Russian spy sees off US-Russian crew as it blasts off for orbiting space station

Spy sees off US-Russian crew for space station

Official: Russian spacecraft damaged during transportation to launch site

Russian spacecraft damaged during transportation

US astronaut prepares for space mission that his brother will later join him on

US astronaut excited about upcoming space mission

UK-based scientists win Nobel physics prize for ultrathin carbon 100 times stronger than steel

Nobel Prize honors super-strong, super-thin carbon

Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov win Nobel Prize in physics for graphene breakthrough

2 professors in UK win Nobel Prize in physics

2 Russian-born scientists win Nobel Prize in physics for graphene breakthrough

Russian-born scientists win Nobel Prize in physics

Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physics through 2010

Recent winners of Nobel Prize in physics

Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physics, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation:

Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov win Nobel Prize in physics for graphene breakthrough

Geim and Novoselov win Nobel Prize in physics

Russian private firm vows to fill vacuum in space tourism market with orbiting hotel

Russian to offer space tourists an orbiting hotel

Russian private firm to launch the world’s first commercial space station by 2016

Russia to launch commercial space station by 2016

Soyuz spacecraft with US, Russian astronauts onboard lands in Kazakhstan steppe

Soyuz capsule lands in Kazakh steppe with 3 aboard

Technical problems delay space station departure for 2 Russians, 1 American by a day

Problems delay space station departure for a day

Russia to boost research efforts to support its claim of Arctic territories

Russia to boost Arctic research efforts

MOSCOW — Russia is boosting its research efforts to support its claims for parts of the Arctic continental shelf, the Kremlin’s pointman for the Arctic said Monday.

Russia, Norway sign deal on Barents Sea border, seek more development in mineral-rich Arctic

Russia, Norway OK Barents Sea border in Arctic

Cargo ship docks with International Space Station

Cargo ships docks with space station

MOSCOW — An unmanned Russian space capsule carrying tons of food, water and supplies to the International Space Station has docked with an orbiting laboratory Sunday.

Putin says all manned space missions will use Russia’s new launch center starting 2018

Putin shows Olympic judo team
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Russia’s Putin shoots darts at endangered gray whale for scientific research

Olympic judo team
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Russian wildfires shrink but smog still hangs over Moscow

Smog lingers over Russian capital

MOSCOW — The number of wildfires in Russia has shrunk significantly, but clouds of acrid smog generated by them are still hanging over the Russian capital.

Poisonous smog returns to Moscow as fires continue to burn, expected to clear on Monday

Poisonous smog returns to Moscow

MOSCOW — Officials say the poisonous smog that contributed to a higher death rate in Moscow has returned to Russia’s capital.

Officials: Fires outside Moscow drop to 16 overnight, blazes elsewhere also falling

Fires around Moscow reduce, area ablaze falling

Worst smog yet hits Moscow airport, seeps into buildings as Russia’s wildfires rage

Worst smog yet hits Moscow, seeps into homes

Crews remove Gulf relief well plug, another step toward getting ready to kill it

Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama

BP tries to reinvent self with American CEO; Hayward agrees but grouses, ‘Life isn’t fair’

BP hopes to turn page with new CEO, leaner company

2 Russian cosmonauts complete spacewalk for maintenance on ISS

2 Russian cosmonauts complete spacewalk

MOSCOW — Two Russian cosmonauts on Tuesday completed a nearly 7-hour-long spacewalk to replace a video camera and improve cable connections to the orbiting laboratory’s newest module.

2 Russian astronauts leave space station for 6-hour spacewalk

2 Russian astronauts start spacewalk

MOSCOW — Two Russian astronauts have exited the international space station for a spacewalk intended to replace a video camera and improve cable connections to the orbiting laboratory’s newest module.

Hayward made changes that boosted BP’s bottom line before oil spill exposed failures in safety

President Barack Obama hosts a press conference

After many years under Siberian frost, Ice Age baby mammoth goes on display in French museum

Ice Age baby mammoth on display at French museum

Cargo ship docks with International Space Station 2 days after first attempt failed

Cargo ships docks with space station on 2nd try

Unmanned Russian supply ship fails to dock with International Space Station

Supply ship fails to dock with space station

Russian mathematician says his final no to $1 million prize

Russian mathematician rejects $1 million prize

Soyuz capsule moves to new module at International Space Station after delay

Soyuz capsule redocks at space station after delay

Mercury astronaut John Glenn: Keep space shuttles flying until replacement is ready to launch

President Barack Obama

Russian capsule carrying 3 docks at space station, NASA eyeing 3 pieces of close orbiting junk

Russian capsule carrying 3 docks at space station

Russian rocket carrying U.S.-Russian crew blasts off successfully for space station mission

US-Russian crew blasts off to space station

US astronauts upbeat and ready for upcoming space mission despite scuttling of shuttle fleet

US astronauts upbeat despite end to shuttle fleet

Russian rocket in place at Central Asia launching pad for space station mission

Russian rocket primed for space station mission

Scientists begin 520-day Mars mission simulation in Moscow research center

Barack Obama

Scientists to begin 520-day Mars mission simulation in Moscow research center

Scientists to begin 520-day simulated Mars mission

International team of researchers to spend 520 days in isolation imitating mission to Mars

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan

Russian space capsule with 3 astronauts from space station lands in Kazakhstan

Russian space capsule with 3 aboard lands

MOSCOW — A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts back from a five-month mission on the International Space Station landed early Wednesday in the steppes of Kazakhstan.

New U.S.-Russian space crew qualify for their mission

New U.S.-Russian space crew ready to go

MOSCOW — The next U.S.-Russian crew for the international space station said Monday they are fully ready for their mission even though they initially flunked one of their tests.

Atlantis lands for final time after 25-year career; engineers say shuttle still in great shape

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