items tagged with Russia
Russians inspect Soyuz for problems with ballistic trajectory
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-02 12:43:29
NASA announced on July 2, 2008, that two International Space Station cosmonauts will conduct a spacewalk to inspect their Soyuz vehicle so as to minimize the chance of having another ballistic trajectory when it flies home later this summer.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-02 12:43:29
NASA announced on July 2, 2008, that two International Space Station cosmonauts will conduct a spacewalk to inspect their Soyuz vehicle so as to minimize the chance of having another ballistic trajectory when it flies home later this summer.
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Russians more likely to say Yo Yandex than Go Google
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-06-28 08:28:33
Everybody, it might seem, uses Google to search the Internet. But not the Russians. They are far more likely to use Yandex, the most popular search engine you have never heard of. Yet!
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-06-28 08:28:33
Everybody, it might seem, uses Google to search the Internet. But not the Russians. They are far more likely to use Yandex, the most popular search engine you have never heard of. Yet!
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Unlocked iPhone 3G heading to Australia from Hong Kong
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-06-22 23:17:10
An unauthorised Apple iPhone reseller has promised to deliver unlocked iPhone 3G handsets from a Hong Kong supplier selling for $775 and $875 in the week following the release of the long awaited Apple product in Australia on July 11. The reseller, based in Melbourne, claims to have already sold several hundred original iPhones to Australian customers.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-06-22 23:17:10
An unauthorised Apple iPhone reseller has promised to deliver unlocked iPhone 3G handsets from a Hong Kong supplier selling for $775 and $875 in the week following the release of the long awaited Apple product in Australia on July 11. The reseller, based in Melbourne, claims to have already sold several hundred original iPhones to Australian customers.
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Srizbi sending half the world's spam
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-05-08 01:27:28
The Srizbi botnet is responsible for half of all spam, according a content security company.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-05-08 01:27:28
The Srizbi botnet is responsible for half of all spam, according a content security company.
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Chernobyl to be sealed in Giant Steel Coffin
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2008-04-28 10:31:29
The Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred on April 26, 1986. As the world’s worst nuclear power plant accident, it has been causing major contamination for years. Now, an international project is set to build a gigantic shelter to cover the site and its deadly radioactive materials.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2008-04-28 10:31:29
The Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred on April 26, 1986. As the world’s worst nuclear power plant accident, it has been causing major contamination for years. Now, an international project is set to build a gigantic shelter to cover the site and its deadly radioactive materials.
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Longest U.S. astronaut in space heading home
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-18 14:23:28
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, and two space buddies, are leaving the International Space Station on Friday, April 18, 2008, for a quick trip home to Earth. Whitson leads all U.S. astronauts with about 377 days in space, coming from space station missions in 2002 and 2008.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-18 14:23:28
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, and two space buddies, are leaving the International Space Station on Friday, April 18, 2008, for a quick trip home to Earth. Whitson leads all U.S. astronauts with about 377 days in space, coming from space station missions in 2002 and 2008.
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Russia announces no more space tourists, new launch facility, new heavy-lift rocket
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-14 12:59:36
President Vladimir Putin announced that the new Russian Cosmodrome—Vostochny—will be completed by 2015 and that a new heavy-lift Angara launch vehicle will be developed. The RSA, Russia’s space agency, announced that it will probably not carry space tourists to the ISS beginning in 2010.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-14 12:59:36
President Vladimir Putin announced that the new Russian Cosmodrome—Vostochny—will be completed by 2015 and that a new heavy-lift Angara launch vehicle will be developed. The RSA, Russia’s space agency, announced that it will probably not carry space tourists to the ISS beginning in 2010.
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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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Luna 10: forty-two years ago, first lunar orbiter
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-28 17:18:36
On March 31, 1966, Luna 10 was launched from the Soviet Baikonur Cosmodrome to the Moon at 10:48:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and, on April 3, 1966, it entered the Moon’s orbit at 18:44 UTC. It became the first human-built craft to orbit another celestial body.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-28 17:18:36
On March 31, 1966, Luna 10 was launched from the Soviet Baikonur Cosmodrome to the Moon at 10:48:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and, on April 3, 1966, it entered the Moon’s orbit at 18:44 UTC. It became the first human-built craft to orbit another celestial body.
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DISH Network loses new satellite via Russian Proton rocket
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-17 08:28:50
On Saturday, March 15, 2008, the Breeze-M (Briz-M) upper stage of a Russian Proton rocket failed on its second burn, which left its Americom-14 (AMC-14) communications satellite useless in space. The satellite would have provided home services for DISH Network customers.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-17 08:28:50
On Saturday, March 15, 2008, the Breeze-M (Briz-M) upper stage of a Russian Proton rocket failed on its second burn, which left its Americom-14 (AMC-14) communications satellite useless in space. The satellite would have provided home services for DISH Network customers.
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Australian site under IFRAME attack, along with Wired and History.com
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-03-10 22:02:36
The University of Melbourne is suffering an IFRAME attack, along with a military site, other .edu sites, a couple of torrent sites and two big sites: Wired.com and History.com, with the Russian Business Network showing no signs of going out of business.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-03-10 22:02:36
The University of Melbourne is suffering an IFRAME attack, along with a military site, other .edu sites, a couple of torrent sites and two big sites: Wired.com and History.com, with the Russian Business Network showing no signs of going out of business.
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Russian space librarians replace first S. Korean astronaut
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-10 10:14:19
South Korea announces that a female astronaut will replace a male as its first astronaut in space after its first choice was caught by Russian space officials mishandling sensitive reading materials.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-10 10:14:19
South Korea announces that a female astronaut will replace a male as its first astronaut in space after its first choice was caught by Russian space officials mishandling sensitive reading materials.
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CNET stops IFRAME site attacks - who's next?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-03-10 03:59:11
Dancho Danchev, security expert, has uncovered more sites under IFRAME attack, although this time the sites in question have been quick to fix the vulnerabilities to protect their users.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-03-10 03:59:11
Dancho Danchev, security expert, has uncovered more sites under IFRAME attack, although this time the sites in question have been quick to fix the vulnerabilities to protect their users.
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UK schoolkids get space experiment opportunity
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-04 23:26:31
Primary school students in the UK have the opportunity to design a science experiment to be carried out on the International Space Station.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-04 23:26:31
Primary school students in the UK have the opportunity to design a science experiment to be carried out on the International Space Station.
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March 1, 1966: Venera 3 first craft to land on another planet
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-28 07:41:49
The Soviet Union launched Venera 3 on November 16, 1965, at 419 UTC from Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan. The Soviets hoped to land their craft on the surface of Venus.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-28 07:41:49
The Soviet Union launched Venera 3 on November 16, 1965, at 419 UTC from Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan. The Soviets hoped to land their craft on the surface of Venus.
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Russian cargo ship flying to space station ahead of U.S. STS-122 mission
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-06 07:21:14
On Monday, February 5, 2008, the unmanned Russian Progress M-63 lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan) at 1303 GMT. It is delivering supplies and equipment to the International Space Station crew ahead of the American STS-122 mission.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-06 07:21:14
On Monday, February 5, 2008, the unmanned Russian Progress M-63 lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan) at 1303 GMT. It is delivering supplies and equipment to the International Space Station crew ahead of the American STS-122 mission.
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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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NASA reports February 7 as new STS-122 liftoff
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-11 10:10:12
On Thursday, January 11th, NASA officials announced that the new "tentative" launch data for the STS-122 mission and the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis to be February 7, 2008, at 2:47 p.m. EST (1947 GMT).
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-11 10:10:12
On Thursday, January 11th, NASA officials announced that the new "tentative" launch data for the STS-122 mission and the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis to be February 7, 2008, at 2:47 p.m. EST (1947 GMT).
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Progress M-62 acts as Santa: brings gifts to space station crew
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-29 08:14:13
A Russian cargo ship, Progress M-62, docked at the Space Station on Wednesday, December 26, 2007, bringing supplies including Christmas and New Year gifts to the three crew members. They must have been good little boys and girls to get two tons of gifts.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-29 08:14:13
A Russian cargo ship, Progress M-62, docked at the Space Station on Wednesday, December 26, 2007, bringing supplies including Christmas and New Year gifts to the three crew members. They must have been good little boys and girls to get two tons of gifts.
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Russia completes basic satellite system to rival U.S. GPS
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-27 16:36:36
On Tuesday, December 25, 2007, Russia successfully launched a Proton-M rocket that carried three satellites into orbit as part of its GLONASS (global navigation satellite system).
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-27 16:36:36
On Tuesday, December 25, 2007, Russia successfully launched a Proton-M rocket that carried three satellites into orbit as part of its GLONASS (global navigation satellite system).
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