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International Space Station 20.04.2009, 09:46

ISS mission on the eve of blastoff

Star City, located near Moscow, was a top secret training base for cosmonauts back in Soviet times. The city is closer to the skies than any other, but for decades it was never marked on any map.

Soyuz TMA-15 rocket taking off from the Baikonur cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan on May 27, 2009 (AFP Photo / ESA / Stephane Corvaja) 31.05.2009, 09:30

ISS gets crowded

The 20th expedition to the International Space Station blasted off on Wednesday. The new three-man mission has already joined the existing crew to make the biggest-ever permanent team on the ISS.

AFP Photo / STR 24.07.2009, 23:10

Progress heading to ISS

The “Progress” Soyuz rocket has blasted off from the Baikonur launch pad in Kazakhstan and is headed towards the ISS to deliver supplies.

Carrier rocket with Soyuz-9 spacecraft on launch pad. 1970 (RIA Novosti / Frumson, STR) 02.06.2010, 09:45

ISS crew returns to Earth as Baikonur Cosmodrome turns 55

The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft with Russian, Japanese cosmonauts and a US astronaut on board has successfully landed in Kazakhstan, after a total of 161 days at the International Space Station.

Belka and Strelka 19.08.2010, 08:04 5 comments

The Soviet Union’s first space survivors

A small white doggie with a funny-looking muzzle and pointy ears is far from the image of a fearless trailblazer. However, that’s exactly how the first living being to travel around the planet and return safely looked.

14.09.2009, 11:46 2 comments

Russia celebrates half a century since touching the moon

Ten years before the first man reached the moon, there was the first man-made object. September 2009 marks 50 years since a Soviet spacecraft touched-down on the lunar surface.

ISS Image from nasa.gov 26.07.2010, 09:39

ISS marks 10 years in space

Ten years ago Russian life-support systems were installed in the International Space Station, which meant crew members could spend more time in orbit performing scientific experiments.

International Space Station on sunrise (Image from nasa.gov) 25.10.2010, 21:59

ISS sets record for constant manned spaceflight

The ISS prepares to become the longest continuously-manned space station to orbit Earth on November 2 when it will mark its 10 year anniversary of having a constant human presence in orbit.

Yuri Gagarin 12.04.2009, 00:52 1 comment

Yury’s night: a small step for man

Space, the final frontier and the battlefield on which the Cold War was fought, has long been a beacon for mankind.

The Soyuz-Apollo Soviet-U.S. space crew after docking, July 1975. Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, center, and astronauts Thomas Stafford and Donald (Deke) Slayton (RIA Novosti) 15.07.2010, 09:09 1 comment

US and Russia mark anniversary of first joint space flight

Thirty-five years ago Russia and the US took a giant leap for mankind with the launch of their first joint space mission, Apollo-Soyuz, which marked the beginning of an era of space cooperation between the two countries.

Zero-gravity birthday for ISS crew member (but don’t uncork the bubbly!)

Published: 09 August, 2009, 13:07


Today, the youngest crew member of the International Space Station, Roman Romanenko, celebrates his 38th birthday. RT and our viewers congratulate the Russian cosmonaut.

 
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