Cosmonaut candidates finished one of the training stage passing the tests in soundproof chamber. In the course of this training mental stability of the cosmonaut candidates under the conditions of isolation with regulated continuous activity was tested.

The launch of Russian-German SPACE observatory designed to study black holes, galactic clusters and dark matter was shifted to 2017 since German specialists fail to prepare the telescope in time, - Roscosmos press-office reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed the hope for future cooperation with International Committee on Space Research (COSPAR). On Friday, April 11 Vladimir Putin had a meeting with COSPAR President Giovanni Bignani in Moscow Museum of Cosmonautics.

According to Vice Prime Minister nuclear power systems and plasma technologies of energy conversion, biotechnologies, robotics and new materials will be the key fields of development in the framework of this national project.

Alexander Misurkin: I think, we shouldn’t limit ourselves to exploring the Earth’s orbit. I, personally, would be interested in going to the outer space, exploring the asteroids, the Moon, and Mars. It’s a natural development for me, we have no right to stop at the orbit of our planet.

ESA general director Jean-Jacques Dordain told reporters that further cooperation could follow last year’s agreement to jointly develop the ExoMars mission to search for signs of life on the Red Planet.

RIA Novosti – Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin confirmed plans on Wednesday to consolidate Russia’s space industry under a single…

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On August 10, 2003 the weather in Huston in the state of Texas appeard to be warm but according to…

Russian space industry enterprises will be consolidated in the frameworks of JSC integrated structure, – Russian Vice Prime Minister Dmitry…