French Guiana
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| Capital | Cayenne |
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| Population | 296,711 (Jan 2019) |
| Currency | Euro |
| Official language | French |
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| ID | 789920 |
About French Guiana
French Guiana is an overseas department of France on the northeast coast of South America, composed mainly of tropical rainforest. The ruins of 17th-century Fort Cépérou overlook the capital, Cayenne, with its colorful Creole houses and street markets. Shops and cafes surround the palm-filled main square, Place des Palmistes. The Rémire-Montjoly suburb is lined with Atlantic coast beaches.
Russia to pull out of International Space Station
... The European Space Agency (ESA) has ended its collaboration with Roskosmos to launch a rover to Mars, and Russia has stopped launches of its Soyuz spacecraft from an ESA launch site in French Guiana...
Wimbledon finalist Vere Thomas St Leger Goold who became a murderer
... He was sentenced to life in prison on the notorious Devil s Island in French Guiana...
Drought robs Amazon communities of 'life-giving' river
... Roughly 15% of that forest has been destroyed across Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela since 1978, data gathered by the non-profit conservation news platform Mongabay suggests...
Migrant crisis: The windswept beaches of opportunity and fear
... " The men, from French Guiana, told Mr Oiller they had been at sea for more than 24 hours...
Coronavirus: France announces significant lifting of restrictions
... The overseas territories of Mayotte, and French Guiana, the orange alert level remains on...
Europe's Cheops telescope will profile distant planets
...Cheops rode into space on a Russian Soyuz rocket flying out of French Guiana The European Cheops space telescope has launched to study planets outside our Solar System...
Europe launches second EDRS space laser satellite
... EDRS-C, as it is known, was sent into orbit on Tuesday by an Ariane-5 rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana...
Brazil's indigenous people: Miners kill one in invasion of protected reserve
... live in dozens of villages in a 600,000-hectare reserve in Amapá, next to French Guiana...
Russia to pull out of International Space Station
Russia says it will withdraw from The International Space Station (ISS) after 2024 and build its own Station instead.
The new head of Russia's Space Agency , Yuri Borisov , said Roskosmos would honour all its obligations until then.
The US and Russia, along with other Partners , have successfully worked together on The ISS since 1998.
But relations have soured since Russia invaded Ukraine, and Russia previously threatened to quit The Project because of Western sanctions against it.
The ISS - a joint project involving five space agencies - has been In Orbit around Earth since 1998 and has been used to conduct thousands of scientific experiments.
It is approved to operate until 2024, But The US had wanted to extend that for six more years with The agreement of all Partners .
At a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin , Mr Borisov said The decision had been taken to quit The Project after 2024.
" I think that by This Time we will start putting together a Russian orbital Station , " Mr Borisov said, adding that The new Station was his agency's top priority.
" Good, " replied Mr Putin.
It is not immediately clear what The decision means for The Future of The ISS, with a senior Nasa official telling Reuters that The US agency had not been officially informed of Russia's plans.
The Russians have been making noises about withdrawal for some time But it's not clear how serious they are.
They've talked about building their own Outpost - The Russian Orbital Service Station - But it would require a financial commitment The Russian government has not shown to The country's existing space exploits.
Certainly, Russian elements on The ISS are ageing But The View of engineers is that The modules can do a job through to 2030.
If Russia does leave, there's No Question it would be problematic. The Station is designed in a way that makes The Partners dependent on each other.
The US side of The ISS provides The Power ; The Russian side provides The propulsion and keeps The Platform from falling to Earth.
If that propulsive capability is withdrawn, The US and its other Partners - Europe , Japan and Canada - will need to devise other means of periodically boosting The Station higher in The sky. It's something American robotic freighters could do.
Cooperation on The ISS between Russia and The US had appeared relatively unharmed by The War in Ukraine, with The Two Countries signing an agreement earlier this month to allow Russian cosmonauts to travel to The Station on US spacecraft and Vice Versa .
The agreement would " promote The development of cooperation within The framework of The ISS programme" a Roskosmos statement said.
However, The War has hit other areas of cooperation between Russia and The West . The European Space Agency (ESA) has ended its collaboration with Roskosmos to launch a rover to Mars, and Russia has stopped launches of its Soyuz spacecraft from an ESA launch site in French Guiana .
The Soviet Union and Russia have a long history of Space Exploration , and accomplishments such as putting The First man In Space in 1961 remain a source of national pride.
In his meeting with Mr Putin, Roskosmos head Mr Borisov said The new Russian space Station would provide Russia with space-based services needed for Modern Life , for example navigation and Data Transmission .
Source of news: bbc.com
