items tagged with Cosmonaut
Russia to develop manned nuclear powered spacecraft
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-30 10:02:55
If the Russian Federal Space Agency has its way, Russian cosmonauts will fly a nuclear-powered spacecraft on a space mission, possibly to the planet Mars, sometime after 2021.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-30 10:02:55
If the Russian Federal Space Agency has its way, Russian cosmonauts will fly a nuclear-powered spacecraft on a space mission, possibly to the planet Mars, sometime after 2021.
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Nothing international about Space Station when using the toilet
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2009-04-16 10:16:32
According to Gennady Padalka, the current commander of the International Space Station, various politicians and bureaucrats are making Russian crewmembers use their own bathrooms, foods, and exercise equipment. What's next, pay toilets in space?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2009-04-16 10:16:32
According to Gennady Padalka, the current commander of the International Space Station, various politicians and bureaucrats are making Russian crewmembers use their own bathrooms, foods, and exercise equipment. What's next, pay toilets in space?
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Travel to Mars, Russian style
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-02 08:23:53
An Earth-based experiment started in Moscow on March 31, 2009, will simulate a space-based journey to the planet Mars. Six would-be space travelers have been locked into a capsule to simulate the two-year mission from Earth to Mars and back.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-02 08:23:53
An Earth-based experiment started in Moscow on March 31, 2009, will simulate a space-based journey to the planet Mars. Six would-be space travelers have been locked into a capsule to simulate the two-year mission from Earth to Mars and back.
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Russian commander brings in Soyuz after autopilot fails
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-28 10:52:50
On Saturday, March 28, 2009, Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka abruptly took the manual controls of his Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft during the last stage of docking to the Space Station when the automatic docking system failed.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-28 10:52:50
On Saturday, March 28, 2009, Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka abruptly took the manual controls of his Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft during the last stage of docking to the Space Station when the automatic docking system failed.
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U.S. Space Adventures to charter entire Russian Soyuz mission to Space Station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-03 17:54:31
In a momentous advancement for space tourism, the Russian Federal Space Agency (RSA) has joined forces with U.S. space broker company Space Adventures (SA) to send two wealthy space tourists to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in the second-half of 2011.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-03 17:54:31
In a momentous advancement for space tourism, the Russian Federal Space Agency (RSA) has joined forces with U.S. space broker company Space Adventures (SA) to send two wealthy space tourists to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in the second-half of 2011.
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ABC NewsRadio axes StarStuff program – why?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-26 09:14:48
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-26 09:14:48
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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29th Progress spacecraft preparing for ISS mission
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-07 15:07:59
The Russians are preparing for its 29th mission of its series of expendable Progress freighter spacecraft that brings cargo to the International Space Station. Launch is slated for May 14, 2008.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-07 15:07:59
The Russians are preparing for its 29th mission of its series of expendable Progress freighter spacecraft that brings cargo to the International Space Station. Launch is slated for May 14, 2008.
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ISS-16 crew ends 192-day mission: Off-course but safe
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-19 11:32:42
International Space Station Expedition 16 crewmembers landed their RSA Soyuz TMA-11 capsule off of its intended landing site in Kazakhstan due to an “unexplained” problem. However, recovery crews got to the landing site within the hour.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-19 11:32:42
International Space Station Expedition 16 crewmembers landed their RSA Soyuz TMA-11 capsule off of its intended landing site in Kazakhstan due to an “unexplained” problem. However, recovery crews got to the landing site within the hour.
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April 12, 1961: First human in space, Yuri Gagarin
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-12 10:15:55
Forty-seven years ago, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin inside his Vostok 1 spacecraft was launched from the U.S.S.R. to become the first human to enter outer space. Celebrate "Yuri's Night" on April 12th.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-12 10:15:55
Forty-seven years ago, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin inside his Vostok 1 spacecraft was launched from the U.S.S.R. to become the first human to enter outer space. Celebrate "Yuri's Night" on April 12th.
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Soyuz TMA-12 docks with ISS: First South Korean boards
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-10 16:37:51
At 16:57 Moscow time (8:57 a.m. EDT, 1257 GMT), on April 10, 2008, the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft docked with the International Space Station with Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko and the first South Korean woman cosmonaut Yi So-yoen onboard.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-10 16:37:51
At 16:57 Moscow time (8:57 a.m. EDT, 1257 GMT), on April 10, 2008, the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft docked with the International Space Station with Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko and the first South Korean woman cosmonaut Yi So-yoen onboard.
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ISS Expedition 17 mission to launch 2 Russians and 1 S. Korean
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-01 08:24:41
A Russian Soyuz FG launch vehicle will be sending up into space two Expedition 17 crewmembers and a South Korean spaceflight participant on April 8, 2008, aboard a Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-01 08:24:41
A Russian Soyuz FG launch vehicle will be sending up into space two Expedition 17 crewmembers and a South Korean spaceflight participant on April 8, 2008, aboard a Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft.
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TMA-10 Russian-Malaysian cosmonauts had rough ride home
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-30 08:31:14
It was reported by Russian space officials, on Tuesday, January 29, 2008, that on October 21, 2007 three space travelers came down for a landing at a steeper descent than normal: calling it “like an elephant pressing on my chest.”
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-30 08:31:14
It was reported by Russian space officials, on Tuesday, January 29, 2008, that on October 21, 2007 three space travelers came down for a landing at a steeper descent than normal: calling it “like an elephant pressing on my chest.”
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