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Putin visits site of Russia’s new launch center (AP)

August 28th, 2010

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second from left, flanked by Deputy Premier Sergei Ivanov, left, and head of the state-owned construction agency Nikolai Abroskin, second from right, visit the site where a new launch facility, the Cosmodrome Vostochny, will be constructed outside Uglegorsk, some 3,600 miles (5800 kilometers) east of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. Russia will launch its manned space missions from a new center in the Far East in 2018, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Saturday, as the country seeks greater independence for its space program. (AP Photo/Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)AP - Russia will launch its manned space missions from a new center in the Far East in 2018, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Saturday, as the country seeks greater independence for its space program.


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