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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and University of Konstanz in Germany have identified how large land birds fly nonstop for hundreds of kilometers over the open ocean—without ...

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End of the cooperation

The Russian space agency Roskosmos has ended its cooperation with many partners, including the Icarus project on the International Space Station (ISS). Data transmissions from the ISS were terminated on March 3, 2022. The research team is currently looking at alternative options for continuing Icarus independently of the ISS and whether the data can be read from transmittered animals on Earth.

Icarus (Икарус) — это международное сотрудничество по наблюдению за животными из космоса (International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space). Среди научных партнеров - Институт географии РАН в Москве. Инициативу поддерживает российское космическое агентство «Роскосмос».
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