While the United States are experiencing one of the worst periods since the start of the Space Age, the Russian Federation is pressing ahead with ambitious plans that seek to put cosmonauts on the Moon by 2030. The long-term plan features other strong points as well.
Within the next 18 years, the Russian Federal Sp... |
16 March 2012
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In an effort to prepare the International Space Station (ISS) for future equipments and parts that need to be installed on it, two astronauts from Expedition 26 will carry out an extravehicular activity (EVA) today, January 21.
The two crew members will go outside the protective confines of the station, and insta... |
21 January 2011
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Half of the permanent crew aboard the International Space Station that made up Expedition 25 returned home yesterday, landing their space capsule in the steppes of Kazakhstan. Originally, the three were scheduled to return a few days later than they did, but the plan was moved forth because of an OSCE summit that it ... |
26 November 2010
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A problem that bean late on Thursday, September 23, in the International Space Station's (ISS) docking system has delayed the return of three astronauts to Earth by at least a day. Half of the six-astronaut crew aboard the orbital lab was supposed to return home in a Russian-built Soyuz space capsule, but as the... |
24 September 2010
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Astronomers on the International Space Station (ISS) have been preparing for an extra-vehicular activity (EVA) over the past week or so, which was finally conducted yesterday, January 14. The goal of the mission was to prepare the rooftop of the lab for the new Poisk module, which is scheduled to begin operations ver... |
15 January 2010
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Three astronauts left the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, letting only two members of the former Expedition 21 crew take care of the orbital facility. A Russian, a Canadian and a Belgian took with them one of the Soyuz capsules docked to the station at all times, and are headed for a landing on the stepp... |
1 December 2009
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