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March 20, 2013

ISS Cosmonauts Model Manually Controlled Landing on Mars
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 20, 2013
For the first time, two Russian cosmonauts simulated a manually controlled landing from the orbit on Mars after they spent half a year in the space, a deputy head of the Russian Space Training Center said on Monday. Cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Yevgeny Tarelkin, who returned from the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday after spending there 143 days, used a centrifuge at the Space Training Center in Moscow Region's Star City, to successfully imitate a manually controlled landing on Mars. ... read more

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'Bizarre Bacteria' in Lake Vostok Study Likely a Contaminant Last week, reports began to emerge that Russian scientists had discovered a previously unknown species of bacteria in samples of lake water from one of Antarctica's most famous subglacial lakes. Wor ... more		European invader outcompetes Canadian plants outside usual temp range Dog-strangling vine (Vincetoxicum rossicum) is an exotic plant originating from the Ukraine and southeastern Russia that is becoming increasingly invasive in southern Ontario, Canada. It has b ... more		Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm Top Chinese gaming companies continue to challenge		Southampton scientist investigates Russian meteor Dr Hugh Lewis, Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering, has analysed the recent extraordinary Russian meteor event using the "NEOImpactor" tool, which was developed by researchers from the University and ... more
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				US ready to compromise with Russia on battlefield nuclear arms It sounds like the US is ready to cut the number of its battlefield nuclear weapons on condition that Russia takes similar steps. The total number of US battlefield nuclear warheads is estimated at ... more		Russian GLONASS space satellite group again at full strength The Russian orbital navigation group GLONASS has again reached its full strength, which provides for sending its signal to any place on the earth, according to the website of the Roskosmos informati ... more

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China's new president calls for 'great renaissance'

Obama reaches out to China's new president

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ILS Concludes Yamal 402 Proton Launch Investigation

Another Sea Launch Failure

Russia to tap global LNG market

We have 93 years left till the next End of the World: killer asteroid to hit Earth in 2106

Progress docks with ISS

Scotland's first satellite set to boldly go into orbit

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Floating platform unharmed after Zenit launch failure

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