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Soyuz MS-17 reserve crew members Anton Shkaplerov and Andrey Babkin go on with preflight trainings in GCTC.

Russia and India will soon determine which Russian-made equipment can be used in the Indian manned spacecraft "Gaganyaan", Dmitry Loskutov, “Glavkosmos” Director General, commented in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner currently on space mission aboard the ISS tells about his mascot – a figure of famous Star Wars character Master Yoda his wife knitted for him.

Roscosmos State Corporation has finished accepting applications for participation in the open competition for the selection of candidates for the Russian Cosmonaut team, which was announced on June 3, 2019.

Khrunichev Centre is going to resume the production of Rokot light conversion boosters on the basis of RS-18B ballistic missiles currently being removed from combat duty.

On June 5, 2020, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center trained the reserve crew of the "Soyuz MS-17" manned spacecraft, which was assigned due to the increased risk in the context of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin and the leadership of space agencies of the U.S., Europe, Canada and Japan will discuss the collaboration for future lunar exploration by a videoconference on June 9. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.

Launch pad for Angara will be delivered to Vostochny along the Northern Sea Route by September.

On June 2, 1955, a directive of the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR approved the project for the construction of the Scientific Testing Ground No. 5. This day is considered the date of the official foundation of the first and largest Baikonur cosmodrome in the world.

Roscosmos plans to test two new rockets in 2020, reports State Corporation press office Head Vladimir Ustimenko.