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Roscosmos Launches Cosmonaut Recruitment Drive
16:24 27/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 27 (RIA Novosti)
Russia’s state space agency Roscosmos has launched a cosmonaut selection competition, Roscosmos said on its web site on Friday.
Soyuz 2.1a with six Globalstar satellites launched from Baikonur
22:12 28/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 28 (RIA Novosti)
The rocket carrier Soyuz 2.1a with Fregat booster and six American Globalstar-2 satellites has been launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation (Roscosmos) said.
Launch of Russian Proton-M carrier rocket postponed
18:18 26/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 26 (RIA Novosti)
The launch of a Russian Proton-M carrier rocket with a Dutch telecommunications satellite SES-4 (NSS-14) onboard was called off on Monday due to "technical problems", a spokesman for the Khrunichev State Research and Production Center said.
Russia, Europe plan joint mission to Jupiter
15:07 20/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 20 (RIA Novosti)
The head of Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos Vladimir Popovkin and European Space Agency’s (ESA) Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain held a meeting in Moscow and decided to proceed with Moon research mission and flight to Jupiter, Roscosmos said on Tuesday.
Russian president warns space officials over failures
01:54 27/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 27 (RIA Novosti)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has threatened to punish officials responsible for recent failures in the space industry.
Expedition ISS-29 crew: first minutes on Earth
15:31 22/11/2011
The descent module of Soyuz TMA-02M landed in a Kazakhstan location close to the calculated landing site.
Kourou Space Center
21:15 20/11/2011
Russia’s Soyuz-ST launch vehicles have started lifting off from the Kourou (Guiana) Space Center located near Kourou in French Guiana (South America).
Russia has two weeks to put Mars probe back on track
15:39 09/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 9 (RIA Novosti)
Engineers have up to two weeks to correct the path of a Russian probe bound for Mars, a top space official said on Wednesday.
Russian probe fails to set course to Mars – Roscosmos
06:51 09/11/2011 BAIKONUR, November 9 (RIA Novosti)
A robotic spacecraft to the Mars moon Phobos launched early on Wednesday has failed to reach a flying orbit after separation from the launch vehicle, the head of Russia’s Federal Space Agency said.
Russia launches probe to Mars moon
00:19 09/11/2011 BAIKONUR (Kazakhstan), November 9 (RIA Novosti)
Russia launched early on Wednesday a robotic spacecraft to the Mars moon Phobos in the nation's first attempt to carry out an interplanetary mission in 15 years.
Russia launches Proton-M carrier rocket from Baikonur space center
03:29 21/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 21 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket with a military purpose spacecraft was launched early on Wednesday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a Space Forces spokesman said
Russia may put space program under state defense order
16:55 31/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 31 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Wednesday it is considering returning the federal space program to the framework of the state defense order to ensure steady financing and reduce the number of accidents with space launches.
Russia to allocate $8 billion to build space center in Far East
07:04 11/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 11 (RIA Novosti)
Russia will allocate about 250 billion rubles ($8.4 billion) to build the Vostochny space center in Far East, the head of the country's space agency Roscosmos said on Thursday.
Progress M-11M space freighter launched into orbit
19:49 21/06/2011 MOSCOW, June 21 (RIA Novosti)
A Russian cargo spacecraft undocked from a Soyuz-U carrier rocket and was launched into orbit on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Russian Mission Control said.
Russia sends two Soyuz carrier rockets to French Guiana
03:04 21/05/2011
Two Russian Soyuz-ST carrier rockets are on the way from Samara to St. Petersburg to be shipped to French Guiana for future launches from the Kourou space center, the Progress design bureau said.
Model of Russian piloted spacecraft to go on show in August
12:17 07/04/2011
The head of the Russian spacecraft manufacturer RKK Energia promised on Thursday to demonstrate a mock-up of a new manned spaceship at the August 16-21 Maks-2011 air show to be held in Zhukovsky, near Moscow.
Russia's new Angara rockets to be test launched before 2014 - Space Forces
02:11 24/03/2011
Test launches of Russia's new generation Angara booster rockets will begin no later than 2013, a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces said.
Cosmonauts train in Star City
21:11 21/02/2011
The next International Space Station crew is training in Zvyozdny Gorodok (Star City), in the Moscow Region. The Yury Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center has the facilities to simulate zero gravity and a high g-force.
Medvedev calls for Russian space exploration program
21:04 08/02/2011
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday Russia should develop its own space exploration program.
Russian Soyuz craft docks with international space station
23:56 17/12/2010
The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli and NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman has successfully docked with the International Space Station.
Soyuz spacecraft with new ISS crew launched from Baikonur
22:46 15/12/2010
The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft carrying a new expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) was launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Wednesday.
A Russian Soyuz capsule arrives back to earth
13:02 27/09/2010
A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts back from a six-month mission on the International Space Station touched down safely in Kazakhstan on Saturday.
Undocking of Soyuz TMA-18 postponed until Saturday
09:06 24/09/2010
The departure of the Russian Soyuz TMA-18 spaceship from the International Space Station (ISS) was delayed on Friday for technical reasons and will be postponed until Saturday, Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) head Anatoly Perminov said.
Soyuz TMA-18 spaceship to return to Earth Friday
14:51 23/09/2010
The Russian Soyuz TMA-18 spaceship with three crew members on board will depart early on Friday from the International Space Station, a spokesman for Russia's Mission Control said.
Vladimir Putin sees the future of space exploration
14:01 21/07/2010
On Monday Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin brought some good news to Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, located in Korolyov, Moscow Region. The prime minister informed the company’s management that the government had decided to allocate 24.7 billion rubles (around $811,000) for the construction of the Vostochny Space Center in the Amur Region.
Space freighter's orbit to be adjusted for new docking attempt
00:33 03/07/2010
The orbit of a Russian space freighter will be adjusted twice on Saturday to ensure a successful docking with the International Space Station on Sunday, a source at the Mission Control Center told RIA Novosti.
Russia to test launch new spacecraft from Baikonur in 2015
17:27 03/06/2010
Russia will test launch a new spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in 2015, the head of the manned space program at Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Thursday.
Russia to launch first carrier rocket from Kourou on December 17
12:11 14/05/2010
The first launch of a Russian Soyuz-ST carrier rocket from the Kourou space center in French Guiana has been scheduled for December 17, Russia's top space official said on Friday
Russia's Cosmos-3M space carrier orbits military satellite
07:35 27/04/2010
A Russian carrier rocket orbited a military satellite on Tuesday at 6:08 Moscow time (2:08 GMT), a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces said.
Russia confirms plans of rocket launch from French Guiana in 2010
13:43 13/04/2010
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov on Tuesday confirmed plans to launch a Soyuz carrier rocket from the Kourou space center in French Guiana later this year.
Soyuz takes off for International Space Station
08:24 02/04/2010
A Soyuz-FG rocket bearing a Soyuz TMA-18 piloted spacecraft blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday morning from Russia's Baikonur space centre.
ISS orbit to be raised by 1.7 km - Mission Control
14:00 23/03/2010
The orbital altitude of the International Space Station (ISS) will be boosted by 1.7 kilometers (about a mile) on March 24, a spokesman for the Russian Mission Control said on Tuesday.
Russia plans to launch first flight to the Moon in 2011-2012
13:24 31/08/2006Russia plans to conduct its first manned flight around the Moon in 2011-2012, the president of a leading spacecraft company said Thursday.

Russia proposes extending ISS service life
12:17 31/08/2006A leading Russian space concern proposed Thursday using the International Space Station for continued research after its operational life comes to an end in just under 10 years' time.

Russia plans to launch 30 satellites, probes to Mars, Venus
13:54 29/08/2006Russia mulls new space station, missions to Moon, Mars
12:02 29/08/2006The International Space Station will be dismantled after 2015 to be replaced with a new orbital station, a Russian Space Agency official said Tuesday.

Iranian-born American approved to replace Japanese space tourist
20:18 22/08/2006Russian rocket to orbit U.S. satellite on August 5
16:09 04/08/2006Russia, Europe agree to launch space exploration project
14:44 21/07/2006Russia space agency to unite space cos. into holdings by 2015
17:02 19/07/2006Kremlin steps into tourist cyberspace with online excursion
16:39 12/07/2006Discovery puts U.S. space program back on track
13:17 07/07/2006Russian space industry to be based on 3-4 core ventures by 2015
10:09 06/07/2006Russia's government will discuss a plan to establish three or four integrated structures incorporating about 60% of all space industry enterprises at a meeting Thursday, a source said.

A difficult road ahead for Russian space navigation
17:35 28/06/2006Russia to launch unique space observatory
15:17 20/06/2006Russian spaceship set for fiery end in Pacific after leaving ISS
13:07 19/06/2006A Russian launch vehicle will be sunk in the Pacific Ocean Monday evening after being undocked from the world's sole orbital station earlier in the day, a Mission Control official said.

Russia plans to produce rare-earth metals on Moon - space agency
13:42 05/06/2006Russia plans produce rare-earth metals on the Moon, a deputy head of the Federal Space Agency said Monday.

Malaysian astronaut to fly to ISS in 2007 - Russian space agency - 1
18:02 19/05/2006Malaysia's first astronaut will fly to the International Space Station on board a Russian Soyuz space shuttle in September 2007, Russia's state space agency said Friday.

Russia, Kazakhstan to develop unique space system
12:26 19/05/2006Russian space co. says hopes to start extracting helium on Moon
16:37 18/05/2006Russian spacecraft manufacturer Energia said Thursday it intends to start extracting lunar reserves of helium-3 to boost terrestrial energy supplies when a re-usable cargo shuttle comes online.

Russia's ICBM design firm: looking back at a dramatic 60-year story
13:54 18/05/2006Sea Launch program to orbit next satellite in June
13:00 18/05/2006Sea Launch, the world's sole company to orbit satellites from a pad in equatorial waters, will send an American satellite into space in June, the international consortium said Thursday.

Russian space corporation set to double Soyuz rocket output -1
18:21 17/05/2006Russia's leading spacecraft corporation intends to double the production of piloted Soyuz spacecraft with the help of foreign investors, the company's head said Wednesday.

Growing Russian aerospace industry to display its products in Berlin
15:11 16/05/2006Russia to develop new rocket for manned spacecraft launches
15:58 12/05/2006Two major Russian space enterprises have agreed to develop the Soyuz-2-3 rocket to launch a new-generation manned spacecraft, a company spokesperson said Friday.

U.S. woman selected as backup to confirmed space tourist
15:18 05/05/2006An American woman may become the first female space tourist after being chosen as backup to a Japanese man expected to blast off this fall, Russia's space agency said Friday.

Russia launches Kosmos military satellite from Plesetsk base
22:00 03/05/2006Putin congratulates Khrunichev space center with jubilee
16:12 30/04/2006President of Russia Vladimir Putin congratulated the Khrunichev state research and production space center with the 90th anniversary of its establishment, the presidential press office said Sunday.

Russia to start extracting helium on Moon as Soyuz goes digital
15:00 27/04/2006Russian cargo spacecraft to dock with ISS Wednesday evening
10:56 26/04/2006The unmanned Progress M-56 cargo ship will deliver 2.6 metric tons of equipment, fuel, oxygen, water, food, and also Easter gifts to the 13th crew of the International Space Station, the official said.

The danger of asteroid strikes
18:50 21/04/2006What does Russia plan to do in outer space?
13:44 19/04/2006Russia's Mission Control set to widen ISS orbit by 700 meters
10:00 19/04/2006Russia's Mission Control near Moscow said it would widen the International Space Station's orbit by 700 meters on Wednesday evening.

Putin congratulates ISS crew on successful mission
15:36 12/04/2006President Vladimir Putin Wednesday offered his congratulations to a recently returned crew from the International Space Station as Russia celebrated the 45th anniversary of the first-ever manned space flight.

Landmarks of Russian space exploration
10:41 12/04/2006Russia prepares lunar program to recover energy resources
20:19 11/04/2006Russia is preparing to launch an ambitious lunar project which could provide access to alternative energy resources, a company involved in the project said Tuesday.

The 108 minutes that changed the world
11:56 11/04/2006Russian govt. to spend more on space in 2006-15 - official
14:58 07/04/2006Weaponization of space will have unpredictable consequences
19:11 05/04/2006Predicting earthquakes from space
16:30 31/03/2006GLONASS system to open for Russian consumers in 2007 - minister
13:45 21/03/2006Russia's defense minister said the country's global navigation satellite system would be available to domestic consumers for military as well for civilian purposes by the end of 2007.

Four more Glonass-M satellites to be constructed in 2006
11:28 20/03/2006Soyuz spacecraft docks with ISS module
10:35 20/03/2006Valery Tokarev, the captain of the Soyuz, undocked with the Zarya module at 9.46 a.m. Moscow time (6.46 a.m. GMT) and docked with the Zvezda module in manual mode.

Re-usable Clipper spacecraft to be introduced by 2015
13:43 14/03/2006Russia to help Venezuela put first astronaut into space
18:46 06/03/2006Russian Progress spacecraft sunk in Pacific
18:13 03/03/2006Russian space industry still optimistic and creative
23:20 28/02/2006Russian rocket to orbit Arab satellite February 28
19:38 06/02/2006Russia hopes to launch reusable spacecraft in 2012
19:33 30/01/2006
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Expedition ISS-29 crew: first minutes on Earth
15:31 22/11/2011
The descent module of Soyuz TMA-02M landed in a Kazakhstan location close to the calculated landing site.
Cosmonauts train in Star City
21:11 21/02/2011
The next International Space Station crew is training in Zvyozdny Gorodok (Star City), in the Moscow Region. The Yury Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center has the facilities to simulate zero gravity and a high g-force.
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A Russian Soyuz capsule arrives back to earth
13:02 27/09/2010
A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts back from a six-month mission on the International Space Station touched down safely in Kazakhstan on Saturday.
Vladimir Putin sees the future of space exploration
14:01 21/07/2010
On Monday Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin brought some good news to Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, located in Korolyov, Moscow Region. The prime minister informed the company’s management that the government had decided to allocate 24.7 billion rubles (around $811,000) for the construction of the Vostochny Space Center in the Amur Region.
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