From January 19 up to February 9, 2015 GCTC is conducting winter survival trainings for future ISS mission crews.

British singer Sarah Brightman will pass survival trainings in a near-Moscow forest on January 23, - GCTC press office reported.

On Monday, January 19, space flight participant Sarah Brightman who will be a crew member of Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft started her training in Gagarin Cosmonaut training Centre.

Japanese entrepreneur Satoshi Takamatsu to be Sarah Brightman back-up crew member will start training in Star City late this month.

Japanese citizen Satoshi Takamatsu approved to be the next space tourist Sarah Brightman's back-up cosmonaut, - Roscosmos representative reported.

Cosmonaut candidate Anna Kikina gained test cosmonaut qualification, - Roscosmos reports.

January 2015 Famous British singer Sara Brightman will start training for 10-days flight to the ISS scheduled for October 2015, - Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre spokesman reported.

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

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.

On November 7, 2014, according to long-standing tradition ISS-42/43 main and back-up crews visited memorable places of Russian Cosmonautics .