VLADIMIR PUTIN OVERSEES SUCCESSFUL ROCKET LAUNCH. Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin today oversaw the successful test-launch of Russias newest heavy-class Angara rocket. The president oversaw by video link the launch of the Angara-A5 from Plesetsk in northern Russia at 0557 GMT, saying the new rocket would allow the country better protection. Russia remains one of the internationally recognized leaders in space exploration. Putin said from the Kremlin. Putin said that Russia will over the next five years conduct a series of test-launches for the Angara -- which is designed for civilian and military use, including the launch of manned spacecraft. Putin said that the next-generation spacecraft was more environmentally friendly than its predecessors because it is fuelled by oxygen and kerosene rather than hugely toxic heptyl. The Russian space programme is renowned for having sent the first man into space in 1961 and launching the first sputnik satellite four years earlier, and remains a major source of national pride.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 14:31:33 +0000
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