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Failed Russian Satellite To Swim With The Fishes

Posted 05.18.2012

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By: Peter B. de Selding, Space News Published: 03/17/2012 08:12 AM EDT on SPACE.com WASHINGTON -- The Russian government will guide the large Expr...

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What NASA Says About Russia's Unreliable Rockets

AP | By SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 02.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- NASA says it still has confidence in the quality of Russia's manned rockets, despite an embarrassing series of glitches and failures in ...

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Russian Scientist Claims Scorpion-like Alien Found On Venus, NASA Disagrees

Alejandro Rojas | Posted 03.27.2012

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The idea of life on Venus is not given much credence by most mainstream scientists because of the extreme surface temperatures, which can exceed 800 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Russian Spacecraft May Crash Into Atlantic

AP | Posted 01.13.2012

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MOSCOW — Russia's space agency has adjusted its forecast for the crash of a failed spacecraft, saying it may shower its fragments into the south Atl...

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Russia Points Fingers Over Failed Mars Probe

AP | By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 01.10.2012

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MOSCOW -- Some recent Russian satellite failures may have been the result of sabotage by foreign forces, Russia's space chief said Tuesday, in comment...

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Russia Loses Contact With Newly Launched Satellite

AP | Posted 10.18.2011

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MOSCOW -- Russia lost contact with a communications satellite shortly after its launch Thursday, the government space agency said, the latest in a ser...

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NASA's Five-Year Hiatus Will See The US Rely On The Russian Space Program

NY Times | JOHN SCHWARTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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STAR CITY, Russia -- This place was once no place, a secret military base northeast of Moscow that did not show up on maps. The Soviet Union trained i...

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