Russian Federal Space Agency

Russia Fail to Fix Space Station Computers

Russian engineers failed on Friday to fix malfunctioning navigational computers on the orbiting International Space Station but said they did not foresee having to evacuate the three crew.

Popularity: 2% [?]

June 17, 2007

USA and Russia Start Cold War Over the Moon

The chief of Russia’s space agency said that the United States has rejected a proposal for the two countries to explore the moon together, a Russian news agency reported.

Popularity: 4% [?]

May 13, 2007

U.S. Space Tourist Symonyi Returns to Earth

U.S. space tourist Charles Simonyi returned safely to Earth on Saturday, touching down with a Russian-U.S. crew in the steppe of Central Asia the Reuters news agency reports.

Popularity: 3% [?]

April 23, 2007

Space Tourist’s Return From ISS Delayed by Weather

U.S. space tourist Charles Simonyi enjoyed an extra day in space on Tuesday when boggy ground meant the date and location of his return to Earth in a capsule with two others had to be changed, the Reuters news agency reported Monday.

Popularity: 2% [?]

April 18, 2007

Russia Works on Industrial Development of Moon

Russia is working on a space transport system that could eventually lead to the industrialization of the moon, the Reuters news agency quoted a Russian space expert as saying.

Popularity: 2% [?]

April 12, 2007

NASA Signs $719M Contract With Russian Space Agency

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.

Popularity: 2% [?]

April 11, 2007

Russian Spacecraft Carrying U.S. Space Tourist Docks With ISS

The 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.

Popularity: 2% [?]

April 10, 2007

Russian Spacecraft Carries U.S. Tourist Simonyi into Orbit

U.S. software mogul Charles Simonyi and two Russian cosmonauts blasted into orbit on Saturday aboard a Russian spaceship, the Reuters news agency reports.

Popularity: 2% [?]

April 8, 2007

Russia To Launch Three New Comsats

Russia 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.

Popularity: 1% [?]

April 6, 2007

Russia to launch first micro-satellites in 2008

Russia intends to launch its first research micro-satellites in 2008, the Federal Space Agency said Monday.

Popularity: 1% [?]

March 5, 2007