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The Poisk Mini-Research Module exit hatch is closed now, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov have completed the…

On May 28, 2021, a State Commission meeting took place at the Vostochny Cosmodrome to review the Soyuz-2.1b space rocket…

On May 14, 2021, Interdepartmental Commission approved prime and back-up crews of ISS mission for 2021 – 2023. Anton Shkaplerov was appointed Soyuz prime crew and ISS-66 mission crew commander. He will deliver to the ISS actress Yulia Peresild and movie director Klim Shipenko who will make  filming aboard the space station for a movie called “Challenge”. The filming team is going to start the training next week while the cosmonauts have already started their preflight trainings in GCTC.

On May 21, 2021 the specialists of Roscosmos subsidiaries – the Vostochny Space Center (a branch of the Center for…

On June 2, 2021, the crew of the Russian segment of the International Space Station, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and…

Roscosmos cosmonaut corps cosmonauts undergo special training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center to orientate on the Earth from the…

Specialists of RSC Progress (Samara, part of Roscosmos) have finished welding the first stage oxidizer tank (tank ‘O’) for the…

Final stage of Nauka research module production control tests according to the ground-based preflight preparation program is under way in the integration building at pad #254 of Baikonur launchsite.

On days off from working to expand the Russian habitat at the International Space Station, the cosmonauts will do their…

The Baikonur Cosmodrome is preparing to launch the next batch of the OneWeb satellite company spacecraft. In accordance with the…