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Pioneering Soviet cosmonaut dies aged 79: reports Moscow (AFP) Sept 30, 2009 
Pavel Popovich, a leading figure in the pioneering generation of early cosmonauts and the fourth Soviet man to go to space, died on Wednesday at a sanatorium aged 79, space officials said. Popovich is best known for piloting the Vostok-4 probe that in August 1962 took part in the first ever instance of two manned satellites orbiting the earth at the same time, a trip that made him the sixth ... read moreEuropean agency eyes Russian spacecraft 
Moscow (UPI) Aug 29, 2009 Europe may buy a Soyuz spacecraft to try to ensure at least one European astronaut heads to space each year, officials say. Simonetta Di Pippo, director of human spaceflight for the European Space Agency, told the BBC the agency has asked Moscow if it could increase production of Soyuz spacecrafts from four to five a year. That could enable the ESA, possibly in a partnership with the ... more
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Soyuz launch from French Guiana delayed: Russia
Moscow (AFP) Aug 25, 2009 The first launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket from the European Space Agency base at Kourou in French Guiana has been postponed until April 2010, Russia's Progress space programme said Tuesday. The postponement is due to a delay "linked to a mobile launch pad," the Itar-Tass news agency quoted Progress director Alexander Kirilin as saying. The first launch of a Soyuz in cooperation with the ... more Putin Pledges Major State Investment In Russian Aerospace Sector 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 19, 2009The Russian government will heavily invest in the development of the country's aerospace industry, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. "The development of the aircraft industry and space exploration is certainly one of our priorities," Putin said at the opening of the MAKS-2009 air show in Zhukovsky, near Moscow. According to the government, financing of the aircraft ... more NASA, Russia sign contract extension 
Washington (UPI) May 29, 2009 The NASA space agency says it has signed a contract extension with its Russian counterpart regarding crew transports to the International Space Station. The U.S. agency said in an online statement the $306 million deal with Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos will involve four launches by the Roscosmos Soyuz program, RIA Novosti reported Friday. NASA said on its Web site Thur ... more Russian rockets readied for South America launch 
Moscow (AFP) May 21, 2009The maker of Russia's Soyuz rockets said on Thursday it had finished building the first rockets due to be launched from South America pad in cooperation with the European Space Agency. "The first two rockets are ready. They have got through all the tests and have been placed in the containers in which they will be delivered," said the deputy head of TsSKB-Progress, Sergei Tyulevin, quoted ... more |
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Wreckage Of Two Satellites In Orbit Poses Serious Threat To Others
Korolyov, Russia (RIA) Feb 14, 2009The remnants of the U.S. and Russian satellites that collided on Tuesday poses a serious threat to other satellites on the same orbit, a Russian Mission Control official told journalists on Friday. "800 kilometers is a very popular orbit for remote Earth sensing and telecommunications satellites," said Vladimir Solovyov, head of the Russian segment of the International Space Station. ... more Roscosmos Eyes New Station 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 30, 2009Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will propose to the government the construction of a low-orbit space station to support future exploration of the Moon and Mars, an agency official said Thursday. "We will soon propose to our government a project to construct a low-orbit complex, which could serve as a foundation for the implementation of the lunar program and later on - the Mars ... more Old Russian Nuclear Satellite Returns 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 30, 2009For about two weeks there have been arguments over the "suddenly revived" Soviet-made nuclear-powered satellite which had been placed into an 800 km-high orbit in 1987. The military space vehicle suddenly started losing parts, sparking fears of a possible threat. Rest assured, the Kosmos 1818 satellite is incapable of destroying the Earth. However, the question forces consideration of ... more Russia Delays First Space Launch In 2009 For One Day 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 30, 2009Russia's first carrier rocket launch of 2009, scheduled for Thursday, has been delayed until Friday for technical reasons, a spokesman for the Space Forces said. A Cyclone-3 carrier rocket was scheduled to lift off at 4:30 p.m. Moscow time (13:30 GMT) from the Plesetsk space center in northwest Russia to deliver a Coronas-Photon research satellite into orbit. "The launch has been ... more |
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