Popular Articles

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen...

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen expressed hope on Thursday that the alliance and Russia would establish a joint missile defense system by 2020.


MOSCOW, June 30 (RIA Novosti) - A Moscow...

MOSCOW, June 30 (RIA Novosti) - A Moscow court sentenced on Tuesday a former high-profile investigator, Dmitry Dovgy, to nine years in prison for bribery and abuse of office.


MOSCOW, June 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will...

MOSCOW, June 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will deploy two full-sized armies in Belarus during large-scale joint military exercises in September, the Russian chief of General Staff said on Friday.

Arts & Entertainment

MOSCOW, July 21 (RIA Novosti) - Two astronauts...

"Spacewalkers Dave Wolf and Tom Marshburn wrapped up a six hour, 53 minute spacewalk at 6:20 p.m. EDT [10:20 GMT] on Monday," NASA said, adding that the astronauts completed most of their planned tasks.

It is the 202nd spacewalk carried out by U.S. astronauts since members of the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped down from the lunar lander onto the Moon"s Sea of Tranquility on July 20, 1969.

It is also the 215th American spacewalk in history.

The Endeavour space shuttle, carrying its 7-member crew, docked with the International Space Station on July 17.

The shuttle"s mission is primarily aimed at completing the assembly of Japan"s Kibo laboratory module, and includes five spacewalks.




Add your comment:
Name:
Site address: http://
Your message:
Enter today\\\\'s date, 2 digits
(spam protection):