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August 27, 2014

Russia May Continue ISS Work Beyond 2020
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 26, 2014
Russia may continue working at the International Space Station (ISS) beyond 2020, Izvestia newspaper reported Monday. "The issue of Russia's participation at the ISS after 2020 remains open, but there is a 90-percent chance that the state's leadership will agree to participate in the project further," the paper wrote citing a source at Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos. Russian space enterprises continue to make new modules for the space station according to the schedule, the paper sai ... read more

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Officials expand space-tracking website Defense Department officials announced additions to its space situational awareness program's Space-Track.org website. In a recent telephone interview with DOD News, Maj. Gen. David D. Thompso ... more		Opportunity Mars Rover Suffers a Series of Resets Opportunity is moving south along the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards 'Marathon Valley,' a putative location for abundant clay minerals. More recently, the incidence of Flash memo ... more		HawkEye 360 expands signals intelligence network with operational deployment of Cluster 12 York confirms successful deployment and health of 21 satellites for SDA Tranche 1 mission Spain faces uphill battle to cut Israel military ties: experts		Landing site search for Rosetta narrows Using detailed information collected by ESA's Rosetta spacecraft during its first two weeks at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, five locations have been identified as candidate sites to set down the ... more
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