The Russian airline that operated the plane that crashed in Egypt on Saturday, killing all 224 people on board, has a spotty safety record and even rebranded recently in the wake of another deadly accident. Metrojet changed its trade name after a 2011 accident in which one of its planes, a Soviet-made Tu-154, caught fire…
Russian Military Helicopter Crashes During Air Show, 1 Dead
A Russian military helicopter from an elite aerobatic squadron crashed Sunday during an air show, killing one pilot and injuring another, the Defense Ministry said, the latest in a series of accidents that have dogged the nation’s air force this year. Read more: Company, FAA Working on Gulfstream IV Jet Fail-Safe Problem The Mi-28 helicopter…
6 Evacuate U.S. Part of Space Station
Astronauts hurriedly evacuated the U.S. section of the International Space Station and moved to its Russian module after a coolant problem emerged Wednesday, but Russian and U.S. officials insisted all six crew were not in any danger. “The space station crew is safe,” NASA spokesman Bob Jacobs said. Read: Possible Cooling System Leak in Space…
3-man Space Crew Returns Safely to Earth
A Soyuz space capsule with a three-man crew returning from a five-month mission to the International Space Station landed safely Tuesday on the steppes of Kazakhstan. View Photos of the Day: Spacecrew Returns to Earth Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, American Thomas Marshburn and Russian Roman Romanenko landed as planned southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan…
Russian scientists recover meteor fragments
MOSCOW (AP) — Scientists have found more than 50 tiny fragments of a meteor that exploded over Russia’s Ural Mountains, and preliminary tests are turning up information about its contents. However, local residents seem more interested in the black market value of the fragments. As they search for their own pieces of the meteor, sales…
Russian rocket fails to reach target orbit
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s space pride suffered another blow Tuesday when a booster rocket failed to place two communications satellites into target orbits, a mishap that came a day after NASA successfully landed a robotic vehicle on Mars. Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said the Proton-M rocket was launched just before midnight Monday from the Russian-leased…