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Ansari Russian Space Tour Wraps Up With Group Snap Shots
Star City, Russia (SPX) Oct 20, 2006 Expedition 13 astronauts Pavel Vinogradov, Jeffry Williams, and space-tourist Anousheh Ansari have recieved a red carpet welcome at the House of Cosmonauts of Yu. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City, Russia. N.N.Sevastiyanov, President and General Designer of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia congratulated the crew on a successful mission and presented the crew with traditional sets of RSC Energia medals. The cosmonauts also recieved gifts and souvenirs from representatives of Roscosmos, GCTC RGNII, NASA, ESA and other public organizations. The cosmonauts reminisced about their Internation Space Station adventure and thanked all specialists for supporting the flight. In other Russian cosmonaut news, the International Commission on cosmonauts selection has enlisted seven new cosmonaut candidates as members of Russian cosmonaut corps. Among them are two S.P. Korolev RSC Energia engineers, Yelena Olegovna Serova and Nikolai Vladomirovich Tikhonov. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Energia Space News in English All about Space Tourism and more at Space-Travel.Com Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News
Five High-Tech Firms Receive SBIR Contracts From NASA Dryden
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Oct 19, 2006Five small high-technology firms have been selected by NASA Dryden Flight Research Center for research and development contracts under Phase II of NASA's Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program. The five firms' proposals were among 120 selected for funding by NASA overall under the second phase of the agency's 2005 SBIR program, and are valued at up to $600,000 each over a two-year performance period. |
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