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February 28, 2014

New Vostochny space center a key priority for Russian Far East
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Feb 27, 2014
Work on Russia's new Vostochny space center is a priority for the country, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees the Russian space and defence industries said after having toured the facility by helicopter.The space center which is being built in the Amur region in the Far East is to reduce Russia's reliance on the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Alexander Rodin, Senior Research fellow at the Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Science, told the Voice of Russia what makes Vostoc ... read more

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