Category : Roscosmos
November 6, 2015

Roscosmos cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin and JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi passed exam on manual controlled descent. TS-7 specialized simulator on the basis of Tsf-7 centrifuge was designed for practicing manual controlled descent in case automatics failure.

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October 30, 2015

In 2016 Progress rocket and space centre will start manufacturing Soyuz-2.1b boosters against Arianespace order, - Centre General Designer deputy Alexander Storozh said. According to him Arianespace and Progress Centre concluded a contract for the launch of 21 Soyuz-2.1.b boosters in the period from 2017 to 2019. Upon completion of all calculations necessary metal parts will be purchased.

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October 29, 2015

On Wednesday Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems started implementing unique Moon-2015 project. According to this project 6 women will spend 8 days in closed space performing more than 30 scientific experiments.

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October 28, 2015

Russian cosmonauts will fly to the Moon in 2029, RSC Energia Head Vladimir Solntsev said.

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October 28, 2015

American astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren are going to perform 6-hours spacewalk to conduct necessary works on ISS outer surface. According to the schedule approved NASA astronauts will leave the station at 15 .10, Moscow time, and will be working in the open space for 6,5 hours. During the spacewalk the astronauts have to complete ISS maintenance works

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October 2, 2015

Soyuz-U booster with Progress M-29M cargo vehicle was successfully launched to the ISS from Baikonur spaceport. On October 2, 01:52, Moscow time, Progress M-20 M successfully docked with Zvezda service module of Russian ISS segment.

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September 30, 2015

The first launch of new cargo vehicle Progress-MS is scheduled for November 21, 2015, - spokesman for space industry reported.

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September 29, 2015

On Tuesday, September 29, rocket and space industry launching crews rolled out Soyuz-U booster with Progress M-29M cargo vehicle from the integration building and installed it on #1 launchpad of Baikonur spaceport (Gagarin launch).

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September 28, 2015

On Sunday ISS successfully accomplished debris avoidance maneuver, - Roscosmos reports.

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September 24, 2015

Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka who has recently set new world record on total flight duration spending in space 878 days is going to beat his own record and spend in space 1000 days, - GCTC spokesman reports.

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