July 8, 2015
Categories: Baikonur Cosmodrome, ESA, ISS, Roscosmos, Russia, Soyuz, Space
Kazakh Astronaut Successfully Passed All Tests for Flight to the ISS

Kazakh astronaut Aidyn Aimbetov successfully passed all exams to fly to the ISS in September 2015, – Kazakh President press-service reports.
Earlier Roscosmos representative Igor Burenkov said that the Agency had approved Aimbtov who already started training for the flight.
“Kazakh President was reported about Aimbetov’s preparation for the flight. In his turn the cosmonauts said about successful examination”.
Roscosmos has chose Aimbetov to go to the ISS instead of British singer Sarah Brightman who was going to fly to the station as a space tourist but refused the flight for family reasons. Aimbetov could have gone to the Station in2009 but thet time Kazakhstan postponed participation in this project due to financing reduction.
Soyuz TMA-18M will be launched from Baikonur on September 1. Apart from Aimbetov the crew comprises Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Volkov and ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen.

More from this category:
January 22, 2021

Up to three spacewalks can be performed by the ISS-65 crew in the upcoming expedition to the International Space Station. During The spacewalks will be…

full story
January 15, 2016
First Spacewalk in 2016 in the Framework of Russian Program Scheduled for February 3

In 2016 the first spacewalk in the framework of Russian Program is planned for February 3, – Mission Control Centre representative reported. “First spacewalk from…

full story
September 1, 2019
Successful launch of the “Rokot” rocket

On August 30, 2019 at 17:00 (Moscow time) from the Plesetsk State Testing Cosmodrome the crew of the Russian Aerospace Defense Forces launched the “Rokot”…

full story
November 22, 2021
Baikonur Saw the Rocket with New Russian ISS Module Installed

Rocket Soyuz-2.1b to orbit new Prichal module of Russian ISS segment planned to be launched on November 24 was successfully rolled out and installed onto…

full story
April 1, 2019
The general assembly of the “Soyuz-2.1a” launch vehicle with the “Progress MS-11” cargo spacecraft has been completed

On March 31, the general assembly of the “Soyuz-2.1a” launch vehicle with the “Progress MS-11” cargo spaceship was completed. The head unit with the spacecraft…

full story
June 23, 2019
Crews of ISS- 60/61 passed the “test exam”

This week, the “Typical Flying Day” training was performed by the main and backup crews (main crew – Roskosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, ESA astronaut Luca…

full story
September 4, 2014
Sarah Brightman to Start Spaceflight Preparation Trainings in 2015

British singer Sarah Brightman will start preparation trainings for space flight to the ISS  in 2015, –  GCTC head Yuri Lonchakov reported to the journalists….

full story
June 3, 2018
Roscosmos. Crew of the “Soyuz MS-07” spaceship back to Earth.

On June 3, 2018, the members of the crew of the “Soyuz MS-07” spacecraft and the expeditions ISS-54/55 returned safely to Earth. The descent vehicle…

full story