The American astronaut Jeffrey Williams has handed over the command of the International Space Station to the Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov. NASA carried a live broadcast of the handover ceremony in which Kotov struck the ship’s bell according to tradition. At 11:03 Moscow time on Thursday the “Soyuz TMA-16” with Williams and the... →
On March 18, 45 years ago, the Soviet Mission Control Center received the call signs from the crew of the Voskhod-2 spacecraft. An hour and a half later, cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first ever man to walk out into space. The walk lasted more than 12 minutes: "The Earth is shrouded by a light grey mantle, the cosmonaut recalls... →
The Ontario University professor Phil Stooke has spotted a Soviet moon rover, Lunakhod, on NASA new photos of the Moon. Contact with the Lunakhod was lost 37 years ago. Professor Stooke was able to trace the entire path of the rover and determine the places where Lunakhod measured the magnetic field by moving to and fro along the same route, to... →
A molecular biosensor invented at the Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine in Siberia may contribute greatly to the early detection of cancer. This biosensor looks like a silicon membrane, which resembles a sieve with perforations of exact size placed in a certain order. This device allows sorting out cancer cells since... →
The world’s first Diamond iPad tablet computer developed by Apple Inc. has entered assembly lines in the US. Reports by Interfax say Mervis Diamond Importers is launching the luxury version of Apple iPad in a limited number of batches by early summer. Encrusted with 11.43 carat diamonds, the new iPad will cost nearly 20 thousand dollars,... →
Google is likely to close its Chinese-language search engine within a few weeks after failing to agree on terms under which it should be operated, The Wall Street Journal reports. Google first threatened to shutter its search engine in China in January following a series of hacker attacks on its network security. After that Google said it would no... →
British scientists have developed a computer that can read human minds, a key breakthrough which they claim takes telepathy a step closer to reality. According to them, the computer is able to decipher thought patterns and tell what people are thinking simply by scanning the brain and differentiating between different recollections. The authors of... →
The heads of space agencies involved in the ISS program - Russia, Canada, Europe, Japan and the US agreed at a meeting in Tokyo that there are no technical obstacles to extend the ISS operation till 2020, instead of the planned 2015. The ISS was first manned ten years ago. However, after the 2003 Columbia Disaster many people thought the... →
The American astronaut Jeffrey Williams has handed over the command of the International Space Station to the Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov. NASA carried a live broadcast of the handover ceremony in which Kotov struck the ship’s bell according to tradition. →
On March 18, 45 years ago, the Soviet Mission Control Center received the call signs from the crew of the Voskhod-2 spacecraft. An hour and a half later, cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first ever man to walk out into space. →
The Ontario University professor Phil Stooke has spotted a Soviet moon rover, Lunakhod, on NASA new photos of the Moon. Contact with the Lunakhod was lost 37 years ago. →
A molecular biosensor invented at the Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine in Siberia may contribute greatly to the early detection of cancer. This biosensor looks like a silicon membrane, which resembles a sieve with perforations of exact size placed in a certain order. This device allows sorting out cancer cells since they are bigger than healthy ones. →
The world’s first Diamond iPad tablet computer developed by Apple Inc. has entered assembly lines in the US. Reports by Interfax say Mervis Diamond Importers is launching the luxury version of Apple iPad in a limited number of batches by early summer. →
Google is likely to close its Chinese-language search engine within a few weeks after failing to agree on terms under which it should be operated, The Wall Street Journal reports. Google first threatened to shutter its search engine in China in January following a series of hacker attacks on its network security. →
British scientists have developed a computer that can read human minds, a key breakthrough which they claim takes telepathy a step closer to reality. According to them, the computer is able to decipher thought patterns and tell what people are thinking simply by scanning the brain and differentiating between different recollections. →
The heads of space agencies involved in the ISS program - Russia, Canada, Europe, Japan and the US agreed at a meeting in Tokyo that there are no technical obstacles to extend the ISS operation till 2020, instead of the planned 2015. The ISS was first manned ten years ago. →
The Russian government is ready to provide direct support to the Russian-Indian cooperation in the sphere of hi-technologies, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told an internet-conference in Delhi Friday. Giving an example of fruitful bilateral cooperation Putin said that India had taken part in the development of Russia's GLONASS system which is very efficient and has numerous applications. →
Russia and India may cooperate in the sphere of lunar scientific research, which will become a priority of the two sides’ space partnership, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at a press-conference in Delhi. →
The heads of the Russian and Japanese space agencies have discussed the details of a planned mission to Mercury. The project, that also involves the European Space Agency, envisions sending in 2014 a probe to fly around Mercury and study its atmosphere and surface. →
Russia's "Rostechnologies" Corporation has the French National Order of the Legion of Honor. The Corporation's General Director Sergei Chemezov received the honorary award from President Nicolas Sarkozy during an official ceremony at Elysee Palace on Tuesday which marked the start of the Year of Russia in France. →
The heads of space agencies of Russia, US, EU, Canada and Japan have agreed that the International Space Station (ISS) should be operated after 2015 although its closure is planned for that date, says a joint statement released in Tokyo today, ITAR-TASS reports. The sides agree there are no obstacles for the ISS to operate until 2020 and even 2028. →
Major and backup crews comprising the next expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) have launched their preflight training. The astronauts are scheduled to set off for the ISS on April 2. Currently, the ISS crew comprises Oleg Kotov, Timothy Creamer and Soiti Noguchi. →
The Large Hadron Collider will close at the end of 2011 to address the design faults. According to LHC Director Steve Myers, the faults delayed the machine reaching its full capacity for two years. Before the shutdown for repairs in March scientists plan to restart the collider to reach world record collision energies at 7 trillion electron volts. →
Russia's Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation and the French utility company Electricite de France (EDF) will cooperate on marketing their products under an agreement reached by Rosatom chief Sergei Kiriyenko and Chairman of Electricite de France' Board of Directors Henri Proglio at a meeting in Paris. →
China is slated to finalize its three-stage Lunar Probe Program before the end of 2016, Russia’s ITAR-TASS news agency reported on Wednesday. The first stage already saw the launching of the Chang’e-1 unmanned lunar obiter in 2007, with the second and third stages are yet to be completed. →
A discussion about genetically modified products has flared up in Europe with a new force. What triggered it was the approval by the European Commission of growing genetically modified (GM) potatoes, which was worked out by the German chemical giant BASF. →
At a conference on new power technologies held in the US under the auspices of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, engineers from Warwick University presented an environment-friendly racing car whose body is made of carrot, potato starch and flax. The engine, though, is a usual metal one, but it runs on chocolate or vegetable oil. →
Belgium has premiered Europe’s first 3D newspaper. The latest issue of the “La Derniere Heure” weekly has all its photographs published in a three-dimensional format, RIA News agency reports. Each copy is supplemented with a free pair of 3D glasses. →
