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Searching for life on Mars

February 21 2012 17:38

Russia’s space agency Roskosmos intends to join the ExoMars European project aimed at sending two research missions to Mars in 2016 and 2018. It will make an official statement to this end early next month after talks with the European Space Agency on Russia’s role in the mission. →

Russian engineers create new fuel

February 21 2012 12:12

Russian engineers have created a new kind of fuel which they claim will contribute to energy efficiency of rocket engines, media reports said on Tuesday.   The so-called atsetam fuel is first of all designed to increase useful payload mass of Russia’s Soyuz boosters, as well as improve technical characteristics of hypersonic air vehicles. →

Old Arctic port to be dug up

February 20 2012 18:55

Russian archaeologists have announced a long-term programme to explore what remains of Russia’s first Arctic port, Mangazeya, which harboured lucrative international trade in the mouth of the Western Siberian river Taz in the early 17th century. They say they are also hoping to dig up pagan shrines of the first nations inhabiting the surrounding area. →

A new ISS mission

February 20 2012 17:46

The new information on the International Space Station that can drastically overhaul the whole project appeared in mid-February. The Russian space agency Roscosmos proposed to prolong future expeditions to the ISS from 6 months up to a year or even more, thus starting first space experiments that will eventually lead to future flights to the Moon and other planets. →

Freezing cold travel plans (Science Plus)

February 20 2012 15:58

Estelle Winters is joined by Dr. Ilona Denisenko for Doctor ‘s Diary to discuss everything you need to know about getting from A to B during the cold season. →

Russian engineers' hyperboloid

February 20 2012 14:02

Plans of developing a powerful laser installation which could become the basis for the growth of thermonuclear power are being discussed in Russia. Experts estimate the project at 45bn roubles ($1.5bn). →

Russian space navigation (Military and Space Review)

February 19 2012 18:06

Russian space officials say the country may spend almost $12 bln. on its GLONASS satellite navigation system in 2012-2020. GLONASS is Russia's answer to the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian uses. →

People of the future: 'all-powerful but devoid of memory and feeling'

February 17 2012 22:07

Mankind is like a ship sailing in the dark without a compass or nautical charts, world futurologists have declared in Moscow at The Global Future 2045 international conference. Foretellers of the future lean towards an apocalyptic scenario of mankind’s development, comparing it to the fate of The Titanic. →

Russians make year’s first space walk

February 17 2012 00:51

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov have made this year’s first space walk. The two worked in raw space to dismantle one of the cranes for moving cargos, moving it from the docking “Piers” module to the smaller research module. →

Russian cosmonauts make this year's first space walk

February 16 2012 22:13

Two Russian cosmonauts, Anton Shkaplerov and Oleg Kononenko have set off on this year’s first space walk, which is due to be finished at midnight (Moscow time).   The cosmonauts working on the ISS's outer surface trying to dismantle a cargo crane. →

Europe competes Russia on space launch market

February 16 2012 16:24

The recent launch of a new European rocket poses questions for Russia's space launch market. The inaugural launch of the new European VEGA rocket was successfully performed on February 13, 2012, from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. →

ISS may become Martian flight simulator

February 15 2012 18:26

The Russian Federation's Roscosmos space agency has suggested expanding the length of future expeditions to the International Space Station from the current six months to a year and even longer to provide for the next step in space exploration – manned spaceflights beyond low-Earth orbit. →

Antarctica: what Lake Vostok hides

February 15 2012 17:47

On February 5th Russian geologists managed to reach the relict subglacial lake Vostok, isolated from the outside world for a long time. →

Russia to build space defense missiles (Military and Space Review)

February 15 2012 15:16

Two plants to manufacture space-defense missiles will be built in central Russia, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said at the beginning of February. The first facility, to be built in Nizhny Novgorod, will employ 5,000 workers and have a total manufacturing volume of about $200 million, while the second, in the city of Kirov, will employ 3,000. →

Russia’s PROTON-M puts Dutch satellite into orbit

February 15 2012 10:39

The Russian PROTON-M booster has effectively put a Dutch communications satellite into orbit. The NSS-14 satellite is due to provide a full range of communication services for East Europe, West Africa, North and South Americas for a whole 15 years. →

Russia launches Dutch telecoms satellite

February 15 2012 03:13

A Russian Proton-M launch vehicle carrying the Dutch SES-4 satellite lifted off on Tuesday after a series of delays caused by technical problems, Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said. →

BIOS project

February 13 2012 15:57

The long-cherished dream of the pioneers of space will soon become a reality. Scientists in Krasnoyarsk in Siberia are developing a closed biological life support system. In the construction of inhabited bases on other celestial bodies it is impossible to do without autonomous biological cycles. Hence, further exploration of space is impossible without them. →

No future for Mars?

February 13 2012 14:47

The second half of February brings news on the proposed sum of NASA’s budget for 2013 fiscal year. Even though President Obama hasn’t made the request yet, it is already known that the planetary program will suffer serious cuts. Last week it was announced that the agency was withdrawing from joint American-European project ExoMars. →

Polish astronautics (Military and Space Review)

February 12 2012 16:10

The year 2011 was very important for the space industry development in Poland. The most important event in the Polish space industry is the start of access negotiations with the European Space Agency. The talks were initiated in November and will probably conclude during 2012. →

Scientists reach water of ice-covered lake in Antarctic

February 10 2012 16:14

Russian Minister of Natural Resources Yuri Trutnev has presented a sample of water from Lake Vostok in the Antarctic to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Lake Vostok is a unique reservoir of unfrozen water hidden under an about 4 kms-thick layer of ice in the Antarctic. →

 
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