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Soviet-era space capsule fetches 1 mln euros at auction
AFP, Published on 08/05/2014
» A Soviet-era space capsule that carried three cosmonauts into space in the 1970s fetched a million euros at auction.
Russian-US crew blast off for ISS from Kazakhstan
AFP, Published on 26/03/2014
» A crew of two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut blasted off Tuesday from Kazakhstan on a Russian Soyuz rocket for the International Space Station, with US-Russia space cooperation pressing on despite the diplomatic standoff over Ukraine.
"Demokratia": mocking Russian politics through a videogame
AFP, Published on 06/03/2014
» Buy voters, divert public funds, become an all-powerful tsar: it's all part of the fun in videogame "Demokratia", whose merciless take on Russian politics has made it a runaway success in the land of Vladimir Putin.
Space station crew back on Earth with Olympic torch
AFP, Published on 11/11/2013
» Three astronauts returned to Earth on Monday after a 166-day mission, bringing the Olympic torch back from the International Space Station after a historic space walk.
Russians take Olympic torch on historic spacewalk
AFP, Published on 09/11/2013
» Two cosmonauts took the Olympic torch -- unlit -- for a spacewalk Saturday in a historic showcasing of Russia's Sochi Winter Olympic Games in three months' time.
Astronauts take Sochi Olympic torch to space station
AFP, Published on 07/11/2013
» An international trio of astronauts arrived Thursday at the International Space Station with an unlit Olympic torch that will for the first time be taken on a spacewalk to mark the Sochi Winter Games.
Russia to take Olympic torch to space
AFP, Published on 07/11/2013
» Three new crew members blast off Thursday for the International Space Station (ISS) on a Russian rocket, taking with them the precious cargo of an Olympic torch for the 2014 Winter Games in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
Olympics: Flame lit for Sochi 2014 Winter Games
AFP, Published on 29/09/2013
» The Olympic flame was lit in Ancient Olympia in Greece on Sunday and began its long journey towards the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games which begin on February 7.
New space crew joins ISS on Olympic torch mission
AFP, Published on 26/09/2013
» An American and two Russians Thursday boarded the International Space Station after a lightning journey from Earth, on a mission that will see the Olympic torch for the 2014 Sochi Games taken into space for the first time.
American, two Russians take shortcut to space
AFP, Published on 26/09/2013
» An American and two Russians blasted off Thursday for the International Space Station atop a Soyuz rocket that will slash more than a day off the usual travel time.