الاثنين، 12 ديسمبر 2011

News : Russia sends first woman to the space station in 2013

Moscow, Russia (CNN) - revealed the Russian Federal Space Agency, "Ross Cosmos" its intention to send the first leading to the International Space Station in 2013, also announced the completion of the global navigation system "GLONASS", which identifies sites by satellite.
The head of the Russian agency, Vladimir Popovkin, the astronaut Yelena Serova, the only woman currently included a list of Russian astronauts, will be subject to a period of training extends for about two and a half to prepare for a trip to the International Space Station, where he is scheduled to go on board about 6 months .
Although Russia, former Soviet Union, the country to send a woman into space in 1963, Valentina Trischofa, followed by pioneers two more, but none of them had never visit the International Space Station, which received the pioneers from the United States, Japan and South Korea.
The project is the International Space Station and one of the most complex projects in history, it revolves around the Earth every 90 minutes, and often carrying three astronauts, and flying at an altitude of 250 miles above the Earth's surface.
On the other hand, said, "Ross Cosmos" the system "GLONASS" includes currently 31 satellite, the 24 of which are the tasks at hand on the system, and is subject to two for maintenance work, and 3 under the entry of service, and pass the satellite last test, and there is a satellite up.
The news agency "Novosti" reported that a 24-satellite system can be provided both in need of information indicative of any spot on earth, which means completion of the system, which started since 1993, along with a system of "GPS" American.

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