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Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online NASA signed another contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) to continue using its services for transporting crew to and from the International Space Station (ISS). The move is a reminder of how the US still has no transportation to space from its own soil ever since retiring the space shuttle program back in 2011. The $424 million addition to the contract extends services for Russian transportation through June...
MOSCOW, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Technopark office building will be located in district D1. of the Skolkovo Innovation Center The new office will be constructed from modern, eco-friendly, energy-efficient, and fast erected modular construction technology. The total area of the building, consisting of four blocks, will amount to 30,000 sq.m. Planned to start operating no later than December 2013, the first building at the Technopark will host participating-companies'...
HAMPTON, Va., Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, Feb. 5, at NASA's Langley Research Center here, medical physicist Cornel Butuceanu will present, "Proton Radiotherapy Systems and Clinical Practice," at 2 p.m. in the Reid Conference Center. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) A former postdoctoral fellow at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Butuceanu joined the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute (HUPTI) in 2009...
BRANFORD, Conn., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is pleased to announce $21 million in new Series C financing from U.S. venture capital firm Domain Associates, LLC, Rusnano subsidiary RusnanoMedInvest (RMI), and co-investors Canaan Partners, Sofinnova Ventures and Foundation Medical Partners. Based in Branford, Connecticut, Marinus is the developer of the first-in-class, neuroactive steroid Ganaxolone. Marinus Pharmaceuticals--the leader in the...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online According to the state-run RIA news agency, Russia is giving its space industry budget a big financial boost. The news agency reported that Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved a plan to spend $68.71 billion on developing Russia's space industry from 2013 to 2020. "The program will enable our country to effectively participate in forward-looking projects, such as the International Space Station, the study of the moon,...
The strategic design consultancy RKS received three awards from the Spark competition: a Spark! (the highest distinction) for the revolutionary benchtop DNA sequencer Ion Proton™, a bronze for the gaming tablet Wikipad and another bronze for the smart speakers Stagesource™ L3t. Thousand Oaks, CA (PRWEB) November 30, 2012 “We at RKS are thrilled to receive 2 bronzes and one full Spark! for 2012,” says founder and CEO Ravi Sawhney. “Spark has become one of the most sought after...
MOSCOW, Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR), the world leader in radiotherapy equipment and software for treating cancer, is reinforcing its commitment to the Russian Federation by actively seeking Russia-based suppliers and local R&D collaborations. At this week's Open Innovations Forum in Moscow, Varian is holding a joint supplier conference with local organizations the Skolkovo and Rusnano Foundations to explain its strategy for the Russian market...
FOLSOM, Calif., Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Digital Solutions (PINKSHEETS: GDSI), a company that is positioning itself as a leader in providing knowledge-based and culturally attuned social consulting and security-related solutions in unsettled areas, today announced that the company has signed a merger agreement and reorganization plan with Illinois-based Airtronic USA, Inc. ("Airtronic"). The Boards of Directors and the requisite number of shareholders of both...
WILMINGTON, Mass., Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lilliputian Systems, Inc. (Lilliputian), a developer of portable power products for consumer electronics, is pleased to announce it has closed on $40 million of a planned $60 million equity financing round, led by the Russian $10 billion investment fund RUSNANO, headquartered in Moscow. RUSNANO, which focuses on the development of the Russian nanotechnology industry through co-investments in nanotechnology projects, joins Lilliputian's...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Russia's NPO Molniya design bureau is designing a space tourist aircraft along with the Myasischev Experimental Factory (EMZ), according to a report by RIA Novosti. The companies are designing a space plane for sub-orbital "space tourism" and small satellite launches. The space plane will be launched from a subsonic carrier aircraft capable of getting to high altitudes. The spacecraft will take off from the launch aircraft and...
