Test cosmonaut candidates (general space training group of 2012 admission) and test cosmonaut candidates started preflight trainings in GCTC following the results of the first open competitions on cosmonaut corps admission passed one of the most important tests in their space career.

Space specialists go on working in accordance with the ISS program at Baikonur spaceport.

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

ISS-40/41 misson main and back-up crew members are passing their preflight examinations in GCTC.

Russia is going to develop new super heavy booster.

Progress M-22M cargo vehicle undocked from the ISS on April 7 and performing controlled flight will be deorbited on Friday and sank in the Pacific Ocean, - MCC representative reports.

Soyuz-U booster with Egyptian EgyptSat-2 successfully launched from Baikonur spaceport on April 16, 2014.

On Monday Progress M-22M cargo vehicle docked to the ISS will be sent to free flight lasting up to April 18 during which Radar - Progress scientific experiment will be carried out on its board, Mission Control Cenrtre representative reports.

Spaceport specialists filled the vehicle with propellant components and pressurized gas at the filling station. Then the vehicle returned to the integration building of 254th site for further pre-launch preparations.

Cosmonaut Valeri Kubasov twice Hero of the Soviet Union and participant of the famous Apollo-Soyuz program died on Wednesday evening at the age of 79, - RSC Energia reports.