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Russia's ISS Crew Members Complete SpacewalkMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 24, 2012 Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Yury Malenchenko completed a six-hour spacewalk having carried out all planned maintenance tasks on the International Space Station (ISS). It was the first spacewalk of the current ISS Expedition 32 and expedition's Commander Padalka and Flight Engineer Malenchenko completed it in six hours ahead of the scheduled almost 6.5 hours. The spacewalk was also initially delayed for 47 minutes due to some minor problems with transition hatches between the Pirs ... read more |
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  Russia to Build New Space Plant A space satellite manufacturing plant will be built in the town of Shchyolkovo, just outside the Russian capital, Moscow Region Governor Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday. "It will be a new prod ... more | .. |
  Sarah Brightman In Talks Over Space Trip British singer Sarah Brightman is in talks with the space tourism firm Space Adventures to become the world's eighth space tourist, a senior Russian space official said on Wednesday. "I think that i ... more | .. |
  WiggleZ confirms the Big Picture of the Universe We know that stars group together to form galaxies, galaxies clump to make clusters and clusters gather to create structures known as superclusters. At what scale though, if at all, does this Russia ... more | .. |
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  S-400s to protect APEC summit Russia is deploying a regiment of its new-generation S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems in the far-eastern city of Nakhodka, not far from Vladivostok. The production of S-400s is gaining pace. With ... more | .. |
  Next generation of military aircraft will be unmanned The role of unmanned aerial vehicles in future will increase, Russian Air Force Commander-in-chief Maj. Gen. Viktor Bondarev told Interfax. "The trends for weapons of armed struggle, including comba ... more | .. |
 Cosmonauts Begin First Expedition 32 Spacewalk Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko began the first spacewalk of the Expedition 32 mission at 11:37 a.m. EDT Monday. The primary task during the 6.5-ho ... more | .. |
  Russian Mars Water Sniffer Goes Online A Russian neutron detector on board NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, designed to search for any water that might be bound into shallow underground minerals along the rover's path, was activated on Frida ... more |
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Planet secures 240 million euro satellite services contract with German government
Sceye secures SoftBank backing to launch HAPS connectivity services in Japan
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  Russian Booster Rocket Lifts US Satellite in Seaborne Launch A Russian booster rocket has blasted off from the Odyssey launch pad in the Pacific Ocean as part of the Sea Launch project to deliver a U.S. satellite into orbit, a spokesman for Energiya space cor ... more | .. |
 Russian Space Official Resigns After Satellite Failure The head of a top Russian rocket company handed in his notice on Wednesday, a day after Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev reprimanded space officials over a failed satellite launch last month, a govern ... more | .. |
 Space problems call for systemic solutions Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has given Russia's Roscosmos space agency and the government a month to submit proposals on how to improve the agency's work following a string of latest launch failur ... more | .. |
 Russian PM orders end to space industry problems Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday ordered the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos to sort out its problems. "You will from now on report on the current situation, including the prac ... more |
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  Evidence further suggests extra-terrestrial origin of quasicrystals Results from an expedition to far eastern Russia that set out to find the origin of naturally occurring quasicrystals have provided convincing evidence that they arrived on Earth from outer space. ... more | .. |
  Contact established with wayward Russian satellite Contact had been established with one of two off-course telecom satellites but it would not be possible to direct it to the designated orbit, its manufacturer said Monday. Telemetric data show ... more | .. |
 New Way of Turning Station Offers Fuel Savings on Orbit The launch of the 48th Progress resupply vehicle to the International Space Station marked two technical firsts for station operations: it was the first same-day rendezvous and docking of a spacecra ... more | .. |
 Medvedev to Name and Shame Failed Satellite Launch Officials Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday he will name officials responsible for Monday's failed satellite launch next week. "I would like to hold a meeting on this next week. It will ... more |
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Study challenges climate change's link to our wild winter jet stream
Successful liftoff delivers Sentinel4 on MTG satellite to enhance atmospheric forecasting
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 Wayward Satellites to Orbit for Months - Space Source Russia's Briz-M booster, which failed to put two satellites into their target orbit, is likely to keep flying in space for up to five months before sinking into the thicker layers of the atmosphere, ... more | .. |
 As Curiosity Explores Mars, Russia's Spacemen Take Stock Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 09, 2012 The United States has successfully launched its fourth surface rover to Mars in 16 years. Russia, on the other hand, recently endured the painful failure of the Ph ... more | .. |
 Space Agency Chief Denies Staff Changes after Proton Failure Vladimir Popovkin, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, on Tuesday denied staff changes in the agency following Monday's loss of two telecommunications satellites. "Statements by unnam ... more | .. |
 Proton Launch Failure Russia left two communications satellites, the Indonesian Telkom 3 and its own Express-MD2, stranded in the wrong orbit after a perfect lift off for a Proton-M/Briz-M rocket. Launch at 19:31 UTC was ... more |
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 Russian cosmonaut squad adds up seven new members The Russian cosmonaut squad is going to accept seven more members, the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center said Thursday. The seven candidates, all male, successfully passed state exams on July ... more | .. |
 Russia, UK Discussing Space Projects - Putin Russia and Britain are discussing a number of space projects, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. "We plan to launch several British satellites," Putin said while summing up his short visit t ... more | .. |
  Roscosmos Announces Tender for Moon Rocket Design The Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) announced a ten-million ruble ($300,000) tender on Thursday to develop a blueprint of a heavy rocket-carrier that would be capable of carrying manned spacecraft ... more | .. |
 Russia Launches Space Freighter to Orbital Station Russia's Progress class space freighter automatically docked with the International Space Station just six hours after blasting off from Earth, a spokesman for the Mission Control said on Thursday. ... more |
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Russian Space Freighter Departs From ISS Russian Progress M-15M cargo spacecraft undocked early on Tuesday from the International Space Station (ISS) to depart on a three-week scientific mission before being buried in the Pacific. "T ... more | .. |
  Russia Launches Cluster of Four Satellites Russia's Space Forces launched early on Saturday a Rokot carrier rocket with a Cosmos class military satellite and three civilian satellites on board, spokesman Col. Alexey Zolotukhin said. The Roko ... more | .. |
 Checkout begins with the Fregat upper stage for Arianespace's third Soyuz mission from French Guiana The Fregat upper stage for Arianespace's third Soyuz mission from French Guiana is now undergoing pre-launch verifications in preparation for a flight in the second half of 2012 that will carry anot ... more | .. |
 Another Progress Freighter Re-Docking Attempt Set for July 29 Another attempt to re-dock the Russian Progress M-15M space freighter to the International Space Station (ISS) will be made on Sunday, July 29, a spokesman for the Russian Mission Control Center sai ... more |
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 Russia starts building Moon spaceship, eyes Lunar base Russia has started building a spacecraft for manned Lunar missions with the first test scheduled in 2015, the project developer said Thursday. "The work has already started. The unmanned tests are s ... more | .. |
  German TET-1 small satellite launched On 22 July 2012 at 08:41:39 CEST, the first small German satellite in the 'On-Orbit-Verification' (OOV) programme was carried into orbit from the Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan by a Russian Soyu ... more | .. |
 Russia Launches Soyuz-FG Rocket with Five Satellites Russia's Soyuz-FG carrier rocket with a group of five satellites on board has blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a spokesman for the Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Sun ... more | .. |
 Russian space agency considers Jupiter mission The European Space Agency (ESA) is starting preparations for a mission to Jupiter. The Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) project, approved for implementation in 2022, is to explore the giant planet ... more |
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