Russia May Open New Space Launch Site

Russia may open a new launch site for manned space missions, the RIA Novosti news agency reports.

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Russia Launched Cargo Ship to ISS

A Russian Soyuz-U rocket with a Progress M-59 space cargo ship has been launched from the Baikonur space center to the ISS.

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Five Volunteers Selected for Simulated Mars Mission

Five volunteers have been selected for a simulated Mars mission, expected to be launched in Russia late next year, the Russian news agency RIA-Novosti quoted a spokesman for the Russian Space Agency as saying Friday.

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Russia Launches Malaysian Communication Satellite

According to the Russian Federal Space Agency, a Russian Proton-M rocket that blasted off at 2328 GMT, orbited the Malaysian telecommunications satellite Measat 3 Monday, Interfax news agency reports.

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Russia May Join U.S. Lunar Program

Russia will join the U.S Moon exploration program if Washington provides the necessary funding, a Russian space representative said Tuesday.

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South Korea Astronaut to Fly to ISS in Russian Soyuz Spacecraft

The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) announced that a contract for the flight of a Korean astronaut to the Russian segment of the International Space Station in a Russian spacecraft Soyuz in the spring of 2008 would be signed in Moscow on Thursday.

Roskosmos’ chief Anatoly Perminov and KARI president Hong-Yul Pak will sign the document.

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Russian Astronaut Slaps Golf Ball Into Orbit

Astronaut Mikhail Tyurin smacked a golf ball into orbit off the International Space Station on Wednesday to raise money for the Russian space program during a spacewalk cut short by a balky spacesuit.

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Russia and China Will Launch Spacecraft to Phobos

China will participate in a Russian project to fly to a Martian moon, a deputy head of Russia’s Federal Space Agency said Tuesday.

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Malaysian Astronaut Will Go to ISS to Play Traditional Games in Space

Malaysia’s first astronaut will go to the International Space Station on a Russian spacecraft to play traditional Malay children’s games without gravity, AP reported on Wednesday.

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Russian Space Agency Raises Price of Tourist Flight to $21 million

The price of a commercial flight to the International Space Station has risen from $20 million to $21 million, a Russian space official is quoted by RIA Novosti news agency as saying.

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