July 19, 2021

Preparations complete at the Baikonur Cosmodrome to roll out the Proton-M carrier rocket with the Nauka Multifunctional Laboratory Module. The launch is scheduled from Site 200 on July 21, 2021 at 14:58:21 UTC.

On July 16, a State Commission meeting took place to sum up the space rocket preparation results, readiness of the cosmodrome teams and ground space infrastructure for the onsite works.

After hearing the reports, the State Commission cleared the space rocket for rollout to the Site 200 launch complex. The operations to transport the rocket from the assembly and testing facility will begin on Saturday, July 16, at 23:30 UTC.

More from this category:
May 13, 2016

According to Khrunichev Centre Deputy Director Alexander Medvedev financing the development of new Phoenix booster with carrying capacity from 9 to 15 tons will start…

full story
May 28, 2014

Yesterday on May 27,2014 State commission on Manned Space Complex flight tests meeting took place in “Cosmonaut” complex at #17 launching pad of Baikonur spaceport….

full story
May 14, 2013

According to press-service of Mission Control Center,  the Soyuz TMA-07M landing capsule touched the ground at 06:31 Moscow time (02.31 GMT) on Tuesday morning in…

full story
November 13, 2018

At the Baikonur cosmodrome, preparations are continuing for the launches of the “Soyuz MS-11” manned spacecraft and the “Progress MS-10” cargo spacecraft.   During the…

full story
March 6, 2019

Valentina Tereshkova – the world’s first female cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, professor of the Air Force Engineering Academy, Major -General of Aviation, celebrates…

full story
January 13, 2016

NASA astronaut Scott Tingle and JAXA astronaut Norishige Kanai started their preflight trainings in Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre in Star City, Moscow region. “I am…

full story
April 29, 2015

The launch of Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft will be neither shifted nor postponed due to Progress insertion failure and will take place on May 26, as…

full story
June 9, 2016

Proton-M booster with American telecommunication satellite Intelsat DLA-2 was successfully launched from Baikonur spaceport today, on Thursday, June 09, at 10.10, Moscow time. The launch…

full story