Kazcosmos together with the Russian party is working up a possibility of Kazakh astronaut Aidyn Aimbetov flight to the ISS after British singer Sarah Brightman cancelled her participation in the flight, - Kazakhstan Aerospace Committee press service Head reports.

Roscosmos didn’t announced specified data on Progress M-27M cargo vehicle accident on Friday, Commission well need more time, - space agency press office reports.

Asteroid danger is one of the main threats to the mankind, - stated cosmonaut Alexei Leonov twice Hero of the Soviet Union speaking on Tuesday in London Science Museum.

Russian Space Exhibition postponed due to the lack of guarantees from the British part will open in London on September 18, - British Science Museum press-service reports.

It is too early to replace proton with Angara since this is a new rocket and it didn’t have enough time to accumulate positive flight history – Russian Academy of Cosmonautics named after Tsiolkovsky Andrei Ionin believes. On Monday Russian Vice Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin demanded to abandon Proton and start using Angara instead.

Russian billionaire Filaret Galtchev Eurocement Group beneficiary may go to the International Space Station as space tourist. Galchev is willing to take vacant seat in Soyuz spaceship to be launched in September this year. Such possibility appeared after Sarah Brightman’s refusal to go to the ISS.

Off-nominal situation leading to the loss of Proton-M booster with Mexican MexSat-1 satellite happened at 08.59, Moscow time, May 16, 2015 one minute before the space device and the upper stage were t o separate from the 3rd stage of the booster. According to preliminary data the accident was caused by Proton 3rd stage steering engine failure.

Roscosmos expects Commission investigating Progress accident cause to complete works by May 22. The period of investigation was increased from May 12 to May 22, by May 22 Commission will present final conclusion, - Federal Space Agency representative reported.

Sarah Brightman’s refusal to go the International Space Station in September 2015 won’t affect the dates of the launch, - Spokesman for space industry reported on May 13. “That won’t affect Soyuz launch. It was planned for September 1 and it is still being planned for September 1”, - the spokesman stated.

British singer Sarah Brightman announced that she is unable to perform a spacefight planned for family reasons (as stated in the message at her official webpage). "Sarah Brightman stated today that she postpones her participation in the upcoming space mission onboard Soyuz TMA-18M. Brightman stated that she has to change her intentions for family reasons and postpones her training and participation in the flight for today".