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January 12, 2012
MARSDAILY
Russia was well aware of Phobos-Grunt mission risks
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 11, 2012
Phobos-Grunt, a failed Russian sample mission to a Martian moon, was launched despite risks of which Russian scientists were well aware, the head of the Russian space agency said on Tuesday. Phobos-Grunt, Russia's most ambitious planetary mission in decades, was launched on November 9 but it was lost due to propulsion failure and stuck in the low-earth orbit. It is expected to fall back to Earth on January 15, presumably in Afghanistan. Vladimir Popovkin, the head of Roscosmos, said in an in ... read more

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SHAKE AND BLOW

Could Siberian volcanism have caused the Earth's largest extinction event?
Around 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian geologic period, there was a mass extinction so severe that it remains the most traumatic known species die-off in Earth's history. Although t ... more
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ICE WORLD

Russian river water unexpected culprit behind Arctic freshening
A hemispherewide phenomenon - and not just regional forces - has caused record-breaking amounts of freshwater to accumulate in the Arctic's Beaufort Sea. Frigid freshwater flowing into the Arc ... more
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Minister orders Russian space agency security blitz after blogger invasion
Russia's space agency Roscosmos has been given until January to rectify security at its plants or face the consequences, after a reported penetration of its rocket plant in northern Moscow. A ... more
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GPS NEWS

Russia, India to cooperate in production of satellite navigation equipment
Russia and India intend to cooperate in the production of satellite navigation equipment and to provide services to civilian users of the Glonass system, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Indian ... more
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TECH SPACE

Owner of house hit by satellite fixes roof himself amid compensation snag
A Siberian homeowner who miraculously escaped serious injury when a fragment of a Russian communication satellite crashed through the roof of his house had to fix it himself as the authorities wrang ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Launch of Russian Proton-M carrier rocket postponed
The launch of a Russian Proton-M carrier rocket with a Dutch telecommunications satellite SES-4 (NSS-14) onboard was called off on Monday due to "technical problems", a spokesman for the Khrunichev ... more
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Russia's space chief says industry in 'crisis' after latest failure
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Rocket Lab partners with Bollinger Shipyards to transform Neutron sea recovery platform
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TECH SPACE

Siberian man miraculously unharmed as satellite piece crashes through roof
A Siberian resident miraculously escaped serious injury or even death when a fragment of a Russian communication satellite crashed through the roof of his house. A Meridian satellite that was ... more
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STATION NEWS

New crew arrives at international space station
The Russian Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Friday with a new crew of three onboard. The spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhs ... more
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NUKEWARS

Russia successfully test fires Bulava missiles
Russia successfully test launched two Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles on Friday, Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Igor Konashenkov said. The missiles were launched from the Borey-cla ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Mankind faces long road in space exploration
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MARSDAILY

Phobos-Grunt mission now impossible says chief designer
Russia's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, which has been stuck in the wrong orbit for more than a month, will not be able to complete its mission, the head and chief designer of the Lavochkin spacecraft con ... more
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GPS NEWS

Glonass satnav system targets Latin America and India
The Latin American and Indian markets will be a priority for Glonass, Russia's global satellite navigation system, Russian Space Systems Deputy General Director Grigory Stupak said on Tuesday. ... more
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MARSDAILY

Russia could join ExoMars as full partner
Russia could become a full partner in a planned U.S.-European Mars exploration project, a European Space Agency (ESA) spokesman has said. The Space News International website quoted Franco Bon ... more
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GPS NEWS

Russia to put two more Glonass satellites into operation
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ICEYE satellite data accelerates flood relief in southern Brazil
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EARLY EARTH

Path to Oxygen in Earth's Atmosphere: Long Series of Starts and Stops
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ENERGY NEWS

Global Carbon Project annual emissions summary
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SPACEMART

SES Appoints New Commercial Head For Europe
SES has announced the appointment of Ferenc Szelenyi as its new Senior Vice President Commercial Europe for SES. He succeeds Norbert Holzle in this function, who has decided to leave SES. Fere ... more
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EARLY EARTH

Rise of atmospheric oxygen more complicated than previously thought
The appearance of oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere probably did not occur as a single event, but as a long series of starts and stops, according to an international team of researchers who investiga ... more
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GPS NEWS

Russia's Glonass-M satellite put into orbit
Russia sent another Glonass-M navigation satellite into orbit on Monday, said Alexei Zolotukhin, spokesman of Russian Space Forces. The Soyuz carrier rocket with the satellite on board was lau ... more
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SPACEMART

Romantis Extends Occasional Use Capacity Lease on Express-AM44
Romantis has announced that it signed an extension to its agreement for the occasional-use bandwidth on the Express-AM44 satellite (11 degrees West) with the Russian Satellite Communications Company ... more
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MARSDAILY

The Martian Chronicles Continues With Russian Bit Part
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MARSDAILY

Did US climate weapon knock-out Russian probe
Russian space experts are struggling to decode fresh telemetry signals received from the stricken Phobos-Grunt probe. Meanwhile, rumors are circulating that America's ionosphere research site in Ala ... more
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MARSDAILY

ESA station keeps contact with Russian Mars mission Phobos-Grunt
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MARSDAILY

Data beamed from Russia Mars probe deciphered
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MARSDAILY

ESA tracking station establishes contact with Russia's Mars mission
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STATION NEWS

Satellite junk no threat to space station crew
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MARSDAILY

Russian experts baffled by erratic behavior of Mars probe
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MOON DAILY

Russia wants to focus on Moon if Mars mission fails
If Russia's Phobos-Grunt Mars mission fails the country's space agency may focus on Moon exploration, the deputy head of the Roscosmos agency said on Tuesday. The Mars probe was launched from ... more
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STATION NEWS

Space Station Trio Lands Safely in Kazakhstan
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Russia, France to team up on new launchers
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