Going underground in Slovenia. to prepare for outer space
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Divaca, Slovenia: In Slovenia’s dramatically beautiful Karst region, six astronauts have been put through their paces for future missions not in a flashy futuristic space centre but deep underground in the area’s network of cold, dark and muddy caves.
This Wednesday they emerged blinking into the light after swapping their space suits for caving gear and spending six full days underground in the Unesco-listed Skocjan cave system.
All in all they completed six weeks of training organised by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) CAVES programme. But why were they heading underground?
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Russia extends outer space cooperation with US
World
April 4, 2021
MOSCOW: Russia has approved extending an agreement on cooperation in space with the United States, in a move to avoid a new era of arms race in the outer space.
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin approved the extension of the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes, the cabinet’s press service said in a statement on Saturday.
“The agreement .on cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes will be in place until December 31, 2030, it said. The extension of the agreement meets both countries’ interests and will facilitate the effective implementation of joint space projects.”