Ardbeg Scotch Whiskey sent to space 3 years ago will get back to the Earth on September 12.

Both main and back-up ISS-41/42 mission crews passed "standard flight day" exams.

Space industry specialists continue preparation works for the launch of Soyuz TMA-14M manned spacecraft to the ISS from Baikonur spaceport.

At the present time RSC Energia specialists are conducting Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft leak tests in 2b integration building of #2 launchpad.

ISS orbit was adjusted on August 27, at 12.37.

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.

ISS-41/42 mission main and back-up crews go on with their examinational session. After that cosmonauts and astronauts will start complex examinational trainings summing up the results of their preparations in Star City.

State Commission meeting approved Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyayev, Elena Serova, Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Korniyenko for the spaceflight.

On August 18, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev the spacewalk. The cosmonauts started working at 18.02, Moscow time, and successfully completed the tasks in accordance with the time schedule.

On August 18, 2014 according to the ISS flight schedule ISS-40/41 mission crew members Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev will perform the spacewalk.