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Bad weather hampers search for debris of Russian space freighterGorno-Altaisk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 05, 2011 Poor weather conditions in South Siberia's Altai Republic may prevent the search for the crash site of a Progress-M spacecraft for the second consecutive day, a Russian space official said on Friday. The debris of the Progress M-12M space freighter presumably fell in the Altai mountains after the spacecraft failed to separate from the Soyuz-U carrier rocket in an abortive launch on August 24. "Unfortunately, we don't have weather again this morning," said Alexander Dvurechensky, deputy head ... read more |
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  Time To End Pork Barrel Monster Rocket And Expensive Russian Space Ferry The Texas Space Alliance (TXA) urged Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and the rest of the Texas Congressional delegation to give their full support to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's call for transferring funding ... more | .. |
  Russian Firm Unveils Plan for Space Tourism A Russian firm has unveiled its plans for an orbital hotel by 2016 and space tours to Mars by 2030. The news comes as Russia has grounded its Soyuz rockets after an unmanned cargo vessel, bound for ... more | .. |
  Kazakhstan won't ban Russian rocket launches from Baikonur Kazakhstan does not plan to ban launches of Russian rockets from its space center in Baikonur after accident with Progress M-12M space freighter, Talgat Musabayev, the head of the Kazakh space agenc ... more | .. |
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  Roscosmos plans to return three ISS crew members on Sept 16 Three crew members of the International Space Station (ISS) will return to Earth on Sept. 16, later than previously scheduled due to a failed launch of the Progress cargo vehicle, the Russian space ... more | .. |
 Russia may put space program under state defense order The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Wednesday it is considering returning the federal space program to the framework of the state defense order to ensure steady financing and reduce t ... more | .. |
 Progress 44 accident and its consequences for Space Station The six astronauts on the International Space Station are safe and continuing their normal work after the loss of their space-bound cargo craft on 24 August. While the cause of the accident is being ... more | .. |
  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 |
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 Russian Space Taxi Goes on Strike 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 C ... 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 | .. |
 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 |
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"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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
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 |
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New deep sea mining rules lack consensus despite US pressure
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 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 | .. |
  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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
  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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 |
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