In 2016 Russia will launch four manned and three cargo vehicles to the International Space Station from Baikonur spaceport in the framework if ISS flight schedule. According to preliminary schedule the first launch of manned spacecraft is scheduled for March 19, and after that for June 21, September 23 and November 16 respectively. Cargo vehicle will be launched on March 31, July 4 and October 20.
Analyzing the composition of dust samples from the ISS biologists found potentially pathogenic bacteria able to cause serious diseases under conditions of zero-gravity. Before going…
Russia and the United States have no plans to end joint scientific experiments on board the International Space Station (ISS), Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Lev…
Today, on October 8, representatives of the technical management and the state commission at the Baikonur cosmodrome issued an opinion on the readiness of the…
The State Commission approved the main and backup crews of the spacecraft “Soyuz MS-15”. In addition, the readiness of the “Soyuz-FG” launch vehicle and ground…
Proton-M booster with Briz-M upper stage and Luch space device are being prepared for the launch at Baikonur spaceport. Yesterday in 92-50 launchpad integration building…
Onboard the International Space Station, the 62nd long expedition is completing. The crew members of the “Soyuz MS-15” manned spacecraft – Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skrypochka,…
At the Baikonur cosmodrome the preparation of the “Progress MS-14” cargo spaceship is nearing completion for launch to the International Space Station. On April 18,…
On Wednesday Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems started implementing unique Moon-2015 project. According to this project 6 women will spend 8 days in closed space…