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Russia marks 50 years since horrific space launch disaster
Russia on Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of the world's most horrific but long-classified space catastrophe when 126 people were burned alive during a launch pad accident.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 24, 2010 |
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ISS to be sunk after 2020: Russian space agency
Russia and its partners plan to plunge the International Space Station (ISS) into the ocean at the end of its life cycle after 2020 so as not to leave space junk, its space agency said Wednesday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 27, 2011 |
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Russian spacecraft lands safely after delays
A Russian Soyuz capsule with three crew landed safely back on Earth from the International Space Station on Saturday after unprecedented problems undocking kept astronauts an extra day in orbit.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 25, 2010 |
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Russian manned spacecraft docks with ISS: official
A newly-modernized Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronauts on Sunday docked with the International Space Station (ISS) to double its crew to six, mission control said.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 10, 2010 |
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Russia to reopen space tourism in 2013: company
Russia will reopen its Soyuz space ships to paying tourists in 2013 after a hiatus since 2009, the US-based company that organises the trips with Russia's space agency said Wednesday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 12, 2011 |
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SpaceX plans historic first flight on May 7
SpaceX confirmed it plans to launch a rocket and capsule on May 7 in a historic first flight of a private spaceship to the International Space Station.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Russia relishes chances created by end of shuttle
(AP) -- The mothballing of the space shuttle will be mourned by many astronauts, but Russia is relishing the prospect of serving as the only carrier to the International Space Station.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 19, 2011 |
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NASA green lights April 5 launch of Discovery
The US space agency NASA gave its thumbs up for the April 5 launch of the shuttle Discovery, which will take a seven-member crew, including a Japanese astronaut, to the International Space Station (ISS).
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 27, 2010 |
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First-time cosmonauts set to blast off with toy duck
Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov brandished a small toy duck Friday as he and his crewmates prepared to blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) in April.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 19, 2010 |
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Soyuz lands safely in Kazakhstan, rattles nerves
(AP) -- A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three returning astronauts from the International Space Station touched down safely Friday in the central steppes of Kazakhstan, but not without rattling nerves after ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 16, 2011 |
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Space station crew finally at full staff of six (w/Video)
The crew of the International Space Station has increased to six for the first time today with the arrival of three new residents including ESA astronaut Frank De Winne with the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 29, 2009 |
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Russia space capsule carrying US billionaire lands
(AP) -- A Russian spacecraft carrying a crew of three including U.S. billionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi landed safely in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, officials said.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Image: ISS Transits the Sun
(PhysOrg.com) -- Thilo Kranz, a staff member at DLR, the German Space Agency, took this image of the transit of the International Space Station ISS with Space Shuttle Atlantis during the STS-132 mission.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 27, 2010 |
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Russian spacecraft with circus tycoon lands safely
(AP) -- The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two other space travelers landed safely in Kazakhstan on Sunday, ending the entertainment tycoon's mirthful space odyssey.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 11, 2009 |
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Happy US-Russian crew deny 'divorce in space'
A Russian and US space crew denied on Friday that new rules forbid them from sharing toilets and food in orbit, hailing their work as the "best partnership" in human history.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 10, 2009 |
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