The Russian government has announced that it is to build a new spaceport in Eastern Russia close to the Chinese border. The Vostochny Cosmodrome will be smaller than the Soviet built Baikonur Cosmodrome which is currently leased from the Kazakhstan government. With the USA terminating the Shuttle programme, the only way to get to the International Space Station will be via Soyuz rockets. Perhaps in the future, when space exploration is much more profitable, the Americans may rue the day they let other countries overtake them!
- Who came second in the Labour Party leadership election today in 1994?
- Sir Malcolm Campbell (right) was born today in 1885 and was the first person to drive a car over which speed (mph)?
- Who took his seat in the House of Lords today in 1948, but has never spoken there?
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