 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Four former Soviet republics said they will create a single rocket-and-space corporation, local media reported Thursday. The decision was made in Astana, the Kazakh capital, earlier this week by the presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine, the Russian Itar-Tass news agency said. The new corporation will include space enterprises in the four countries and will operate the Kliper manned shuttle spacecraft, according to Itar-Tass. Kliper was proposed in 2004 by the Russian Energia Corp. and was designed to replace the Soyuz. The news agency reported Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma said the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau from the city Dnepropetrovsk and a machine-building plant could join the corporation on the Ukrainian side. Kazakhstan can provide unique testing ranges and Belarus can offer unique possibilities in the sphere of optics, Kuchma said. All rights reserved. © 2004 United Press International. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by United Press International. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of United Press International. Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express 
Cleared For Landing
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Sep 16, 2004With the approaching return of the Space Shuttle fleet to flight in 2005, NASA is preparing for their safe arrival home with the recertification of Kennedy Space Center's runway guidance system. |
. |
|
