The cosmonauts passed the training on Soyuz TMA-M spacecraft manual docking with the ISS on Don-Soyuz simulator. This week main and back-up crews are to pass one more examinational training so called ”Standard flight day”, on September 3 and 4 ISS-41/42 will start complex training summing up the results of their preparations in Star City.

oyuz TMA-14M manned spacecraft is being prepared for the leak tests at Baikonur spaceport.

Soyuz TMA-15M manned spacecraft delivered to Baikonur on August 15.

On 26th of July at 08/05 DMT the connection with space vehicle “Foton-M” was re-established. According to RSC “Progress” the state of all the systems of “Foton-M” is nominal and it continues performing its flight tasks.

Soyuz-U booster with “Progress M-24M” cargo vehicle was launched to the ISS from Baikonur spaceport on July 24 at 01.44 Moscow time. At 07.31 Moscow time the vehicle successfully docked with the docking compartment “Pirs” of the ISS Russian segment in accordance with the short 6-hours rendezvous scheme.

Unscheduled orbit adjustment maneuver was accomplished to form safe flight course of the station.

According to prelaunch preparations schedule Soyuz-U with Progress M-24M was rolled out to #1 launching pad of Baikonur spaceport (Gagarin launch).

Progress M-23M cargo vehicle will undock from the ISS on Tusday and perform the flight to conduct scientific experiment.

Russian biosatellite Foton-M with 5 geckoes, fruit flies, higher plants’ seeds and other biological materials onboard was launched with the help of Soyuz-2.1a booster from Baikonur spaceport.

Baikonur specialists finish preparation works before the launch of Soyuz-2.1a booster with Foton-M biosatellite and Progress M-24M cargo vehicle launch to the ISS both scheduled for July 2014.