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Soyuz-FG Rocket installed at Baikonur launch pad

Soyuz-FG Rocket installed at Baikonur launch pad

A Soyuz-FG carrier rocket with a Soyuz MS-04 space freighter was transferred and installed at a launch pad of the Baikonur space center on April 17, Russia's Roscosmos State Corporation said. The launch of the Soyuz MS-04 piloted …

Putin: Russia and Kazakhstan to expand cooperation in space

Putin: Russia and Kazakhstan to expand cooperation in space

Russia will go ahead with and expand long-term cooperation with Kazakhstan in various fields, including the uses of the Baikonur space site, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. "We have made a decision based on …

Russia to launch 15 rockets from Baikonur

Russia to launch 15 rockets from Baikonur

Russia plans 23 space launches next year, eight of them from homegrown launch pads, the Deputy Prime Minister and head of the Roscosmos state space corporation supervisory committee Dmitry Rogozin said. "Fifteen …

Nazarbayev and Rogozin hold meeting

Nazarbayev and Rogozin hold meeting

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and the Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin discussed the further development of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, as well as defense and armaments issues during a meeting in …

Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft with new crew put in orbit

Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft with new crew put in orbit

The Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft with three crew members blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan late Thursday and reached orbit several minutes later, a Roscosmos spokesman said. "The spacecraft separated from the third …

Soyuz MS-02 launch postponed due to burnt cable

Soyuz MS-02 launch postponed due to burnt cable

A burnt cable was the cause of postponing the launch of the Soyuz MS-02 manned spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a source in the rocket and space sector said on Thursday. …

Tour trip to Baikonur

Tour trip to Baikonur

A year before largest international exhibition 'Astana EXPO-2017', Kazakhstan is ready to introduce new programs of extreme and industrial tourism, in which guests of the forum will be able to participate. In particular, the country may …

'Soyuz MS-02' successfully passes all tests at Baikonur

'Soyuz MS-02' successfully passes all tests at Baikonur

'Soyuz-02 MS' spacecraft has successfully passed all tests at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Roskosmos reported. Launch of manned spacecraft is scheduled for September 23. Its crew consists of Roskosmos …

 Progress MS-03 docks with ISS

Progress MS-03 docks with ISS

Russian Progress MS-03 space freighter, launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, docked with the International Space Station (ISS) automatically, spokesperson for Mission Control Center said. The freighter has delivered …

Proton-M carrier rocket successfully launched from Baikonur

Proton-M carrier rocket successfully launched from Baikonur

The Proton-M carrier rocket with Briz-M rocket orbit insertion upper stage and US communications satellite Intelsat 31 (Intelsat DLA2) has been launched from the Baikonur spaceport, the press service of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency …

Baikonur prepares to receive tourists

Baikonur prepares to receive tourists

Tourist flows have started to be formed in Baikonur, the acting general director of the center for exploitation of space ground-based infrastructure Rano Dzuraev said. All the tour operators involved were chosen by Roskosmos. …

Astana has no plans to close Baikonur

Astana has no plans to close Baikonur

Astana is not going to refuse to cooperate with Russia in the space sphere after the opening of the Vostochny cosmodrome, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev stated. "If we didn’t have Baikonur we would ...

Another space expedition flies to ISS

Another space expedition flies to ISS

A Russian Soyuz FG rocket launched the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) at 07:32 (MSK). The crew which flew to ISS on the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft today includes Russian cosmonaut ...

Baikonur is ready to launch missile for new ISS crew

Baikonur is ready to launch missile for new ISS crew

A Soyuz-FG rocket is ready for launch at the Baikonur space center, the Russian Space Agency reports. "Today, on August 30, at the assembly and testing platform №112 of the Baikonur cosmodrome, the specialists of the Progress RCC …