#Russia, China hold large-scale joint military drills

#Russia, China hold large-scale joint military drills

“#Russia, China hold large-scale joint military drills” MOSCOW, Aug 10 – Russia and China are holding a large-scale joint military exercise in north-central China involving more than 10,000 troops, Russia’s defense ministry said on Tuesday. The Sibu/Cooperation-2021 drills in China’s Ningxia region are being watched for signs that China and Russia are expanding military cooperation…

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#Long dominated by Russia, rhythmic gymnastics rising in US

#Long dominated by Russia, rhythmic gymnastics rising in US

“#Long dominated by Russia, rhythmic gymnastics rising in US” TOKYO — In the darkest days of the pandemic, Evita Griskenas was stuck practicing in her parents’ Illinois basement, occasionally breaking lightbulbs as she tossed clubs and hoops through the air and cartwheeled to catch them. A song she had never heard started playing. Griskenas, a rhythmic gymnast,…

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#Russia, U.S. to work together on space station after 2024: Ifax

#Russia, U.S. to work together on space station after 2024: Ifax

“#Russia, U.S. to work together on space station after 2024: Ifax” MOSCOW, Aug 4 – Russia and the United States will continue working together on the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024, the Interfax news agency cited a senior official at Russia’s space agency Roscosmos as saying on Wednesday. Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin in June suggested Moscow, whose newly attached research module briefly threw the space station off course last week,…

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#Impact of space station spin requires study, official says

#Impact of space station spin requires study, official says

“#Impact of space station spin requires study, official says” MOSCOW — Space engineers will analyze whether a glitch that caused the International Space Station to spin out of its normal orientation could have impacted any of its systems, a Russian space official said Wednesday. Sergei Krikalev, the director of crewed space programs at the Russian…

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#Russians hacked 27 US attorney offices including SDNY

#Russians hacked 27 US attorney offices including SDNY

“#Russians hacked 27 US attorney offices including SDNY” Russian hackers breached the Microsoft email accounts used by 80 percent of the staffers in New York’s four US attorney offices last year, the Justice Department said. Large numbers of staff were hit in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, which handle some of the…

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#ISS reports scare after engine trouble with new Russian module

#ISS reports scare after engine trouble with new Russian module

“#ISS reports scare after engine trouble with new Russian module” Russia’s Nauka space module caused a scare on the International Space Station Thursday after its engines inexplicably lit up the hours after it docked in orbit. The “unplanned restart” of the module’s engines inadvertently moved the entire ISS out of position for 47 minutes, according to NASA. During…

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#’There is contact!’ Russia’s new Nauka space module docks with ISS

#’There is contact!’ Russia’s new Nauka space module docks with ISS

“#’There is contact!’ Russia’s new Nauka space module docks with ISS” MOSCOW, July 29 – Russia upgraded its capabilities on the International Space Station on Thursday after its new Nauka module, set to serve as a research lab, storage unit and airlock, successfully docked with it after a nervy journey from Earth. A live broadcast from Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, showed the module, a…

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