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WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a clever reuse of hardware originally built to test parts of NASA's QuikScat satellite, the agency will launch the ISS-RapidScat instrument to the International Space Station in 2014 to measure ocean-surface wind speed and direction. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The ISS-RapidScat instrument will help improve weather forecasts, including hurricane monitoring, and understanding of how...

Russia is making preparations to separate its components of the International Space Station (ISS) and fly them away when the rest of the station de-orbits. A BBC News report cited Russian officials who said they plan to keep their ISS modules in orbit for another ten years.Although ISS partner nations are hopeful they will be able to extend funding for the project beyond the current deadline of 2015, observers agree that most of the ISS will have to be cancelled by 2020.Russia's plans call...