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Arkalyk -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Arkalyk (also known as Arqalyq) is a city in central (A landlocked republic south of Russia and northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991) Kazakhstan. The Arkalyk Business Centre describes today's Arkalyk as "a city of miners, of regional administrators, and people excited to live in a regional center". Historically Arkalyk was a centre for the Soviet space programme. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ar/arkalyk.htm   (110 words)

My little prince of Arkalyk :: Adoption from Arkalyk, Kostanai region, Kazachstan Arkalyk is op een zonnige dag een afschuwelijke stad, maar wanneer de zon en de blauwe hemel verstek geven, dan is de lol er helemaal af. In Arkalyk kan je voor het ogenblik nog geen wagens kopen. Ik vind het vooral heel erg lastig dat er geen einddatum is. Iets waar je naar kan uitkijken. www.freewebs.com /adoptionkazachstan/adoptieverhaal.htm   (18613 words)

Encyclopedia: Soyuz 24 Arkalyk (also known as Arqalyq) is a city in central Kazakhstan. The landing took place on February 25 when the capsule touched down 36 km northeast of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. Soyuz 23 was intended to carry cosmonauts Vyacheslav Zudov and Valeri Rozhdestvenski to the Salyut 5 space station, presumably on an Almaz military mission. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Soyuz-24   (944 words)

News-Star OnlineSpace travelers return 05/01/04 ARKALYK, Kazakhstan (AP) -- An American, a Russian and a Dutchman strapped tightly into a space capsule hurtled safely back to Earth on Friday, capping a ride they described as beautiful but tiring. In Kostanai, a Kazakh town north of Arkalyk, where the Russian search and rescue operation had its headquarters, local officials gave the astronauts a red-carpet welcome and presented them with traditional embroidered Kazakh robes and hats. Still unsteady on their feet, each astronaut was walked by the arm and sat down on a chair for a news conference before being flown to Star City, Russia's cosmonaut training center near Moscow. www.news-star.com /stories/050104/New_51.shtml   (619 words)

Caspian Post   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) NEAR ARKALYK, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - A Soyuz capsule has made a soft landing in the pitch-dark in Kazakhstan's steppes and its U.S.-Russian crew said they are happy to breathe in the smell... NEAR ARKALYK, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - A Soyuz capsule made a soft landing in the pitch-dark in Kazakhstan's steppes on Sunday, and its U.S.-Russian crew said they were happy to breathe in the smell of Earth afte... NEAR ARKALYK, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - A Soyuz capsule made a soft landing in the pitch-dark in Kazakhstan's steppes on Sunday, and its U.S.-Russian crew said they were happy to breathe in th... archive.wn.com /2004/10/24/1400/caspiansea   (716 words)

Space Programme   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - A Soyuz space capsule made a soft landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan today,... NEAR ARKALYK, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - A Soyuz capsule made a soft landing in the pitch-dark in Kazakh... Arkalyk: A Soyuz capsule made a soft landing in complete darkness in the steppes of Kazakhstan early... archive.wn.com /2004/10/24/1400/space   (427 words)

Boston.com / News / Science / Capsule carrying three-man crew returns   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) A Russian, an American and an Italian climbed out of a Russian space capsule early Monday after hurtling home to Earth from the international space station, where a new crew is preparing to welcome the first space shuttle flight after a two-year hiatus. ARKALYK, Kazakhstan -- A Russian, an American and an Italian climbed out of a Russian space capsule early Monday after hurtling home to Earth from the international space station, where a new crew is preparing to welcome the first space shuttle flight after a two-year hiatus. Russian helicopters and planes had been on call Monday, along with a U.S. medical team, near Arkalyk, but many of the helicopters had to turn back to Arkalyk without landing at the site because the ground was swampy with melted snow. www.boston.com /news/science/articles/2005/04/24/capsule_carrying_three_man_crew_returns   (660 words)

City of Arkalyk The city is located in the steppe of central Kazakhstan and is surrounded by man-made hills of tailings, an immediate sign that this is a mining community. there is coal underground, fish in the rivers, etc. Arkalyk suffers from its remote location, far from the centers of Kazakhstan (airport is inoperative now and next large city is 15 hours away by train) and many resources are not - hmm - exploited. Cosmonauts returning from their missions landed near Arkalyk, and special recovery teams would rush into the steppe and bring them to their hero's welcome in Arkalyk. arkbus.euro.ru /arkalyk.htm   (527 words)

Adoption in Kazakhstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The citizens compare their town with some towns in Chechnia, but without war the destructions are the same. The head of Arkalyk said, that the administration had to pay more than 5 millions tenge for empty flats heating. The population of Arkalyk is about 55,7 thousands of people. www.adoptionkazakhstan.com /cities/arkalyk   (215 words)

ABS-CBN Interactive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - A Russian Soyuz capsule bumped down on the Kazakh steppe early on Monday, bringing a Russian, an American and an Italian astronaut safely back to Earth from the International Space Station. The landing involved the cramped Soyuz capsule unfurling a large orange parachute after entering the atmosphere and firing a final burst of rockets to dampen the impact as it landed on the steppe. Once extracted from Soyuz, the three were flown by helicopter to a disused airport at Arkalyk, where Russia's space agency set up a hospital tent to check their health before a further helicopter and airliner flight to Moscow. www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=3625   (1387 words)

Boston.com / News / Science / Russian capsule returns from space station   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) ARKALYK, Kazakhstan -- A Russian space capsule parachuted to a soft landing on the slushy Kazakh steppes Monday, gently depositing an American, Russian and Italian back on Earth after their mission on the international space station -- the last flight before NASA relaunches the shuttle program as soon as next month. The capsule landed upright in the melting snow less than 3 1/2 hours after undocking from the orbiting station, where a new crew stayed behind to prepare for the first U.S. space shuttle flight in two years. American NASA astronaut Leroy Chao speaks by satellite phone shortly upon his arrival to the town of Arkalyk, northern Kazakhstan, early Monday, April 25, 2005. www.boston.com /news/science/articles/2005/04/25/capsule_carrying_three_man_crew_returns   (617 words)

Tashkent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) ARKALYK, Kazakhstan -- A Russian-U.S. crew returned to Earth from the international space station Sunday in a pinpoint landing on the Kazakhstan steppe. NZ Herald ARKALYK - A Soyuz capsule made a soft landing in the pitch-dark on Kazakhstan's steppes yesterday an... NEAR ARKALYK, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - A Soyuz capsule made a soft landing in the... archive.wn.com /2004/10/25/1400/tashkent   (570 words)

Search: Russian spacecraft carrying U S millionaire lands in Kazakhstan @ Big Blog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) ARKALYK, Kazakhstan -- A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying U.S. millionaire scientist Gregory Olsen and a two-man, Russian-American crew hurtled through the Earth's atmosphere and landed early Tuesday in the windswept steppes of Kazakhstan. ARKALYK, Kazakhstan -- The seven-day space sojourn of an American millionaire scientist came to a close as he and a Russian-American crew undocked from the international space station and sped back to Earth, landing early Tuesday on the windswept steppes of Kazakhstan. ARKALYK, Kazakhstan (AP) -- The seven-day space sojourn of an American millionaire scientist came to a close as he and a Russian-American crew undocked from the international space station and sped back to Earth, landing early Tuesday on the windswept steppes of Kazakhstan. bigblog.com /search.cgi?id=404370136   (1483 words)

Soyuz spacecraft with crew lands in Kazakhstan - Apr. 30, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft landed safely in Kazakhstan early Friday, bringing three astronauts back from the orbiting International Space Station (ISS). The Soyuz vessel touched down near the city of Arkalyk in the Kazakh Steppes at 0011 GMT Friday, with US astronaut Michael Foale, his Russian colleague Alexander Kalery and Andre Kuipers from the Netherlands on board. The spacecraft's landing was greeted with cheers at the Mission Control Center in Korolyov, near Moscow, where Kuipers' parents, fiancée and two daughters and Foale's wife and son attended the event. www.inq7.net /brk/2004/apr/30/brkafp_2-1.htm   (414 words)

USATODAY.com - U.S.-Russia Space Crew Departs for Earth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) ARKALYK, Kazakhstan (AP) — The Soyuz spacecraft carrying a U.S.-Russian crew pulled away from the international space station early Sunday, ending a six-month mission in orbit and starting a fast journey back to Earth. ET in Kazakhstan's barren steppe, where American and Russian officials waiting with helicopters will be watching for the first sign of the craft as it races through the morning sky. Mission Control outside Moscow said there were strong winds at the targeted landing site, 55 miles north of the Kazakh town of Arkalyk, but the Soyuz was not expected to be blown off course. www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-10-23-soyuz-heads-home_x.htm   (690 words)

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Science -- Soyuz spacecraft makes flawless landing with U.S., Russian, Dutch space ... ARKALYK, Kazakhstan – A Russian-U.S.-Dutch crew returned to Earth from the international space station on Friday in "an almost bull's-eye landing" in the steppes of Kazakhstan. NASA hailed the successful mission as another sign of American-Russian cooperation more than a year after the U.S. shuttle program was grounded because of the Columbia disaster. The landing of the space station's previous American-Russian crew in October went without a hitch – unlike the dramatic landing of the first American astronaut in a Russian Soyuz capsule in May 2003, when a computer error sent the crew on a wild descent 250 miles off course. www.signonsandiego.com /news/science/20040430-0535-russia-space.html   (685 words)

Mir Soyuz TM-3 undocked from Mir at 05:55 GMT and landed near Arkalyk at 09:16 GMT with the crew of Aleksandrov, Levchenko (Soyuz TM-4) and Romanenko (Soyuz TM-2) aboard. Soyuz TM-10 landed at 06:07 GMT, 69 km NW Arkalyk, with the crew of Akiyama, Manakov and Strekalov aboard. Soyuz TM-20 landed 22 km northeast of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan at 04:04 GMT with crew of Viktorenko, Kondakova and Polyakov aboard. www.astronautix.com /project/mir.htm   (10552 words)

CBC News:Space station crew returns safely   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) ARKALYK, KAZAKHSTAN - A Russian-U.S.-Dutch crew from the international space station were getting used to Earth's gravity again Friday after "an almost bull's-eye landing" in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz capsule carried American Michael Foale and Russian Alexander Kaleri, who spent six months on the station, and André Kuipers of the Netherlands. Since NASA grounded its space shuttles following the Columbia disaster in February 2003, Russia has carried crews and cargo to and from the space station. www.cbc.ca /stories/2004/04/30/sci-tech/iss_return040430   (285 words)

Send Flowers - Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. Send Flowers - Arkalyk and the region are serviced. Arkalyk and the nearest towns are serviced by highly professional local florists with many years of business experience. In Arkalyk flowers can be delivered the same day if your order received before 1 p.m. www.flowers-to-russia.com /kazakhstan/arkalyk_st7.html   (230 words)

The Epoch Times | Russian, U.S., Italian Space Crew Return to Earth ARKALYK, KAZAKHSTAN: US astronaut Leroy Chiao (R), Russian cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov (C), and Italian Roberto Vittori (L) take a rest after their landing aboard the Soyuz-TMA-5 spacecraft in Kazakh town of Arkalyk early 25 April 2005. The Soyuz TMA-5 landed on its side," a spokesman at mission control outside Moscow was quoted as saying by the Itar-Tass news agency. The craft touched down near Arkalyk in the Central Asian state of Kazakhstan at 2:08 a.m. english.epochtimes.com /news/5-4-24/28145.html   (128 words)

10NBC / WHEC TV-10   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) ARKALYK, Kazakhstan (AP) - A Soyuz space capsule carrying Webster native and astronaut Ed Lu returned to Earth from the International Space Station Tuesday. Ed Lu gives a thumbs-up Tuesday after a safe landing near Arkalyk, sothwest of Astana, Kazakhstan. They were hoping for the skies to clear so they could make their way back to Moscow, where top space officials and family members were waiting. www.10nbc.com /news.asp?template=item&story_id=9268   (779 words)

'Dream landing' for Russia's Soyuz with 3 astronauts - Oct. 29, 2003 ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - A Russian Soyuz vessel carrying US astronaut Edward Lu, Russia's Yuri Malenchenko and Spain's Pedro Duque landed safely in Kazakhstan's desert early Tuesday, more than three hours after leaving the International Space Station, space officials said. Moscow time (0241 GMT), in a secluded spot some 35 kilometers (21 miles) south of the town of Arkalyk, said the chief of Russia's space search and rescue agency, General Vladimir Popov. Doctors said the three astronauts, who were due to leave for Chkalovsky airport near Moscow later in the day, felt fine and needed no more medical attention than had been provided on the ground. www.inq7.net /wnw/2003/oct/29/wnw_5-1.htm   (507 words)

Privately-funded Mission To Mir Opens Orbital Future Cosmonauts Sergei Zaliotin and Alexander Kalery landed aboard their Soyuz TM-30 capsule near the town of Arkalyk in the central Asian nation of Kazakhstan. MirCorp is also counting on a space tourism plan under which visitors would spend a week in orbit with two Russian cosmonauts for 30 million dollars. Russian cosmonauts Sergei Zaliotin (R) and Alexander Kaleri (L) are inspected by rescue servicemen after their landing not far from the Kazakh town of Arkalyk, 16 June 2000. www.spacer.com /news/mir-00zm.html   (960 words)

U.S.-Russian crew lands safely in Kazakhstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) ARKALYK, Kazakhstan -- A Soyuz capsule carrying a U.S.-Russian crew back to Earth following six months at the international space station hurtled through the Earth's atmosphere and landed safely and on target in Kazakhstan early today. The bell-shaped Soyuz TMA-4, carrying Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and American partner Mike Fincke, touched down beneath a parachute at the targeted landing site, 55 miles north of the town of Arkalyk. Russian and U.S. officials had waited alongside search helicopter crews for the first glimpse of the Russian Soyuz. www.messenger-inquirer.com /news/usworld/7723469.htm   (224 words)

WVA News: Astronauts Prepare for Return Home - - The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) ARKALYK, Kazakhstan (AP) - A U.S.-Russian crew spent its last scheduled day on the International Space Station on Saturday, saying goodbyes to their replacements and catching up on sleep ahead of a 3 1/2 hour ride back to Earth strapped inside Russia's snug Soyuz space capsule. One of their main bases is Arkalyk, a sleepy town of Soviet-era apartment buildings and dusty roadways near the targeted landing site. The non-reusable Soyuz is the workhorse of Russia's cash-strapped space program, and it boasts a stellar safety record. www.oweb.com /inter/story/1023202004_int04.asp   (411 words)

Manakov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Transported to the Mir orbital station a crew comprising the cosmonauts A Y Solovyov and A N Balandin to conduct an extensive programme of geophysical and astrophysical research, experiments on biology and biotechnology and work on space materials science. Landed 70 km from Arkalyk at 50 deg 51'E 67 deg 17' N. Soyuz TM-10 - - 1990 Aug 1 - Assignment: Prime Crew. Transported to the Mir manned orbital station the crew consisting of the cosmonauts G M Manakov and G M Strekalov for the purpose of carrying out a programme of geophysical and astrophysical research, biological and biotechnological experiments, and work on space-materials science. www.friends-partners.org /partners/mwade/astros/manakov.htm   (365 words)

Salyut41 While on the station, the men were able to converse with the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project crews. The spacecraft carried biological specimens, including turtles and plants, so a joint experiment could be conducted with the three-week Cosmos 782 mission. Soyuz landed on Feb. 16, 1976, 56 kilometers southwest of Arkalyk. www.aerospaceguide.net /spacestation/salyut4.html   (462 words)

spacetoday.net: Soyuz lands safely   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The Soyuz TMA-2 capsule touched down near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan at approximately 9:40 pm EST Monday (0240 GMT Tuesday). However, Russian officials said that one of the three inadvertently pressed the wrong button while preparing the spacecraft for undocking, causing a Soyuz engine to fire briefly, rotating the station 25 degrees. The station’s attitude was corrected, although it required the use of a "lot of fuel", according to RIA Novosti. www.spacetoday.net /Summary/1992   (196 words)

Soyuz Spacecraft Returns Home after Successful Mission Also returning home was Italian European Space Agency Astronaut Roberto Vittori, who went up with the Soyuz on April 14 along with ISS replacements Sergei Krikalev of Russia and American John Phillips.. According to NASA, the re-entry of the spacecraft was flawless, landing about 53 miles northeast of Arkalyk after 192 days, 19 hours and 2 minutes in space for Chiao and Sharipov. The landing area was saturated from recent rains and melting winter snow, so the first members of the recovery team to reach the scene decided to fly the crew to Arkalyk to meet with the remaining members of the recovery team. www.newsbug.net /news/2005-04-25/h.php   (187 words)

Afanasyev Transported to the Mir orbital station of a crew comprising the cosmonauts V M Afanasev, Y V Usachev, and V V Polyakov for the fifteenth main expedition. The Soyuz TM-18 descent module landed 110 km north of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan at 10:32:35 GMT on July 9. They landed on August 25 at 05:23 UTC near Arkalyk in Kazakstan. www.friends-partners.org /partners/mwade/astros/afaasyev.htm   (937 words)

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