MSNBC.com: Space News (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Space Adventures CEO Eric Anderson is commissioning the construction of Space Adventures’ own Russian-built Soyuz spacecraft to carry two paying passengers at a time.
Technology Blog (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
Congress may ease space station stalemate - Space - MSNBC. Earth’s seas and clouds serve as a backdrop for the international space station in a photo taken from the shuttle Discovery in June. Without authorization to spend tax dollars on Russian Soyuz spacecraft and other space services, NASA could be forced off the space station [...]
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
SOCHI, Russia, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- The Russian space agency will launch 10 carrier rockets at a French facility under a new contract with a French company, officials said Saturday. Arianespace Chairman Jean-Yves Le Gall said the deal his French satellite launch firm signed Saturday with the Russian Federal Space Agency will allow the Russians to use its facilities in French Guiana for Soyuz-ST carrier...
Inside GNSS (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Russia will increase the number of satellites in its GLONASS constellation to 30 by 2011, up from the previous full operational capability (FOC) target of 24, according to the head of the Russian Space Agency. Russian news and information agency Novosti said RSA chief Anatoly Perminov told a Russian newspaper on Friday about the plans to expand the constellation. Six more satellites are planned in...
All Points Blog (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The head of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) announced that the number of satellites in the Glonass constellation will jump from the current 16 to 30 by 2011. That includes six to be launched by the end of this year. Glonass will have strong coverage at the poles, something key for mining natural resources in those areas. - Novosti
Space News From SpaceDaily.Com (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 18, 2008 - A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying an Inmarsat communications satellite will be launched August 19, a spokesman for the Russian space agency said Friday.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
The world's next space tourist says he'll be spending the bulk of his fortune to rocket into orbit this fall. Richard Garriott, a computer game wizard, will fly aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the international space station.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The world's next space tourist says he'll be spending the bulk of his fortune to rocket into orbit this fall. Richard Garriott, a computer game wizard, will fly aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the international space station.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
This video follows the Expedition One's Russian Soyuz rocket from the processing facility to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The three-member crew launched Oct. 31 to begin its two-day trip to dock with the International Space Station.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
The Space Shuttle Discovery docks with the International Space Station with views from NASA and the Russian Space Agency. Commentary provided by James Hartsfield.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Moscow - After a 20-minute delay, two Russian cosmonauts began a six-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) to retrieve an explosive bolt from the Soyuz spacecraft docked at the ship. The mission by ISS Commander Sergei Volkov a...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
The company that sends wealthy tourists into space announced plans Wednesday for a private flight in 2011 to the international space station on a Russian-built Soyuz rocket and said Google co-founder Sergey Brin has paid $5 million to reserve a seat on a future flight.
ideonexus (Free subscription) | 24/04/2008
New NASA gallery, America in Space: NASA’s First 50 Years. 1983 First Challenger Shuttle Launch Image courtesy NASA The Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying ISS crewmembers landed 400 kilometers off target. Yi So-yeon, first South Korean in space, describes what it was like. Once a month, the moon orbits through the Earth’s magnetotail, which creates dust storms and electrostatic discharges [...]
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 23/04/2008
Although NASA is concerned about last weekend's rough landing of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, an agency official expressed confidence that the Russians would solve the problem.
OTB News (Free subscription) | 23/04/2008
Although NASA is concerned about last weekend's rough landing of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, an agency official expressed confidence that the Russians would solve the problem. Share This
