ISS-45/46 and ISS-47/48 finished their water survival trainings last week. ISS-46/47and ISS-48/49 are going to pass the same training program starting on july 2, 2014.

Four crews going to the ISS in 2015-2016 started water survival trainings.

According to the ISS flight program Russian ISS-40/41 crew members will perform a spacewalk on June 19. Pirs docking module hatch will be opened at 17.50, Moscow time.

Preparation for the launch of Soyuz-ST-B with O3b space device are under way at Soyuz launching pad in Guiana space centre (French Guiana).

ISS crew replaced food heating block that caused smoke pollution onboard the ISS on June 10, RSC Energia representative reported.

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Alexander Skvortsov will perform the spacewalk on June 19.

Manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-14M is being prepared for the launch scheduled for September 25, 2014.

Soyuz TMA-13M manned spacecraft with new ISS mission crew onboard launched from Baikonur spaceport on May 28 (23.57, Moscow time) successfully docked with the ISS.

On May 27, State Commission headed by Oleg Ostapenko approved the main and back-up crews of Soyuz TMA-13M. After that the crews took part in traditional prelaunch press-conference.

Space rocket going to orbit Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft with ISS-40/41 mission crew onboard on May 28 was installed on #1 launching pad today.