NASA has signed a contract for $719 million worth of extra Russian space “crew and cargo services†for a period up to 2011, Britains’s The Register reported on Tuesday, April 10.
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April 11, 2007The crew of the Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft have met with the colleagues aboard the International Space Station, the Interfax news agency reported quoting Russian mission control.
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April 10, 2007U.S. software mogul Charles Simonyi and two Russian cosmonauts blasted into orbit on Saturday aboard a Russian spaceship, the Reuters news agency reports.
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April 8, 2007Russia will put three new communication satellites into orbit this year and another two next year, the acting director of a state-run satellite communications company said Wednesday.
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April 6, 2007Russian space experts believe that the Untied States may have used an anti-satellite weapon last month to destroy a small Russian research satellite, the Interfax news agency reports.
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April 5, 2007Chinese and Russian officials have agreed to jointly send a probe to Mars and its moon, Phobos, in 2009, Chinese news service reported Tuesday .
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March 27, 2007Russian astronauts preparing for next month’s trip to the International Space Station said they would be happy to carry out spacewalks with tourists, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported on Wednesday.
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March 22, 2007According to Russian media Russia’s Svobodny space center, used in recent years to launch US and Israeli satellites, will be shut down, AFP reports Wednesday.
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March 14, 2007China’s space program has announced plans to launch its first astronomy satellite and participate in joint projects with Russia .
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March 12, 2007Russia intends to launch its first research micro-satellites in 2008, the Federal Space Agency said Monday.
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