Vostochny cosmodrome

Putin promises to restore Russia's moon program

Putin promises to restore Russia's moon program

Russia will restore its moon program, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a ceremony of awarding of Russian cosmonauts at the Vostochny Cosmodrome Tuesday, adding that he is talking about the launch of the Luna-25 automatic spacecraft. …

Putin arrives in Amur region on working visit

Putin arrives in Amur region on working visit

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Blagoveshchensk on Tuesday, the Cosmonautics Day, with a working visit. The Russian president's program includes a visit to the Vostochny spaceport together with his Belarusian counterpart …

 Second Soyuz Rocket launched from Vostochny spaceport

Second Soyuz Rocket launched from Vostochny spaceport

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1b space rocket with a Meteor-M 2.1 spacecraft and the secondary payload of 17 satellites was carried out as scheduled at 8.41 a.m. Moscow Time (5.41 a.m. GMT) today, a spokesman for the Roscosmos space corporation …

Russia launches first rocket from Vostochny cosmodrome

Russia launches first rocket from Vostochny cosmodrome

Russia launched its inaugural rocket from the Vostochny cosmodrome on April 28 at 05:01am Moscow time, Reuters reports. An unmanned Soyuz-2.1A rocket carrying three satellites (Lomonosov, Aist-2D and SamSat-218) roared off into a sky …