Storm-related death toll in northeast U.S. exceeds 30

30.10.2012, 22:27

Hurricane Sandy has killed more than 30 people in seven northeast U.S. states, the Fox News television reports. New York City was the worst hit with at least ten people reported dead, according to New York Mayor Michel Bloomberg.  The total storm-related death toll in the state of New York is 17. Three people were killed in Pennsylvania and three in New Jersey.One of the reactors at the Salem 1 nuclear power plant in New Jersey was shut down because of the storm after four of its six coolant pumps stopped working. Читать далее Source: Voice of Russia.

Power lines and almost 400 trees on the shuttle’s route had to be displaced.

RUSSIA SLAPS NATIONAL BAN ON U.S. ANTI-ISLAM FILM

"RUSSIA SLAPS NATIONAL BAN ON U.S. ANTI-ISLAM FILM"

A Russian court on Monday Octobar 1 banned as “extremist” a U.S.-made anti-Islamic film that sparked deadly protests across the Arab world but whose showing was backed by human rights supporters in Russia.






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INTEGRAL marks 10 years in orbit

Olga Zakutnyaya

18.10.2012, 10:03

Ten years ago the INTErnational Gamma Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL for short) began its orbital vigil. Having now travelled some 430 million kilometres, it is still peering into the most obscure regions of our Galaxy and beyond, providing scientists with abundant data about the most violent phenomena in our universe. Its mission is now extended until the end of 2016 though it still has enough fuel to keep it working until 2023. INTEGRAL studies the sky through hard X-rays, which allow astronomers to peep through clouds of dust and gas that normally hide many objects from observers by absorbing less energetic radiation. INTEGRAL's objectives are the most extreme bodies and processes in the Universe; supernovae explosions and their remnants, compact objects like white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes, which combine very large mass with a relatively small size, the interaction of interstellar matter with cosmic rays and so much more. Since its launch, INTEGRAL has orbited the Earth 1222 times and is currently gazing into the very centre of our own Galaxy.A joint project between the European Space Agency (ESA), the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Federal Space Agency of Russia (Roscosmos) and several other countries, INTEGRAL was carried into space in 2002 by the Russian Proton launcher with DM booster. Russian experts have also contributed much to the orbit and insertion calculations, performed with astonishing accuracy, thus saving enough propellant for the observatory to remain at work until 2023 if needed, way beyond the initially planned 2007. Читать далее Source: Voice of Russia.