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	Russian Federal Space Agency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Russian Federal Space Agency (Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство) (commonly known as Roskosmos), formerly the Russian Aviation and Space Agency (RKA; in Russian: Российское авиационно-космическое агентство, commonly known as Rosaviakosmos) is the government agency responsible for Russia's space science programme and general aerospace research.
		The Russian Space Agency is one of the partners in the International Space Station (ISS) program, it contributed the core space modules Zarya and Zvezda, which were both launched by Proton rockets and later were joined by NASA's Unity Module.
		During the 10 year space plan that was approved the budget shall increase between 5-10% per year thus providing the space agency with a strong and constant inflow of money.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Russian_Federal_Space_Agency (1096 words)

	starsem founding companies
		The Russian Federal Space Agency is the central body of the federal executive authority defining the Russian Federation's national policy in the field of space research and exploration.
		Agency's responsibilities include: development and implementation of Russian national space policy; acting in the capacity of government customer in the development of scientific and application space systems, facilities and equipment; establishing international cooperation and collaboration in space research, and organization/coordination of commercial space programs.
		EADS SPACE, a wholly owned subsidiary of EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) is dedicated to providing civil and defense space systems.
	www.starsem.com /starsem/founding.htm (569 words)

	Multipurpose Laboratory Module - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Russian Federal Space Agency has said the MLM should be ready for launch in 2007 on a russian Proton rocket.
		The Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM) will be a component of the International Space Station funded by the Russian Federal Space Agency that will replace the Universal Docking Module.
		There was an alternate, rejected proposal for the MLM from RKK Energia based on the cancelled Commercial Enterprise Module (which was joinly funded by RKK Energia and SPACEHAB).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Multipurpose_Laboratory_Module (297 words)

	Launches of Soyuz rockets banned - Gateway To Russia - News From Russia
		The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) has imposed a ban on launches of Soyuz rockets saying the rehearsal will be possible after results of the investigation into reasons of the recent accident with the Molniya-M booster are known, employee of Roscosmos press department Konstantin Kreydenko has said.
		The next launch of the Russian rocket to the ISS is scheduled for the mid of September, when the Progress cargo aircraft is to deliver freight to the station.
		After that the Soyuz piloted spaceship carrying new ISS crew onboard is to be launched.
	www.gateway2russia.com /st/art_279012.php (337 words)

	ESA Portal - Press Releases - Europe and Russia: a 15-year partnership in human spaceflight
		The Russian side has been developing subsystems for the ESA Automated Transfer Vehicle, which will dock with the Russian segment, and is providing operational support for the first ATV flight (by the Jules Verne vehicle) in 2005 and for future ATV missions during the lifetime of the ISS.
		With Russia joining the ISS programme, cooperation was refocused, with the main emphasis on the Russian segment of the ISS.
		Highlights have been ESA’s successful development of the Data Management System for the Russian segment, launched in July 2000 and operational since then, and of the European Robotic Arm, still waiting to be launched and attached to the Russian segment.
	www.esa.int /esaCP/Pr_16_2004_p_EN.html (393 words)

	SPACE.com --
		The Arlington, VA-based Space Adventures announced today that is has entered into a contract with Prodea, a private investment firm founded by the Ansari family, to develop a fleet of suborbital spaceflight vehicles for commercial use globally with the assistance of the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation (FSA),.
		We partnered with Space Adventures because they have proven that there is a market for space tourism by having been the first company to fly a private citizen to space, and remains today the only company to have actually taken tourists to space,” Anousheh Ansari said in the release.
		According to a release from Space Adventures, Prodea was founded by Hamid, Anousheh and Amir Ansari, the title sponsors of the Ansari X Prize, the $10 million prize that was awarded to Mojave Aerospace Ventures, the company funded by Paul Allen that development and successful flew SpaceShipOne.
	www.space.com /astronotes/astronotes.html (5165 words)

	Russian London / Russia and Europe sign space deal /
		Esa director-general Jean-Jacques Dordain and Russian Federal Space Agency chief Anatoly Perminov finalised the deal in Moscow on Wednesday.
		Russia and the European Space Agency (Esa) have signed an agreement to allow closer co-operation over the use of facilities and exchange of information.
		The first launch of a Russian Soyuz craft from French Guiana is tentatively scheduled for December 2006, Mr Dordain said.
	www.russianlondon.com /print/23357 (267 words)

	USATODAY.com - Satellite to study polar ice breaks after Russian launch
		MOSCOW (AP) — A European Space Agency satellite that was to have collected data on polar ice broke up in flight after being launched on a converted ballistic missile, a Russian space agency official said Saturday.
		The incident also damaged the reputation of the Russian space agency, which is aggressively trying to move into the commercial satellite launch business.
		The loss of the CryoSat satellite is a major blow to the agency, which had hoped to conduct a three-year mapping of polar sea ice and provide more reliable data for the study of global warming.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/science/space/2005-10-08-polar-satellite_x.htm (575 words)

	GeekCoffee Technology News and Reviews
		The Russian Federal Space Agency has signed a deal with an American millionaire, Gregory Olsen, for a voyage in the Russian spacecraft Soyuz to the International Space Station to be made in October.
		The Russian Federal Space Agency also sent American Dennis Tito and South African businessman Mark Shuttleworth to the International Space Station in 2001 and 2002, at a cost of about $20 million per person.
		According to the agency's spokesperson, Olsen began receiving training for the mission near Moscow last year.
	www.geekcoffee.net /archives/2005/07/russian_space_a.html (190 words)

	Russia Still Hopeful on Extended Stays for Space Station Crews
		WASHINGTON — The Russian Federal Space Agency is not giving up on the idea of extending crew stays aboard the international space station to a full year starting in October despite NASA’s recent rejection of the proposal.
		Meanwhile, another space tourist, U.S. scientist and businessman Gregory Olsen, is training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, in preparation for an April 2005 Soyuz flight to the international space station.
		With the U.S. space shuttle grounded, the three-seat Soyuz capsule is the only means of transporting crews to and from the station.
	www.space.com /spacenews/archive04/russiaarch_051004.html (628 words)

	Global VSAT Forum, GVF: an association of key companies involved in the VSAT industry
		[Source: telecomasia.net, 1 April, 2005] Roskosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency, will not allow dumping to develop on the market for launch services...
		"In these circumstances, enterprises are asked to hold the necessary consultations with the Federal Space Agency before discussing and agreeing the main terms of contracts to provide launch services to foreign customers and before setting prices," Davidenko said.
		"For the last 10 years Russian space industry enterprises have been successfully implementing space projects for foreign customers," he recalled, stressing that the "cost of launch services provided by Russian rockets on the international market conforms to average world values".
	www.gvf.org /gvf/press/index.cfm?fuseaction=view_one&id=188 (339 words)

	Russian Federal Space Agency Press Release on Launch Pricing Commercial Space Watch
		In this situation, it is recommended that enterprises should consult with Federal Space Agency before discussing and agreeing upon the basic terms of a contract for launch services to be rendered to the customers and determining contract price.
		Developing world market of launch services using Russian launch vehicles makes it possible to attract additional funds for design and improvement of space launch systems and development of production plants.
		For the last 10 years space enterprises have been successfully realizing commercial space projects for foreign customers.
	www.comspacewatch.com /news/viewpr.html?pid=16548 (269 words)

	Russia Prepares Launch of New Space Shuttle - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM
		The Russian Federal Space Agency (FSA) is working on the project to launch a new space shuttle called Kliper.
		Tourist Flights to the Moon to Cost $100M — Russian Space Official
		A Russian driver sentenced earlier to four years in a labor colony after he had failed to give way to a speeding chauffeur carrying a local governor to a birthday party was acquitted of all charges this month.
	www.mosnews.com /news/2004/09/16/kliper.shtml (824 words)

	CNN.com - NASA strikes deal for Soyuz flights - Jan 6, 2006
		(SPACE.com) -- NASA will pay the Russian Federal Space Agency $21.8 million per passenger for Soyuz rides to and from the international space station (ISS) starting this spring.
		Mathews described the new agreement as a short term extension of an existing contract NASA signed with the Russian space agency before the Iran Nonproliferation Act became law in 2000.
		• SPACE.com: Congress OKs NASA to purchase Russian craft
	www.cnn.com /2006/TECH/space/01/06/nasa.soyuz.flights (371 words)

	news - ESA at MAKS 2005
		Space exploration has a prominent role at MAKS 2005 as for the first time the Russian Federal Space Agency, as well as ESA, are exhibitors.
		The head of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Anatoly Perminov, invited the Director of ESA’s Launchers Programme, Antonio Fabrizi, to join President Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov on a visit to a mockup of Clipper, a Russian spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to the ISS and for future exploration of the solar system.
		ESA’s presence is a sign of the growing cooperation between ESA and Russia marked by the working group on cooperation with Russia set up by ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency at the beginning of this year.
	www.noticias.info /asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=91977&src=0 (565 words)

	NASA - TMA-6 Landing in Kazakhstan
		Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 and Soyuz commander; astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA science officer and flight engineer; and Greg Olsen, space flight participant, had already egressed the spacecraft.
		Inside were the Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 and Soyuz commander; astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA science officer and flight engineer; and Greg Olsen, space flight participant.
		JSC2005-E-41362 (11 October 2005) --- From left, astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA science officer and flight engineer; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 and Soyuz commander; and Greg Olsen, space flight participant, listen to congratulatory comments in Kustanai, Kazakhstan after TMA-6 landing.
	www.nasa.gov /mission_pages/station/multimedia/exp11_landing.html (361 words)

	Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Anatoly Perminov will fly to Montreal
		Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) Anatoly Perminov will fly to Montreal (Canada) on Monday to attend meetings of working groups with participation of the heads of space agencies of the countries-members of the ISS project.
		Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Anatoly Perminov will fly to Montreal
		Davidenko also said that among the topics of discussion were the completion of the ISS construction and its further exploitation, the resumption of the flights of American shuttles in May 2005, the preparation for and the launch of a new-generation European cargo transport space vehicle ATV.
	www.russiannewsroom.com /send.aspx?id=2762 (171 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: U.S. tycoon rides Russian rocket into space
		The station's current inhabitants, Russian Sergei Krikalev and American John Phillips, arrived in April and are scheduled to return with Olsen on Oct. 11, touching down in Kazakhstan.
		Meanwhile, Russian and American officials held tough talks on the future of joint space missions, with NASA's chief warning that Moscow's demands for payment could end U.S. participation.
		BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying U.S. millionaire scientist Gregory Olsen lifted off today from the Central Asian steppe, launching the world's third space tourist on a two-day journey to the international space station.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002532731_spaceguy01.html (590 words)

	spacetoday.net: Russian officials insist Olsen removed from Soyuz flight
		Top officials in the Russian Federal Space Agency said Thursday that American businessman and potential space tourist Gregory Olsen would not be able to fly on a Soyuz mission in April 2005, despite reports from the company that brokered the trip that arrangements could be worked out.
		However, on Thursday Anatoly Perminov, head of the Federal Space Agency, said that Olsen would not be able to fly on the Soyuz flight and another person, most likely another Russian professional cosmonaut, would be selected to take his place by the end of June.
		The Associated Press reported late Thursday that Space Adventures, the space tourism firm that arranged the flight, announced that there was "no certainty" that Olsen would be removed from the flight out of concerns from Russian doctors that he would not be able to handle the g-forces of liftoff.
	www.spacetoday.net /Summary/2430 (274 words)

	Returning International Space Station Crew Arrives Home
		Krikalev is a veteran of six spaceflights, including two to the Russian space station Mir, two shuttle flights and the first international space station expedition.
		During their mission, they welcomed the space shuttle Discovery's crew in July and set important milestones, including the first in-orbit shuttle repair.
		During their mission, they welcomed the Space Shuttle Discovery's crew in July and set important milestones.
	usinfo.state.gov /xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2005&m=October&x=20051011154119lcnirellep3.715152e-02&t=gi/gi-latest.html (630 words)

	Universe Today - ESA and Russia Get Closer
		Today in Moscow, ESA Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain and the Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Anatoly Perminov signed an agreement for long-term cooperation and partnership in the development, implementation and use of launchers.
		ESA-Russian partnership is based on two main pillars: the exploitation of the Russian Soyuz launcher from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana and cooperation, without exchange of funds, on research and development in preparation for future launchers.
		This agreement, which comes within the general framework of the Agreement between ESA and the Russian Federation for Cooperation and Partnership in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes, will strengthen cooperation between ESA and Russia, ESA’s first partner in the long-term cooperation on access to space.
	www.universetoday.com /am/publish/esa_russia_alliance.html?1912005 (501 words)

	Russia postpones AMC-23 launch - Telecom Asia
		The loss of the estimated $142-million CryoSat satellite due to the failure of a Russian Rokot booster was a major blow to the European Space Agency, which hoped to conduct a three-year mapping of polar ice caps and provide more reliable data on global warming.
		A Russian Proton-M rocket was due to have blasted off Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying the AMC-23 satellite, which will serve customers across in Western North America, East Asia, the South Pacific, Alaska and Hawaii, as well as provide links to the world's premier regional satellite systems.
		Engineers lost contact with an earlier launched Russian Earth-monitoring satellite and a new optical research satellite was lost due to a booster failure.
	www.telecomasia.net /telecomasia/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=261570 (256 words)

	RedOrbit - Space - Russia: Crew of Next Expedition to ISS Approved
		Roskosmos [Russian Federal Space Agency] has approved the main crew of the 11th expedition to the International Space Station.
		European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, a citizen of Italy, is likely to occupy the third seat aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft.
		Russian cosmonaut Sergey Krikalev and NASA astronaut John Phillips will be its members.
	www.redorbit.com /news/display?id=107095 (216 words)

	MarsNews.com :: Russian space agency seeks to join ESA
		Anatoli Perminov, head of the Russian Federal Space Agency, said he has discussed the question with Sean O'Keefe, head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
		Posted by tourdemars to General News at May 13, 2004 12:42 PM Russia's space agency is seeking to join the European space agency (ESA) but only as an equal member, its director Anatoly Perminov told ITAR-TASS.
		This no cash approach by the Russians seems to me at least to be like a backlass from not paying for the soyuz's for American transport to the ISS, to the current scaling back of construction of the ISS and for the reduced or none existent shuttle flights at this time needed for both items.
	www.marsnews.com /archives/2004/05/13/russian_space_agency_seeks_to_join_esa.html (400 words)

	Russia to collaborate with Europe for a new Launch Pad :: TechWhack News
		This was announced by the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) and the European rocket launch company Arianespace who are collaborating for this project.
		Soyuz-FG takes off for the International Space Station As expected, the Russian spacecraft has taken off from the Central Asian steppes to take three astronauts in a space capsule on a two-day journey to the International Space Station.
		New crew of ISS to celebrate the arrival of Space Shuttle A crew of astronauts representing United States and Russia is due to take off to the International Space Station on Friday from the Baikonur cosmodrome aboard Soyuz spacecraft.
	news.techwhack.com /1116/12042005-russia-to-collaborate-with-europe-... (689 words)

	NASA - NASA and Russian Space Agency Mark 10 Years of Cooperation
		NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency are marking 10 years of international cooperation through the commission, which was founded during the Shuttle-Mir program in the mid-1990s by Lt. Gen.
		Readdy was also presented with the Award for International Cooperation in the Area of Space by the deputy head of the Russian space agency.
		NASA Senior Advisor for Space Operations Bill Readdy shares a laugh with Russian academician Nikolai Anfimov, as Anfimov is awarded a NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal (inset) during a ceremony in Moscow Thursday, Sept. 22.
	www.nasa.gov /multimedia/imagegallery/Stafford_Anfimov.html (211 words)

	USATODAY.com - Soyuz with millionaire tourist docks at space station
		The European Space Agency, which has had astronauts on the station in the past, could send up another craft to the station as early as the end of 2006, said Anatoly Perminov, chief of the Russian space agency.
		The ITAR-Tass news agency said McArthur, Tokarev and Olsen were greeted with the traditional Russian welcome of bread and salt.
		Footage broadcast on Russian television showed Olsen carrying a video camera as he floated into the station, where he bumped his head on the ceiling.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-10-03-russian-soyuz-lands_x.htm (781 words)

	Russian space agency to set up standby system in case of power cuts
		Moscow, 21 June: The Russian Federal Space Agency [Rus: Roskosmos] is planning to set up a standby system for operating spacecraft which will help reduce vulnerability when there are power failures on earth, the head of the agency, Anatoliy Perminov, said.
		Russian space agency to set up standby system in case of power cuts
		Perminov said a special commission was currently looking into the causes of the breakdown of power lines in Shchelkovo [where there is a ground monitoring station], which lead to the docking of the cargo spacecraft with the International Space Station having to be carried out manually.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /mediamonitor/printer_1018742.php (298 words)

	Russian space agency chief against deployment of weapons in space
		Moscow, 21 June: Roskosmos [Russian Federal Space Agency] is against deploying weapons in space, the agency's chief, Anatoliy Perminov, told journalists today.
		Russian space agency chief against deployment of weapons in space
		"Russian Defence Minister Sergey Ivanov gave a very good answer to the question on a possible deployment of weapons in space.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /mediamonitor/printer_1018018.php (130 words)

	www.TsENKI.com - Select news
		Throughout the first three month of 2005 the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) plans to launch 7 launch vehicles which will place on the near-earth orbit 8 spacecrafts.
		For that Roscosmos team and Russian Space Forces detachments will prepare and launch Soyuz, Proton, RS-20 (a cluster launch) and Cosmos launch vehicles from Baikonur and Plesetsk launch sites.
		Rokot will carry to orbit Criosat spacecraft in the end of March 2005, and Cosmos-3M– a spacecraft in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defense and a small «University» spacecraft in the interests of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.
	www.tsenki.com /NewsDoSeleFed.asp?NEWSID=703 (322 words)

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