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17.11.2009, 06:03
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Some 50 years ago it would have been unheard of for Russian engines to power US spacecraft, but it’s the reality now. RT has traveled to the Russian plant that produces some of the most powerful engines in the world.
29.06.2009, 10:52
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Mysterious pictograms consisting of several circles have appeared on a wheat field in Southern Russia’s Krasnodar region. Was it someone’s joke or did aliens visit us?
05.03.2009, 16:22
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The Russian military are developing anti-satellite weapons, according to deputy defence minister, Vladimir Popovkin.
26.01.2010, 15:40
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Leading Russian spacecraft producer Energia has presented a concept of a universal military satellite with offensive capabilities.
28.01.2010, 10:37
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Humans on Mars and beyond and protecting the Earth from asteroids… A new nuclear propulsion system to be used in spacecrafts is set to be developed in Russia.
29.08.2009, 03:00
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The European Space Agency seeks to buy a Russian Soyuz rocket as European astronauts make their way into orbit. Europe has asked Russia to increase the number of spacecrafts they produce from four to five per year.
12.01.2010, 10:14
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The Russian government plans to allocate millions of dollars to develop a spacecraft propelled by nuclear power. The proposed design could provide the only feasible way to travel to Mars.
20.01.2010, 08:48
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Russia’s space agency has been holding meetings about Apophis – the asteroid due to pass close to Earth in 2029. If it is not diverted, a collision could potentially kill millions, scientists say.
14.12.2009, 14:53
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A Proton rocket carrying three satellites for Russia's navigation system GLONASS, which will enable the system to cover all of Russia, has been launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
17.03.2010, 11:12
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Photos of the Moon taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter clearly show the Lunokhod-2 – the robot rover that landed on the celestial body in 1973 as part of the soviet space program.
Published: 03 February, 2010, 09:40
Edited: 08 February, 2010, 11:01
The Russian-made “Geophysica” was designed to be the highest flying plane in the world, able to reach an altitude of 21 kilometers, and for ten years served as a laboratory studying the upper levels of the atmosphere.
I would be happier if I could get a flight from London to Kiev on time!!!!
The small shuttles look like the ones from "Buran" developed a couple of decades ago. Did the same designers who created "Geophysica" participate in the design of Buran?