Russia on Wednesday cancelled a high-profile rocket launch at the last minute for the second day running, in a fresh setback for the country's space programme.
Russia on Wednesday cancelled a high-profile rocket launch at the last minute for the second day running, in a fresh setback for the country's space programme. Launch of the flagship Angara A5, a powerful spacecraft designed to carry heavy payloads into low Earth orbit, was cancelled two minutes before lift-off, the head of Russia's Roscosmos…
Launch of the flagship Angara A5, a powerful spacecraft designed to carry heavy payloads into low Earth orbit, was cancelled two minutes before lift-off, the head of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said, saying he suspected a software failure. The mission had already been delayed by 24 hours after a planned launch on Tuesday was also called off at the last minute.
On that occasion, three astronauts — from Russia, Belarus and the United States — were strapped in and ready for take-off when a “voltage dip” triggered an automatic shutdown seconds before blast-off.And last year Russia’s first mission to the moon in almost 50 years failed when a lander crashed into the lunar surface.
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has acquitted the Former Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprise Alex Okoh of contempt charges in a legal dispute between BPE and BFIG, over the ownership and operation of Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria . Okoh was relieved of his position as DG of BPE in…Nigeria Immigration headquarters has ordered an investigation into the alleged brutality of a journalist and staff of Oyo Traffic Agency.
The perennial lack of legislation and a national action plan on efficient water resources has deprived more Nigerians of access to potable water, and by extension, access to quality life and economic well-being.
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