Space crew approved
Published: 06 April, 2007, 08:41
The State commission has named the crew that will head for the International Space Station on Saturday. Space tourist Charles Simoni will join Russian cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov in the trip to the ISS.
Three space walks and around 50 experiments are to be held during the mission. Simoni will spend 12 days in space before returning to Earth.
06.04.2007, 07:17
Reports of attack on Iran prove unfoundedRussian media reports of an imminent American attack on Iran have proved unfounded. Russian intelligence sources were cited as saying U.S. forces would launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear programme at 4 am on April 6. |
06.04.2007, 09:00
112-year-old Chechen woman has eyesight restoredA 112-year-old woman from Chechnya has had her sight restored in a Krasnodar hospital. Meriam Yasayeva had a cataract, which could have led to glaucoma if left untreated. |
