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oyuz TMA-14M manned spacecraft is being prepared for the leak tests at Baikonur spaceport.

Galileo FOC Space Devices Launch from guiana Space centre was postponed due to the weather conditions.

State Commission meeting approved Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyayev, Elena Serova, Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Korniyenko for the spaceflight.

Soyuz-ST-B booster with Fregat-MT upper stage and two European Galileo FOC space devices will be launched from Guiana Space Centre tomorow, on august 21, at 16.31, Moscow time.

On August 18, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev the spacewalk. The cosmonauts started working at 18.02, Moscow time, and successfully completed the tasks in accordance with the time schedule.

On August 19, 1960 Sputnik-5 spacecraft with Belka and Strelka was inserted into the orbit. Apart from the dogs mice, insects, plants, fungi, seeds, bacteria and other biological objects were also onboard the spacecraft.

On August 18, 2014 according to the ISS flight schedule ISS-40/41 mission crew members Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev will perform the spacewalk.

Soyuz TMA-15M manned spacecraft delivered to Baikonur on August 15.

RSC Energia specialists arranged for Soyuz TMA-15M crew commander Anton Shkaplerov practical trainings in acordance with the ISS flight program.

ISS orbit was adjusted with the help of ATV-5 cargo vehicle thrusters on August 14, 2014.