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Hypersonic BrahMos 2 missile to be ready by 2017
Jointly developed with collaboration of Russia and India, the first prototype of the hypersonic BrahMos 2 cruise missile, having Mach 5-Mach 7 speed capabilities, will be ready for flight testing in 2017, as per an official source saying. “I think we will need about five years to develop the first fully-functional prototype(of the hypersonic missile. [...]
Google celebrates Peter Carl Fabergé’s 166th birthday
Google doodle pays tribute to scientist and famous personality’s anniversary, holidays, festivals and occasions, with release of much innovative logo. And now once again, today Google is celebrating 166th birth anniversary of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Faberge who is famous for his glistening Easter eggs specially made up by precious gemstones and metals.
Three-man Soyuz crew lefts for space station
Russia’s first manned spaceship Soyuz carrying two Russians and one American blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) today. NASA astronaut Joseph Acaba, Russians Gennady Padalka and Gennady Padalka, started their space journey by launching the Soyuz TMA-04M rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, according to source.
Russia introduces Space Plan beyond 2030
As per recent announcement, Roscosmos, Russian space agency planned to send a man to the moon by 2030, currently developing a “prospective manned transportation system” to be sent to the moon. Before finalizing its manned mission to moon, Moscow has set different space exploration activities- 2015, 2020, 2030 as the footpath for mission.
India successfully test fires Brahmos cruise missile
Brahmos supersonic cruise missile, a joint project of India and Russia, performed successful its trial test today by Indian Army. The missile having air launch range of up to 290 km with 200 to 300 kg carrying warhead capacity was test fired with two regiments of the Army at Chandipur off Odisha coast as part [...]
Heavy protest in Russia over Putin’s Presidential Election
More than a dozen people has arrested by Moscow police on Saturday in charge of protesting against Vladimir Putin who has won the earlier Russian’s presidential election by margin. The crowd of more than 20,000 protesters came in opposition on a central Moscow avenue Saturday while the victory of Vladimir Putin’s presidential election announced. The [...]
