Anna Kikina was enlisted to the cosmonaut corps again despite the decision to exclude her taken by Interdepartmental Commission earlier, – Roscosmos reports.
Kikina will have to pass additional training course but nevertheless will pass all the standard preflight preparation trainings together with other cosmonaut corps members. During water survival trainings she will even play the part of the crew commander.
Early in the morning on August 15, 2014, special train transporting Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft from Korolev to Baikonur arrived at Tyura-Tam railway station. After…
Preparation works for the launch of proton-M booster with Briz-M upper stage and two telecommunication space devices (Russian Luch-5V relay satellite and Kazakh KazSat-3 space…
The descent module of Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 42/43 crew made a successful landing 148 km to the South…
According to Interfax the “crew” of science spacecraft “Bion-M” was partially changed one day before launch due to the death of one mouse, the source…
Salyut 2 (OPS-1) was a Soviet space station which was launched on April 3, 1973. It was the first Almaz military space station to fly….
Russia and Armenia can launch satellite in 3 years if we conclude the contract in 2014, – Roscosmos Head deputy Sergey Savelyev reported. According to…
Airbus Defence and Space Khrunichev Centre started negotiating the use of Angara booster instead Rokot, – the spokesman reports. Airbus Defence and Space and Khrunichev…
Unexpected Soyuz TMA-15M thrusters igniting still has not affected the date of Soyuz landing. The crew comprising Anton Shkaplerov (Roscosmos), Samantha Christoforetti (ESA) and Terry…
