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.

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

RSC Energia specialists arranged for Soyuz TMA-15M crew commander Anton Shkaplerov practical trainings in acordance with the ISS flight program.

Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov will pass the trainings in caves of Sardinia Island (Italy) in the period from September 7 to September 20, 2014. European astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronauts Michael Fossum and Scott Tingle are also going to take part in this program.

Yesterday on August 12, at 17.30, Moscow time, European cargo space vehicle ATV-5 (Georges Lemaître) docked with Russian service module Zvezda. Station reboost maneuver was scheduled for August 14, 20:58, Moscow time.

Roscosmos Head Oleg Ostapenko during his visit to Vostochny spaceport was informed that the facilities for Vostochny spaceport have been entirely produced and there is no schedule delay.

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

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.

The first after May crash launch of Proton heavy booster is planned for September 28, 2014.