the ISS this week is due to return to Earth on July 21st . From then on, astronauts and cargoes will be delivered to the ISS by Russian Soyuz spaceships. ... more |
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