Russia gains edge in space race as US shuttle bows out
As the United States winds down its shuttle programme in a symbolic twist in a long-running space rivalry, Russia will gain complete control of access to the International Space Station.
As the United States winds down its shuttle programme in a symbolic twist in a long-running space rivalry, Russia will gain complete control of access to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Jul 3, 2011
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Europe's space chief on Monday said the International Space Station faced lean times as a result of the US shuttle phase-out and said project planning for transport to the ISS had been "anarchy".
Space Exploration
Jun 20, 2011
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(AP) -- A Russian spacecraft blasted off from southern Kazakhstan in the early darkness of Wednesday morning to take a three-man crew to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Jun 7, 2011
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NASA on Tuesday released the first ever pictures of a US space shuttle docked at the International Space Station, taken by astronauts aboard a departing Russian spacecraft last month.
Space Exploration
Jun 7, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, ...
Space Exploration
May 24, 2011
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(AP) -- In an unprecedented cosmic photo shoot Monday, a departing spaceship snapped close-up glamour pictures of the space shuttle Endeavour attached to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
May 23, 2011
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(AP) -- The astronauts circling Earth got another VIP call from Rome on Monday.
Space Exploration
May 23, 2011
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The next-to-last space shuttle flight has been delayed again, this time to at least the middle of May for extra electrical tests.
Space Exploration
May 6, 2011
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The US space agency has renewed a contract to use Russian spaceships to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) up to 2016, the Russian space agency said Tuesday.
Space Exploration
Mar 15, 2011
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(AP) -- The Russians are hiking the price of rocket rides again for U.S. astronauts - to nearly $63 million.
Space Exploration
Mar 14, 2011
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