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Four Countries Create Space Corporation
Almaty, Kazakhstan (UPI) Sep 16, 2004 Four former Soviet republics said they will create a single rocket-and-space corporation, local media reported Thursday. The decision was made in Astana, the Kazakh capital, earlier this week by the presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine, the Russian Itar-Tass news agency said. The new corporation will include space enterprises in the four countries and will operate the Kliper manned shuttle spacecraft, according to Itar-Tass. Kliper was proposed in 2004 by the Russian Energia Corp. and was designed to replace the Soyuz. The news agency reported Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma said the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau from the city Dnepropetrovsk and a machine-building plant could join the corporation on the Ukrainian side. Kazakhstan can provide unique testing ranges and Belarus can offer unique possibilities in the sphere of optics, Kuchma said. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Space Shuttle News at Space-Travel.Com
Heads Up, Space Station, Discovery Is Ready To Blast Off
Cape Canaveral (AFP) Jul 12, 2005A plastic and foam cover fell off a window of Discovery, but damage to the space shuttle was rapidly fixed and will not cause any delays, NASA said Tuesday on the eve of the planned launch. |
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