On September 10, 2013, 23.35 UTC (September 11, 2013, 03.35 Moscow time) Soyuz TMA-08M with Pavel Vinogradov, Alexander Misurkin and Christopher Cassidy onboard undocked from the ISS and started its way back to the Earth.
On September 11, 2013, 02.58 UTC (06.58 Moscow time) decsent module of Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft successfully landed 146 km to the South East from Zhekazgan town in Kazakhstan. The crew feels good. Total mission duration amounts to 166 days, 6 hours and 15 minutes.
Russian state operator Satellite Communications Company put Express-AM8 into operation. “Upon completion of orbital testing Russian telecommunication satellite Express-AM8 was put into operation on December…
The launch of Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft initially scheduled for September 23 and postponed due to technical reasons was preliminarily scheduled for October 19, – the…
On July 8, 2015, in GCTC Interdepartmental Commission approved next ISS crew to go to the station onboard Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft. The main crew comprises…
On August 20, 2013 GCTC saw Main Medical Commission meeting. The meeting analyzed the data of Russian crew members of 37/38 ISS mission received during…
Russian prime and back-up crew members of ISS-49/50 mission passed preflight exams in GCTC. Last week the crews successfully passed exams on Don-Soyuz and Soyuz-MS…
In several days Soyuz TMA-12M will be launched from Baikonur spaceport and orbited by Soyuz FG booster. The crew going to the ISS comprises Russian…
Russia’s Soyuz space capsule landed safely in Kazakhstan on Monday, returning three astronauts and the symbolic Olympic torch to Earth after its first ever spacewalk….
New ISS crew period of work onboard the station was increased from 6 to 7 months due to the flight program adjustment, – crew commander…
