Category : Russia
August 6, 2014

53 years ago Soviet cosmonaut German Titov performed the spaceflight lasting for 24 hours for the first time in World history.

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August 5, 2014

Soviet space device Kosmos-1151 was deorbited and burned in the dense atmosphere, Russian Aerospace Defence Troops representative Colonel Alexey Zolotukhin reported on Tuesday.

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August 4, 2014

"An estimated cost of one project aimed at the development of an automatic lunar station is 10 billion rubles (about $280 million). The project is to be completed in five or six years. The manned lunar mission will cost ten times more"

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July 31, 2014

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.

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July 28, 2014

On 26th of July at 08/05 DMT the connection with space vehicle “Foton-M” was re-established. According to RSC “Progress” the state of all the systems of “Foton-M” is nominal and it continues performing its flight tasks.

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July 25, 2014

25th of July 2014 is the 30th anniversary of the first in the world space walk performed by a woman. Svetlana Savitskaya, Soviet cosmonaut, conducted and EVA on July 25, 1984.

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July 24, 2014

Soyuz-U booster with “Progress M-24M” cargo vehicle was launched to the ISS from Baikonur spaceport on July 24 at 01.44 Moscow time. At 07.31 Moscow time the vehicle successfully docked with the docking compartment “Pirs” of the ISS Russian segment in accordance with the short 6-hours rendezvous scheme.

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July 23, 2014

Soyuz-U with Progress M-24M was rolled out to the launchpad on Baikonur the launch is scheduled for 01.44, Moscow time, July 24.

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July 22, 2014

According to prelaunch preparations schedule Soyuz-U with Progress M-24M was rolled out to #1 launching pad of Baikonur spaceport (Gagarin launch).

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July 22, 2014

Progress M-23M cargo vehicle will undock from the ISS on Tusday and perform the flight to conduct scientific experiment.

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