During the space flight of filming crew in the framework of Challenge movie project one-person operation of Soyuz spacecraft was successfully tested. In the future all Russian spacecraft of Soyuz series will be modified to provide the cosmonauts this opportunity, -  Cosmonaut corps commander Oleg Kononenko said.

Russian actress Julia Peresild and movie director Klim Shipenko returned from the ISS accompanied by cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky yesterday, on October 17. At 18.33, Moscow time, the crew arrived in Russia, - reported Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin. They will pass medical check and take part in post-flight scientific experiments and rehabilitation program.

Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft with actress Yulia Peresild, movie director Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov successfully docked to the International Space Station.   The spacecraft was launched From Baikonur launchsite at 11.55 on October 05 and  docked with Rassvet module of Russian ISS segment.

The launch of Express-AMU2 and Express-AMU7 telecommunication satellites initially planned for November shifted to December, - the sources stated. In June acting Director General of Russian Satellite Communications Company Yuri Prokhorov reported that the launch was planned for November 08. Now Express-AMU3 and Express-AMU7 launch is shifted to early December, - the source said.

A successful launch of 34 OneWeb satellites aboard the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage was executed on…

34 OneWeb communication system satellites launched from Baikonur with the help of Soyuz-2.1b booster and Fregat upper stage successfully inserted into the final orbit. The rocket was launched from Baikonur on September 14 at 21.07,Moscow time. At 21.16 the upper stage with the satellites entered suborbital trajectory. It took the upper stage 3 hours and 45 minutes to distribute the satellites along the orbit.

A meeting of the Chief Medical Commission took place at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) to review the medical…

On August 9, 2021, Prichal node module together with Progress M-UM cargo vehicle was delivered at Tyuratam railway station for further assembly and prelaunch preparation at Baikonur technical facilities. Prichal insertion into the low-Earh orbit and integration in Russian ISS segment is planned for November 2021. Node module is designed to increase Russian ISS segment technical and operational capabilities. It will be docked to the node of Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.

One-orbit rendezvous scheme (takes approximately 2 hours) may be tested during the launch of Progress MS-20 cargo vehicle to the ISS in case all the elements necessary operate nominally in the framework of two prior cargo launches, - the Head of RSC Energia ballistics department Raphail Murtazin stated.

As follows from negotiations between the crew and MCC streamed by NASA on Monday Russian cosmonauts working aboard the ISS start unloading Nauka multipurpose laboratory module . The module was launched from Baikonur by Proton-M booster on July 21 and on Jule 29 docked to Zvezda module of Russian ISS segment. The crew opened the hatch on July 30.