Progress insertion failure and will take place on May 26, as planned before, - spokesman for Rocket and Space industry reported.

Hero of Soviet union, Hero of the Russian Federation USSR pilot and cosmonaut Valery Polyakov celebrated his Birthday yesterday, on April 27. Valery Polyakov set up the world’s record having performed the longest space flight in the history of mankind lasting for 437 days.

On April 26, 2015, according to the decision taken by State Commission rocket and space industry launching crews rolled-out Soyuz-2.1a booster with progress M-27M cargo vehicle to the launching pad #31 of Baikonur spaceport. The rocket was installed and the specialists started working in accordance with the first launching day schedule.

At 09.41, Moscow time. April 25, 2015, Progress M-25M cargo vehicle undocked from the station.

Roscosmos plans 10 launches from vostochny spaceport for 2025, - as stated in Russian Federal Space Program draft for 2016-2025.

The first launch of Angara-A5V heavy booster with test payload will be performed from Vostochny spaceport in 2023, - as stated in Russian Federal Space program draft for 2016-2025.

Russian satellites constellation will be increased to 181 satellite, - Roscosmos head igor Komarov reported speaking about new Russian Federal Space program for 2015-2016. According to him the quantity of telecommunication satellites will increase twice, earth remote sensing satellites – 2,3 times, and space devices – 3 times

On April 23, 2015 ISS performed debris avoidance maneuver. The orbit was adjusted to let the station avoid Meteor-2 space device debris.

Elena Serova became the first Russian woman working onboard the ISS and the fourth woman-cosmonaut in the history of Soviet and Russian Cosmonautics. Elena Serova started her first space flight on September 26, 2014 going to space as flight engineer onboard Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft together with Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyayev and NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore.

Progress Rocket and Space Centre started assembling Soyuz-2.1a that is to be the first booster launched from new Russian spaceport Vostochny in Amur region. The booster will be ready for transportation to Vostochny in June, the works on the rocket are being accomplished according to the schedule, - Progress Rocket and Space Centre spokesman reports.