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Russia Capsule Blasts off for Space Station

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - 10:28:07 - Anuradha Menon

Three astronauts have blasted off for the International Space Station, where they are set to raise the station's crew to six for the first time...

US Space Tourist Lands on Earth

Monday, April 13th, 2009 - 10:12:05 - Sarah Gingichashvili

A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying US space tourist Charles Simonyi and two other crewmembers has landed in Kazakhstan, Russian officials say. The...

Satellite Crash Points to U.S. Space Weapon?

Sunday, March 8th, 2009 - 12:31:01 - Iddo Genuth

A recent collision between Russian and U.S. satellites high above the Earth has been officially explained as something of a freak accident. However...

Russia Wants to Build New Space Station

Monday, February 2nd, 2009 - 13:56:09 - Ehud Rattner

The Russian space agency (Roscosmos) has announced that it will lobby Moscow with a proposal that would see the construction of a new Russian space...

Experts: Reliance on Russia Makes NASA Weak

Monday, August 18th, 2008 - 18:30:46 - Ehud Rattner

Experts are growing increasingly concerned that the United States will have to rely entirely upon Russia to take astronauts to and from the...

South Korea Swaps Its First Astronaut

Monday, March 10th, 2008 - 16:40:00 - Ehud Rattner

South Korea says its first astronaut will now be a female engineer, after Russian officials rejected the initial candidate over a breach of rules. Yi...

Russia Develops Bulletproof Liquid Vests

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 - 10:27:51 - Iddo Genuth

Russia-Today news site reports that Russian scientists have been working on developing liquid ballistic vests which uses nanotechnology to repel...

Crystal Island
Friday, January 18th, 2008 - Noa Rotkop
Crystal Island is an ambitious building project on an unprecedented scale, which was recently granted preliminary planning...