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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.
On Wednesday morning Progress M-26M cargo vehicle docked to the ISS increased medium altitude of station’s orbit by 2 km, – spokesman for MCC reported. Progress…
Russian Luch-5V and Kazakh KazSat-3 satellites orbited on Monday operate nominally, JSC Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems representative reports. Proton-M booster with Luch-5V and Kazsat-3 satellites…
Asteroid danger is one of the main threats to the mankind, – stated cosmonaut Alexei Leonov twice Hero of the Soviet Union speaking on Tuesday…
At the present time there is no country in the world able to send an expedition to Mars by itself but the entire humankind masters…
RIA Novosti – NASA said on Tuesday that it is struggling to determine what caused more than a liter of water to pour into the…
Progress MS-05 cargo vehicle, the first one after Progres MS-04 accident will deliver to the ISS apples, oranges, grapefruits, porridge (4 variants) and some sauces…
The Baikonur cosmodrome is preparing for the launch of the “Soyuz MS-10″ spacecraft. On July 13, the spacecraft was delivered to a vacuum chamber, where…
(RIA Novosti) – The meteorite that blew up over Russia’s Urals in midFebruary, leaving 1,500 injured, came as a striking reminder of how vulnerable we…
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Vegitel Company offers a very unique experience for real fans of space exploration. The upcoming landing of Soyuz MS-08 descent capsule with three crew members aboard (Oleg Artemyev, Roscosmos, Andrew Feustel, NASA, Richard Arnold, NASA) is scheduled for October 4th.
Join this tour to witness the whole sequence of Search&Rescue operations to see firsthand emotions of astronauts just after half-a-year orbital mission, their first words and first steps.
