Russian official signs decree on space center responsibilities

MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasianov signed a decree changing the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan from a military launch site to a civilian one. The decree gives the ministry of defense oversight of the Plesetsk and Svobodnyi launch sites, and puts the aerospace agency Rosaviakosmos in...

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