Rocket Soyuz-2.1b to orbit new Prichal module of Russian ISS segment planned to be launched on November 24 was successfully rolled out and installed onto the launchpad.   Later Roscosmos specified that service tower had been installed in vertical position and booster‘s communication lines were connected with ground-based equipment of the launchpad. Specialists have already started working according to the first launching day schedule.  

ISS crew took shelter inside Soyuz spacecraft under the threat of ISS collision with space debris.   Russian Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov  and American astronaut Mark Vande Hei working aboard the International space station took shelter inside Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft while space debris was passing close to the ISS.

Tonight Russian Mission Control Centre may accomplish debris avoidance maneuver aimed at protecting ISS from the debris of Chinese satellite. Roscosmos is scrutinizing the level of threat a fragment of Chinese meteosat may pose to the ISS. The meteosat was shot down in 2007 during the testing of anti-satellite weapon conducted by China. The fragment approaches the ISS at s dangerous distance at 03.56, Moscow time on November 12.

Soyuz-2.1a booster with Progress MS-18 cargo vehicle successfully launched from pad #31 of Baikonur launchsite. Soyuz-2.1a booster decorated with Gorodets painting successfully inserted into the low-earth orbit. In celebration of 800-years anniversary of Nizhny Novgorod the side blocks of  the first and the third stages of the rocket were decorated with Gorodets painting. It will take Progress two days to reach the ISS. The docking is planned for October 30, 04.34, Moscow time.

Soyuz-2.1a booster with Progress MS-18 was rolled out from the integration building installed on the launchpad.  The rocket was decorated with Gorodets painting  to celebrate 800-years anniversary of Nizhny Novgorod.

During the space flight of filming crew in the framework of Challenge movie project one-person operation of Soyuz spacecraft was successfully tested. In the future all Russian spacecraft of Soyuz series will be modified to provide the cosmonauts this opportunity, -  Cosmonaut corps commander Oleg Kononenko said.

Russian actress Julia Peresild and movie director Klim Shipenko returned from the ISS accompanied by cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky yesterday, on October 17. At 18.33, Moscow time, the crew arrived in Russia, - reported Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin. They will pass medical check and take part in post-flight scientific experiments and rehabilitation program.

Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft with actress Yulia Peresild, movie director Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov successfully docked to the International Space Station.   The spacecraft was launched From Baikonur launchsite at 11.55 on October 05 and  docked with Rassvet module of Russian ISS segment.

The launch of Express-AMU2 and Express-AMU7 telecommunication satellites initially planned for November shifted to December, - the sources stated. In June acting Director General of Russian Satellite Communications Company Yuri Prokhorov reported that the launch was planned for November 08. Now Express-AMU3 and Express-AMU7 launch is shifted to early December, - the source said.

A successful launch of 34 OneWeb satellites aboard the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage was executed on…