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	No Killer Solar Flare to Happen: Russian Scientists Promise
	Recently British newspapers announced another “end of the world” happening within the next 18 months, when extremely powerful solar flare would destroy the whole industry of power engineering and all electronic devices on our planet, as well as orbital space ships and satellites. Russian physicists advise to keep calm and do not believe these gloomy prophecies.
--22-06-2011--

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	First Woman in Space Marks 75th Birthday
	Today, on March 6, a Soviet cosmonaut, the USSR's hero and the world's first spacewoman, Valentina Tereshkova, celebrates her 75th birthday.
--06-03-2012--
	Russian Cosmonauts Spent Over 6 Hours in Deep Space
	On Thursday, two Russian cosmonauts ventured outside the International Space Station (ISS) to fulfill some of the necessary tasks under the Russian space program.
--17-02-2012--
	Space Debris Fall on Residential Places in Russia
	Three more fragments of the space vehicle Meridian wrecked on December, 23rd, 2012 have been found in Ordynsky District of the Novosibirsk Region in the first week of January.
--09-01-2012--
	Quasicrystal Arrived in Russia from Open Space
	So-called natural quasicrystals, found in Russian Koryak Mountains (Chukotka), arrived at our planet from the open space.
--05-01-2012--
	Old American Satellite May Fall Down on Moscow
	American Space Agency warns that Moscow is within the radius of falling of the old American research satellite UARS’ fragments, Interfax reports.
--10-09-2011--
	“RUSALKA” Experiment Performed at ISS
	Today ISS crew will test a technique for measuring concentrations of greenhouse gases in atmosphere from a near-earth orbit by means of “RUSALKA” (“mermaid”) device.
--05-08-2011--
	Smart Coatings for Rockets and Aircrafts
	Researchers from Russia created nano-coatings for rocket nozzles and important components of combat aircrafts.
--03-08-2011--
	Russian Telescope to Perform Star Census
	New space telescope, designed in Russia, will be installed at International space station for scanning the sky and collecting data for a new star catalogue.
--01-08-2011--
	Creating New Satellite Communication System: RosCosmos’s Contest
	Russian space agency announced a contest for design of a new multifunctional system of personal satellite communication and data transfer from low-orbit space vehicles, RosCosmos’s website says.
--01-08-2011--
	ISS: Life after 2020
	Neither Russian Federal Space Agency, nor other participants of the International space station programme plan to submerge the station in 2020, Russian authorities recently told mass-media.
--29-07-2011--
	Russia Plans to Fly to Mercury by 2019
	While American scientists do their best to explore our red neighbour, Russian researchers appear to be ready to conquer another planet – Mercury.
--27-07-2011--
	Russian Device to Tell about Water on Mars
	Russian neutron detector DAN will travel to Mars aboard NASA’s Mars rover “Curiosity” and tell scientists about hydrological processes, which had taken place on the Red planet, and water content changes on a geological timescale.
--26-07-2011--
	RadioAstron Project: Mirror Opening Successful
	Two days ago a mirror of a space radiotelescope, installed aboard “Spektr-R” space vehicle, was successfully opened.
--25-07-2011--
	Another Comet Discovered by Russian Scientists
	Russian astronomers officially announced the discovery of a new short-period comet, which was named P/2011 NO1. This is the second comet, discovered by the Russians within recent seven months.
--20-07-2011--
	Astrophysical Observatory Launched
	Unique astrophysical observatory “Spektr-R” has been launched today from Baikonur launching site. The research programme is called “RadioAstron”.
--18-07-2011--
	Yuri Gagarin Monument Graces Trafalgar Square
	A monument to Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, was opened in London on July 14, 2011.
--14-07-2011--
	New Observatories for Russian Astronomers
	Russian astronomers will bring back to life projects, suspended during Soviet times.
--14-07-2011--
	Russian Spacecraft to Clean the Orbit
	Russian engineers plan to use a manned spacecraft of a new generation for satellite repair and collection of large space debris, which invade Earth’s orbit.
--06-07-2011--
	A Spacewalk Scheduled for August 2011
	Another spacewalk of Russian crewmembers of the ISS is scheduled for August 2011.
--04-07-2011--
	Aviation and Space Forum Opens Today
	This year the aviation and space forum in Samara, opening today, will be dedicated to 50th anniversary of first ever manned mission to space.
--29-06-2011--
	Radio Telescope Satellite to Be Launched in July
	Today a “Spektr-R” satellite, carrying a 10-meter radio telescope “Radioastron”, travels to Baikonur for preparations of a launch, scheduled for July 18, 2011.
--24-06-2011--
	Space Graffiti to be Drawn in Chelyabinsk
	Chelyabinsk artists have decided to set a world record by drawing the world’s largest picture, with the area of 300 sq. meters.
--23-06-2011--
	How Space Affects Human Bones
	The crew of the International space station will study the problem of calcium removal from bones during long-term space flights.
--15-06-2011--
	Full Moon Eclipse to Happen Tonight
	First full Moon eclipse in 2011 will happen tonight. Astrophysicists are getting ready for that.
--14-06-2011--
	New Space Ship for Sun Monitoring to Appear
	Russian physicists will soon end developing a new type of space ships for monitoring the Sun from a very close distance – less than Mercury’s orbit.
--26-05-2011--