MOSCOW, May 17 (UPI) — A Russian Progress M-19M resupply spacecraft attached to the International Space Station was used to adjust the station’s orbit Friday, Russian officials say. The space freighter’s engines were run for slightly more than 15 minutes to raise the ISS’s orbit by about 1.6 miles, a spokesman for the Russian space agency Roscosmos said. The station’s orbit is now 259 miles above the Earth, RIA Novosti reported. Continue reading
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Research and Markets: Analyzing the Russian Aerospace & Defense Industry in 2013
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/rrjwph/analyzing_the) has announced the addition of the “Analyzing the Russian Aerospace & Defense Industry” report to their offering. Aruvians Rsearch’s Analyzing the Russian Aerospace and Defense Industry provides a well grounded research analysis of the Russian Aerospace & Defense Industry. This report aims to help investors and analysts understand the emergence of the Russian Aerospace and Defense Industry Continue reading
Nanotechnology Market Outlook 2017
NEW YORK, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Nanotechnology Market Outlook 2017 http://www.reportlinker.com/p01182994/Nanotechnology-Market-Outlook-2017.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Nanotechnology Nanotechnology has been the greatest impetus to technological and industrial development in the 21st century and has been recognized as the resource for the next industrial revolution. Continue reading
Cayman Islands Spars With Sachs Over Hedge Fund Directorships
The head of the Cayman Islands financial services industry trade group rejected charges from economist Jeffrey Sachs that the Caribbean nations oversight of hedge funds and banks is a mortal threat to the global economy. Continue reading
Spacewalk planned to fix ammonia leak on space station
MIAMI (Reuters) – NASA plans to send two astronauts aboard the International Space Station out on a spacewalk on Saturday to try to fix an ammonia leak in a cooling system on one of the station’s solar arrays, the U.S. space agency said on Friday. The crew spotted a steady stream of small, white frozen ammonia flakes floating away from a coolant line outside the orbital outpost on Thursday. Continue reading
NASA's asteroid lasso mission said to halt Apocalypse scenario
Speaking at the Human to Mars Summit, NASA’s top administrator, Charles Bolden, pledges to work to “prevent an asteroid from colliding with devastating force into our planet.” NASA is planning an expedition to capture an asteroid. Shortly after a large meteor hit Russia in February, injuring about 1,000 people, President Obama’s administration announced that the U.S. would work on asteroid tracking technology to avoid potentially more severe Earth collisions Continue reading
NASA says going to Mars is 'destiny'
Setting foot on Mars by the 2030s is human destiny and a US priority, and every dollar available must be spent on bridging gaps in knowledge on how to get there, NASA’s chief says. Continue reading
Latest World News – Russia and Japan to discuss disputed islands – Video
Latest World News – Russia and Japan to discuss disputed islands http://www.youtube.com/AllNewsPlace All News Placeيرجىالاشتراكللحصولعلىآخرالمستجداتمكانالأخبارجميع Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in Moscow t… By: AllNewsPlace Continue reading
English News Today – Russia and Japan to discuss disputed islands – Video
English News Today – Russia and Japan to discuss disputed islands http://www.youtube.com/EnglishNewsToday English News Today Plz Subscrib for Latest News Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in Moscow to meet Russian Presi… By: EnglishNewsToday Continue reading
Disputed islands- Russia and Japan to discuss the disputed chain of islands – Video
Disputed islands- Russia and Japan to discuss the disputed chain of islands Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. Continue reading
Russia now charges NASA $70 million per seat to fly US astronauts
NASA officials encourage Congress to support its Commercial Crew Program to avoid renewing their multimillion dollar contract with Russia. License photo Reports claiming that Russia is charging NASA $70 million per seat to fly U.S. astronauts into space arose Wednesday prompting the agency’s administrator to blame Congress for the expense Continue reading
Russia charging NASA $70 million per rocket seat
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is paying $424 million more to Russia to get U.S. astronauts into space, and the agency’s leader is blaming Congress for the extra expense. Continue reading
EarthTalk / Efforts to regulate genetic engineering of crops sacked
Dear EarthTalk: What is the Monsanto Protection Act and why are environmentalists so upset about it? Rita Redstone Milwaukee, Wisc. Continue reading
Boston suspect's mother found deeper spirituality
Boston:In photos of her as a younger woman, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva wears a low-cut blouse and has her hair teased like a 1980s rock star. After she arrived in the US from Russia in 2002, she went to beauty school and did facials at a suburban day spa Continue reading
Mother of Bomb Suspects Found Deeper Spirituality
In photos of her as a younger woman, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva wears a low-cut blouse and has her hair teased like a 1980s rock star. After she arrived in the U.S Continue reading
Mother of Boston bombing suspects found spirituality five years ago
BOSTONIn photos of her as a younger woman, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva wears a low-cut blouse and has her hair teased like a 1980s rock star. After she arrived in the U.S. from Russia in 2002, she went to beauty school and did facials at a day spa. Continue reading
Freighter docks with space station despite antenna glitch
Moscow, April 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Progress M-19M space freighter docked with the International Space Station (ISS) despite having failed to deploy one of its navigation antennas, Mission Control said. It docked with the ISS Zvezda module in automatic mode Continue reading
"Real Russia" ep.42: Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory – Video
“Real Russia” ep.42: Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory We continue our April's episodes dedicated to the Cosmonautics Day in Russia. Next day after visiting the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow where we'… Continue reading
NASA's Chief Defends Commercial Spaceflight Agreements
NASA chief Charles Bolden found himself defending the U.S. Continue reading
Russians launch space station resupply ship
It was a throwback of sorts Wednesday as a Russian Progress cargo craft launched on a two-day track in pursuit of the International Space Station, reverting to the old rendezvous style instead of the six-hour sprints employed recently, but one of its navigation antennas did not immediately deploy. Loaded with 3.1 tons of food, fuel and supplies, the freighter was boosted into orbit atop an unmanned Russian Soyuz booster from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 6:12 a.m. EDT (1012 GMT). Continue reading