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Contents International Space Station ISS Main Expedition Two Chronicle of Joint Mission First EVA Called from Orbit ISS commander Yuri Usachov talked to NK Chief Editor Igor Marinin on June 19. Prospects of Russian-German Cooperation on ISS Advanced Titus furnace proposed for experiments aboard ISS. ISS News Cosmonauts. Astronauts. Crews ISS Expedition Crew 3 Passed Final Exams On June S-6, crews of Frank Cuibertson and Valeriy Korzun held exams on the Russian segment of ISS and Soyuz TM systems. The Interagency Commission Summarized Ex-3 Training Ex-3 Crews Met Russian Technical Managers On June 7, head. Yuri Semenov and other Russian officials met the crews to wish cosmonauts and astronauts bon voyage. The only request from the first crew was to set up Moscow phone line to Mikhail Tyurin's apartment in the city of Korolyov. Into Space - Paying for Yourself Thorny Road to Stars Sergey Bedzyuk, former Energiya employer and cosmonaut aspirant (1978), now a Canadian and CSA instructor on RMS, was interviewed by Aleksandr Zheleznyakov. Awards to Service Module Builders Gagarin at the Cosmodrome Baykonur More than 250 photos covering Yuri Gagarin's visits to Baykonur are included to the new book. Launches Kosmos-2378 Intelsat of New Series in Orbit New Astra Adorned in Orbit First ICO to Achieve Orbit MAP: A Voyage to the Beginning of Times Projects. Plans Crash of the Hypersonic, or Astalavista X-43A! Following Vanished Programs, or In the Country of Lessons Unlearned Launch Vehicles. Rocket Engines Baykal That Conquered Paris Baykal flight test program includes three phases: drop tests from VM-T Atlant aircraft; Baykal suborbital test flights from the Angara Launch Complex in Plesetsk; and Angara Al-V (Baykal+Briz-KM) orbital test missions. Reincarnation of Yamal Vladimir Chizhukhin, one of the key men behind, the Yamal-Aurora family of launch vehicles, points out that Aurora should be very reliable and cheap enough to reward investments quickly. Investing $560 million, APSC will have 12 billion in just five years, and Aurora development itself will be rewarded in 8-10 launches. Expendable Launch Vehicles of Near Future First Engine for Delta 4 Supplied Spacecraft New Chinese Meteosatellites Russian-Czech Project EMEC On May 25, the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (Czech Republic) and PO Polyot (Russia) signed contract on design, development and launch of five EMEC (Electromagnetic Monitoring of the European Continent) satellites to measure man-made disturbances in ionosphere. Ion Engines in Space: Transport Operations Newest Boeing 702 satellites already use XIPS propulsion in the final stage ofGSO entry, not just for stationkeeping. The Little SNAP Wasn't Strong Enough Polyot Develops Small Spacecraft PO Polyot presents two three-axis unpressurized microsat platforms: Sterkh and Nadezhda. In 2003, first Nadezhda-M spacecraft based on Sterkh should be launched. Probes Cassini Schedule Changed Two Ways to Pluto To the Star Named Sun Launch Sites Sriharikota: The Unknown Cosmodrome Delta 4: Fitting Test to Launch Complex Baykonur Celebrated Its 46th Anniversary Exhibitions Chelomey Union Is Established KB Yuzhnoye Presents World Space Week to Be Hold in China Berlin Forum-2001: ISS Is Open for Business Companies. Agencies. Organizations State Duma Watches Russian Cosmonautics On June 13, head of Rosaviakosmos briefed Russian legislators. The good news was that since 1999, budgeted funds are fully received each year. The bad news was that as the 2001 budget is barely a half of what was earmarked in the Federal Space Program, half of approximately 70 space projects managed by Rosaviakosmos was stopped. And only six of 2001 ISS launches are funded. In the 2002 budget process. President Putin requested full sum earmarked in FSP to be given. On the Execution of the 1999 Budget New Satellites for Space Forces 2001 is the first year Russian Space Forces are capable to fully pay industry contractors, CINC-RSF Anatoliy Perminov announced. In 2001 and 2002, Space Forces plan to launch new reconnaisance satellites for Russian Navy, and a Glonass launch will be performed this year. Jubilees Undeservedly Forgotten: 40 Years Since Alan Shepard's Flight Baykonur Builders Celebrate Jubilee The 130th Direction of Special Works was established on Hay 20, 1951, to build test and launch positions for the R-5 ballistic missile. Its next task was to build objects at a new test site, now known as Baykonur. People Yuri Petrovich Sheffer Konstantin Vasilyevich Gerchik History The Last Voyage of Yantars The Long Duration Venus Probe Project Twenty five years ago, IKI and NPO Lavochkina studied the feasibility of a Venus lander capable of working for a month. 74 pages, 120 photos |
