On August 20 the cosmonauts raised flags of the countries taking part in Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft launch. This traditional ceremony symbolizing final stage of prelaunch preparations took place on #17 pad in front of Cosmonaut hotel.
Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Volkov, Oleg Skripochka and Sergey Prokopiev raised the flag of Russia, ESA astronauts Andreas Mogensen and Thomas Pesquet – flag of Danmark and Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov – the flag of Kazakhstan.
Roscosmos plans 10 launches from vostochny spaceport for 2025, – as stated in Russian Federal Space Program draft for 2016-2025. In 2018 cargo vehicle Progress-MS…
The first launch of reusable Amur booster with methane-powered engine is planned for 2026, Roscosmos reported. Reusability is the major current trend in space industry…
Foton-M №4 space device successfully landed in Orenburg region in accordance with the estimated data on September 1, at 13.18, Moscow time. Space device was designed…
Today, on June 14, 2019, in accordance with the decision of the State Commission, the “Proton-M” launch vehicle with the upper stage “DM-03” and the…
ISS crew members will celebrate New year 16 times and dress the New Year tree with soft toys, – Russian cosmonaut Elena Serova reported from…
On Monday, June 15, NASA astronaut Peggy Witson training program was presented to GCTC. Woman-astronaut will be passing trainings together with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky…
The “Soyuz-2.1b” launch vehicle with the “Fregat” upper stage and 34 satellites of the OneWeb communications system was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on…
Baikonur saw flag-raising ceremony before the launch of Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft. 36/37 ISS missions main and back-up crews take part in this ceremony which symbolizes the…