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ISS oxygen generator will not be re-launched before next week
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ISS oxygen generator will not be re-launched before next weekhttp://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=238714 MOSCOW. April 22 (Interfax-AVN) - The Russian oxygen generation system Electron-VM on the International Space Station (ISS) is not operating at the moment, the Mission Control Center near Moscow told Interfax-AVN. "We are going to switch it on on Monday (April 25)," said Vladimir Solovyov, ISS Russian mission coordinator and first deputy general design engineer at Rocket Space Corporation Energia. He was commenting on the NASA report that the Electron system on board the Russian segment of the ISS is not functioning. The oxygen generation system was switched off due to maintenance checks on other ISS system, the official said. "To repair and test other systems, we switched off some of the equipment, including the Electron system. It was a routine system shutdown," Solovyov said. The oxygen level at the ISS is above the average, he said. If the crew "have eaten up" excessive oxygen by Monday, the Electron system will be switched on, he said. "We do not know what to do with the oxygen," Solovyov said. There is no need to fully use the Electron system in the near future as European ATV-2 has brought a large amount of oxygen in its tankers and it has to be used up before the ship undocks. NASA said earlier that the oxygen generator in the Zvezda Module failed to switch back on Wednesday after the crew completed the repair of the Regul-OS radio control and communications system. The treadmill in the Zvezda Module also broke down on Wednesday. The oxygen partial pressure inside the ISS Modules is within the crew's comfortable limits, NASA said. kk
http://en.rian.ru/science/20110422/163640349.html 05:13 22/04/2011 Russia's Progress M-09M cargo spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday to be buried in the Pacific after conducting a five-day scientific mission, a Mission Control spokesman said. The undocking is scheduled for 3:41pm Moscow time (11:41 GMT), the spokesman said. The spacecraft will remain in orbit well away from the station to conduct several scientific experiments before being deorbited on April 26. During the flight, scientists will continue the Radar-Progress experiment, aimed at defining the density, sizes and reflectivity of the ionosphere environment around the spacecraft, which is caused by the operations of its liquid propellant engines. The spacecraft will burn up in the Earth's atmosphere as soon as the experiment is over. Its fragments will fall in remote areas of the Pacific Ocean. Progress-series freighters have been the backbone of the Russian space cargo fleet for decades. In addition to their main mission as cargo spacecraft, they are used to adjust the ISS's orbit and conduct scientific experiments. The next Progress cargo craft will be launched from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan and dock with the ISS on April 27. MOSCOW, April 22 (RIA Novosti) GOOGLE TRANSLATION
http://www.newsru.com/russia/22apr2011/tandem.html Published: 8:49 Last update: 10:01 Ratings of President Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and United Russia party "fell to a record low. According to the nationwide survey conducted by fund "Public opinion", the popularity of the president in the eyes of the Russians in January 2010 declined from 62% to 46%, confidence in the Prime Minister declined from 69% to 53%. At the same time, the rating of the ruling party reached a minimum over the past two years - 44%. At the same time reached a record level of distrust of the party in power - he rose from 29% in January to 38% in April, according to Vedomosti. In late 2010, approval ratings for Prime Minister Putin has remained stable, while the number approve of President Dmitry Medvedev is constantly growing. In late 2010, for the first time observations of sociologists president caught up in the approval ratings of Prime Minister. However, in January the position of Medvedev and Putin's trust rating of Russians decreased by 6-7%, showed the poll by the Levada Center. As noted by the media if such swings were not even in the midst of financial crisis. Prior to that, the confidence index fell to a tandem in the summer of 2010, and it was due, according to sociologists, with record heat and the devastating fires that raged across Russia. According to the observations of sociologists in Russia, when happen any shocks, loud attacks or armed conflicts, the population begins to gravitate toward "dictatorship" and supports Putin, and when the situation is stable and the need to resolve issues, people are more supportive of liberal policies Medvedev. Russian experts also point out the dangerous tendency for the authorities: focusing only on herself, she pointedly ignores the views of the middle class - is, in their opinion, "a big political mistake." According to a report a month ago, "The political crisis in Russia and the possible mechanisms of its development", prepared by the Center for Strategic Research (CSR), the population is growing distrust of the key "label" government: Medvedev, Putin and United Russia. As noted in the report CSR, a growing trend, "vote for some third party, not for Putin or Medvedev. People not only lost their fear of the "third", but also begin to wish for its occurrence. It is often heard saying that really such a third yet, but if it appears that the authorities will do everything to prevent it in the elections. The report's authors have expressed doubts about the viability of the mechanism of succession in Russia, as even the first experience of its application (transfer of power from Putin to Medvedev) has caused outrage in many different sectors of society. "Assuming that the election campaigns 2011 - 2012's will be scheduled, they will pay in any case a very strong blow to the legitimacy of power due to the obvious fact of political manipulation", - experts believe. To avoid the negative consequences of the crisis of legitimacy, CSR advises authorities to "gradually and legitimately change the political institutions," upgrade "political content" with the first three echelons of politicians. This will help reduce "the risk of uncontrolled development of the situation in Russia, where" the growing population's demand for a breakthrough semi-official rhetoric and the transition to political content, reflecting the "truth of life." Directory: gifiles -> attach attach -> British Forces – Akrioti, Greece Griffin Fighter Squadron (84 Squadron raf) MoD announced possible Typhoon and Tornado arrivals to the base France attach -> Russia 110204 Basic Political Developments attach -> Unclassified//for official use only attach -> Adaptability Sustainment attach -> Pop-up 1 ("C" Chechnya) Header Text: Emir of the Caucasus Emirate Doku Umarov Image attach -> Russia and Islam are not Separate attach -> Chapter 13: The Northern Caucasus attach -> Russia 100209 Basic Political Developments attach -> The evolution attach -> The devolution Download 275.17 Kb. Share with your friends:
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