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“Hole” on the Sun will Cause Magnetic Storm on the EarthSolar wind will impact our Earth in the next several days, FIAN experts state. The wind of high intensity is caused by a coronal hole on the Sun. This will lead to a three-day magnetic storm on the Earth, though the disturbances will be on minimum level.
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Soyuz Emergency Landing Sites Maintained All Over the WorldSpecial “landing sites” have been prepared all over the world to provide support in case of Soyuz TMA-16 contingency landing, Interfax quotes Andrey Prianishnikov, Deputy DG, Air Traffic State Corp.
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Asteroid Killed Off the DinosaursThe Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction, which wiped out the dinosaurs and more than half of species on Earth, was caused by an asteroid colliding with Earth and not massive volcanic activity, according to a comprehensive review of all the available evidence, published in the journal Science.
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MCB joint statement representing common views on the future of the ISSAt a meeting on February 3, 2010, the representatives of the International Space Station (ISS) Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB) unanimously reaffirmed their strong interest in maximizing the benefits from utilization of the ISS.
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The launch-vehicles produced in Ukraine ranked No. 4 in the world under the quantity of launches performed in 2009Under the total number of LVs, which executed delivering of the space crafts in 2009, Ukrainian LVs ranked No.4 in the world on a par with China after Russia, USA, and France (ESA).
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Solar storm may impact the EarthA new spike of solar activity which began at night, Jan 18-19, from the flare of C4.9 level, still cumuilates its power. Within 30 hours, from 11:30 Moscow time, Jan 19, till 17:30, Jan 20, the Sun outbursted 18 flares. Among them, there were 5 flares of class M, which is the second-power class, followed by very-high-power nominated “X”. Until Jan 19, within 2 years, no burst of class M was observed on the Sun. In addition, the first flare of Jan 19 was the most powerful since summer 2007.
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Russia plans to defend Earth from the asteroid’s attackRussia may deploy defensive spacecraft against the Apophis asteroid, which is almost certainly not going to hit the Earth, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos Anatoly Perminov said.
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