Soyuz-ST-B booster with Fregat-MT upper stage and two European Galileo FOC space devices will be launched from Guiana Space Centre tomorow, on august 21, at 16.31, Moscow time.

On August 19, 1960 Sputnik-5 spacecraft with Belka and Strelka was inserted into the orbit. Apart from the dogs mice, insects, plants, fungi, seeds, bacteria and other biological objects were also onboard the spacecraft.

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.

ISS orbit was adjusted with the help of ATV-5 cargo vehicle thrusters on August 14, 2014.

On August 12 52 years ago Vostok-4 spacecraft with Pavel Popovich onboard was launched to perform the first group flight along with Vostok-3 orbital spacecraft piloted by Andriyan Nickolayev and launched a day earlier.

The launch of four Rezonans satellites aimed at Earth’s radiation belt exploration is planned for 2017-2018, - Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Anatoly Petrukovich working for the Institute of Space Explorations of Russian Academy of Sciences reported at COSPAR conference held in Moscow.

Russian specialists continue preparing Soyuz-ST-b booster with Fregat-MT upper stage and two European space devices Galileo FOC for the launch from Guiana Space Centre (French Guiana).

The cosmonauts started 3-weeks parachute trainings on August 4.