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...BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN Russians prepare to send first Malaysian into space...
...could tell the next CEO, in Europe's current telecom environment, tough choices are about the only ones left. SPACE The Businessman in the moon it's one great leap for businessman-kind: the U.S. government has given TransOrbital permission to launch the first commercial moon landing, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, in 2003. Space is big business, with satellites generating more than $80 billion last year. But is there really money to be made on the moon? TransOrbital president Dennis Laurie believes the $20 million moon shot can generate $50 million in revenues by selling advertising (leave your...
...launch gods cooperate this Saturday, a rocket will blast off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and loft a Soyuz capsule into space. A day or so later, the capsule will rendezvous and dock with the International Space Station (ISS)--thus earning a place in the annals of space history. For aboard that Soyuz craft, along with two Russian cosmonauts, will be a 60-year-old American millionaire named Dennis Tito. Amateurs have flown in space before--including three U.S. congressmen, a Russian politician, a Japanese TV reporter and a Saudi prince--but Tito will be the first paying tourist...
...Baikonur A Russian cargo vessel launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan docked with the beleaguered Mir, as part of an elaborate plan to destroy the 15-year-old space station. The successful docking of the unmanned Progress M1-5 ship, which is carrying twice its normal fuel cargo, was slightly behind schedule?however, Russian officials still anticipate that Mir will be destroyed, as expected, in early March. If all goes according to plan, the cargo ship will help lower the space station?s altitude, causing it to burn up in the earth?s atmosphere in what Moscow insists will...