News

November 30, 2013.
Russian logistics spacecraft Progress M-21M has docked with the International Space Station!

Russian logistics spacecraft Progress M-21M has docked with the International Space Station (ISS).
Rendezvous with the space station, the flyaround maneuver and stationkeeping were performed in automatic mode, while the final approach operations were controlled from onboard the space station by the Russian cosmonaut O. Kotov working in the teleoperator control mode (TORU) according to the decision made by the Head of the Lead Operations Control Team (LOCT) - the Flight Director, First Deputy General Designer of RSC Energia V.A. Soloviev. The initial contact with the docking port on the instrumentation and propulsion compartment of the Zvezda Service Module of the ISS Russian Segment (RS) occurred at 02:30 Moscow Time.

November 28, 2013.
New radio rendezvous system tested

Russian transport cargo vehicle Progress M-21M conducted its test rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS) in accordance with free flight program which prescribed flight testing of a new radio system of Kurs-NA motion parameters relative measurements.

November 26, 2013.
Unmanned logistics spacecraft Progress M-21M in orbit

At 00:53:06 Moscow Time, logistics spacecraft Progress M-21M was launched from the Baikonur launch site.
The objective of the launch is to provide support needed for further functioning in orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) in accordance with the Russian commitments under this project, as well as flight tests of a new Kurs-NA radio system for measuring relative motion parameters designed to support rendezvous and docking with the station.

November 23, 2013.
Soyuz launch vehicle rollout to the launch pad

At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-21M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Soyuz launch vehicle was rolled out from the integration building to the launch pad.
Soyuz launch vehicle with Progress M-21M transport vehicle is installed on the launch pad.
L-2 days activities have been started.

November 22, 2013.
Technical management meeting and Government Commission meeting were convened

At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-21M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Technical management meeting and Government Commission meeting were convened. A decision is made to roll out Soyuz-U launch vehicle with Progress M-21M transport vehicle to the launch pad.

November 22, 2013.
LV Soyuz general integration is completed

At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-21M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Orbital module of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle, containing Progress M-21M spacecraft was integrated with the Soyuz-U launch vehicle in the processing facility.

November 21, 2013.
The orbital module of the LV Soyuz-U with CV Progress M-21M transportation for the general integration with LV

At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-21M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Orbital module of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle, containing Progress M-21M spacecraft was transported from the spacecraft processing facility for the general integration with LV.

November 20, 2013.
Designers inspection of Progress M-21M cargo vehicle and payload shroud roll were performed

At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-21M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Designers inspection of the Progress M-21M cargo vehicle was completed.
Payload shroud roll on to the Progress M-21M cargo vehicle was performed.

November 19, 2013.
A transfer compartment was docked with Progress M-21M cargo vehicle

At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-21M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Progress M-21M transport cargo vehicle was docked with the transfer compartment in the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility.

November 17, 2013.
Progress M-21M cargo vehicle was delivered to the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility

At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-21M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Progress M-21M cargo vehicle fuelled with propellant components and compressed gases was delivered to the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility for final processing operations.

November 15, 2013.
A quarter of a century since the maiden flight of Buran orbiter of the Energia-Buran Space Transportation System

S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia held a ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the successful first test flight of Buran orbiter of our country's Space Transportation System Energia-Buran.

November 15, 2013.
Dear employees and veterans of the Corporation, colleagues, friends!

A quarter of a century ago, on November 15, 1988, the reusable orbiter Buran was launched from the Baikonur launch site into a low-Earth orbit using the launch vehicle Energia. The orbiter demonstrated the extremely high level of the technological and scientific potential of our country by successfully completing its maiden flight having made a couple of orbits around the planet in unmanned automatic mode. This event became a significant milestone in the history of the domestic and world space flight. For the first time in history a fully automatic landing on an airstrip under adverse weather conditions was accomplished by a heavy winged spacecraft with a mass exceeding 80 metric tons! Since then, no spacefaring nation in the world has managed to emulate the feat of landing a spacecraft that heavy in unmanned mode.
We congratulate you on the 25th anniversary of the successful flight of the Buran orbiter of the reusable space transportation system Energia-Buran!We wish the employees and veterans of RSC Energia, our colleagues and friends good health, new creative ideas in developing rocket and space technology for the 21st century, happiness, prosperity and confidence that thanks to your professionalism and dedicated labor Russia will keep its leading position in space!

November 14, 2013.
A meeting of the Technical management

At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-21M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
The Technical Management meeting took place, which made a decision to fuel Progress M-21M cargo vehicle with propellant components and compressed gases.

November 14, 2013.
Report entitled "Earth, Venus, Mars: Origin, Evolution, Constitution, Processes, Global Disasters. Unique Features of the Earth and Their Causes" was heard at RSC Energia

S.P. Korolev Rocket-Space Corporation Energia hosted an extended meeting of the Corporation Scientific-Technical Council (STC) at which the report entitled "Earth, Venus, Mars: Origin, Evolution Constitution, Processes, Global Disasters. Unique Features of the Earth and their Causes" was given by V.P. Trubitsyn, the head of the Laboratory at the Institute for Earth Physics after O.Y. Schmidt, RAS corresponding member, Doctor of Science (Physics and Mathematics).

November 13, 2013.
In memory of Alexander Alexandrovich SEREBROV, the Hero of the Soviet Union, USSR pilot-cosmonaut

The Management and collective of S.P. Korolev Rocket-Space Corporation Energia inform with deep regret that on November 12, 2013 ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVICH SEREBROV, the Hero of the Soviet Union, USSR pilot-cosmonaut, Candidate of Science (Engineering), RSC Energia veteran died suddenly in his seventieth year of life.

November 11, 2013.
The descent module of Soyuz TMA-09M with its crew and an Olympic torch has returned to Earth!

At 06:49 Moscow Time, the descent vehicle of Soyuz TMA-09M manned transportation spacecraft landed in its designated landing area 147 kilometers to the South-East of Jezkazgan in the Republic of Kazakhstan. All the operations associated with the descent, search and landing of the descent vehicle went normally.

November 9-10, 2013.
Cosmonauts have completed the 42nd, "Olympic" space walk

In accordance with the mission plan of the International Space Station (ISS), Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazansky made a scheduled spacewalk.

November 7, 2013.
Manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-11M has docked with the ISS!

A manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-11M has docked with the International Space Station (ISS).
Approach to it, its fly-around, stationkeeping and docking were performed normally, in automatic mode.
The initial contact with the docking port on the module Rassvet of the ISS Russian segment occurred at 14:27:52 Moscow Time, 6 hours 14 minutes after the lift-off from the Baikonur launch site.

November 7, 2013.
Soyuz TMA-11M launched to the International Space Station! The crew onboard the spacecraft consists of: M. Tyurin, R. Mastracchio, K. Wakata.

In accordance with the mission plan of the International Space Station (ISS) and Russian commitments under this international project, a manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-11M was launched from Baikonur launch site at 08:14:16 Moscow Time.
The objective of the launch is to deliver to ISS a crew of three in order to bring the crew of Expedition Thirty Seven (ISS-38) up to six.

November 6, 2013.
The State Commission meeting

The State Commission held its meeting at Baikonur launch site where the primary and backup crews for Soyuz TMA-11M were approved and the readiness of the space launcher system was confirmed.

November 5, 2013.
LV Soyuz rollout to the launch pad

At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-11M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Soyuz launch vehicle was rolled out from the integration building to the launch pad. Soyuz launch vehicle with Soyuz TMA-11M transport vehicle is installed on the launch pad. L-2 days activities have been started.

November 4, 2013.
Meetings of the Technical management and State commission were held

At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-11M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Meetings of the Technical management under the chairmanship of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia President and General Designer V.A. Lopota and State commission were held. A decision on rollout of the launch vehicle with the Soyuz TMA-11M transport manned spacecraft to the launch facility and its preparation for launch planned for November 7, 2013 was adopted.

November 4, 2013.
LV Soyuz general integration is completed

At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-11M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
In the LV Integration and Checkout Facility, the basic integration of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with the upper composite has been completed.

November 3, 2013.
Orbital module of the LV Soyuz-FG with SC Soyuz TMA-11M was transported for the general integration with LV

At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-11M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Orbital module of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle, containing the Soyuz TMA-11M manned spacecraft was transported from the spacecraft processing facility for the general integration with LV.

November 3, 2013.
A check inspection of the SC Soyuz TMA-11M was performed

At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-11M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
In the assembly/test building primary (Mikhail Vladislavovich TYURIN (Roscosmos, Russia), Rick Alan MASTRACCIO (NASA, USA) and Koichi WAKATA (JAXA, Japan)) and backup (Maksim Viktorovich SURAEV (Roscosmos, Russia), Gregory Raid WISEMAN (NASA, USA) and Alexander GERST (ESA, Germany)) crews of the Soyuz TMA-11M transportation spacecraft made a check inspection of the spacecraft in the launch configuration and got acquainted with equipment to be delivered and returned to the ground. Besides, the crews acquainted with the cargo transport vehicle Progress M-21M delivered to the ISS in late November 2013.

November 1, 2013.
Designers inspection of SC Soyuz TMA-11M and payload shroud roll were performed

At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-11M transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Designers inspection of the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft was completed.
Payload shroud roll on to the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft was performed.