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At Plesetsk spaceport Aerospace Defence troops are preparing Soyuz-2.1b booster for Glonass-K new generation space device launch scheduled for December 1, 2014.

On Monday Proton-M booster with Astra 2G space device was installed on the launching pad of Baikonur spaceport, - Khrunichev Centre representative Alexander Shmygov reported.

On November 24, 2014, 05:48 Moscow time, Soyuz TMA-15Mspacecraft launched from #31 launching pad of Baikonur spaceport on November 24, 00.01, Moscow time, successfully docked with the ISS Rassvet small research module

Early in morning November 21 Soyuz FG booster with Soyuz TMA-15M manned spacecraft was rolled out to the launch pad of Site 31 at Baikonur cosmodrome.

Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Lev Zelyony stated that Russia and the United States have no plans to end joint scientific experiments on board the International Space Station.

The head of Roscosmos Oleg Ostapenko mentioned that in future it is possible to exchange manned missions to Russian and Chinese orbital stations, as well as organize joint missions to explore the far space.

Soyuz TMA-15M main and back-up crew members have already had the first training onboard the spacecraft in the integration building…

Baikonur spaceport saw traditional flag-raising ceremony symbolizing the beginning of final preflight preparations.

The first launch of new Russian Angara heavy booster from Plesetsk spaceport is scheduled for December 25.

At 14.00, Moscow time, GCTC TU-134 aircraft with main Soyuz tMA-15M spacecraft crew comprising crew commnder anton Shkaplerov ( Roscosmos), first flight engineer Samantha Christoforetti (ESA) and second flight engineer Terry Virts ( NASA) onboard landed at Krayniy airport.