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June 2010
June 30, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At 19:35:14 Moscow Time, a space logistics spacecraft Progress M-06M lifted off a launch pad at the Baikonur launch site.
The purpose of the launch is to support further in-orbit operation of the International Space Station in accordance with Russian commitments under the project.
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June 30, 2010. S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow region.
S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia held an awards ceremony for the winners of the first stage of creative competition "Design of Spacecraft Working and Living Environments". The selection round was held during a period covering November 16, 2009 through May 1, 2010.
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June 28, 2010. S.P. Korolev RSC Energia - MCC-M, Korolev, Moscow region.
In accordance with the mission plan of the International Space Station (ISS), the manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-19 was re-docked from the instrumentation and propulsion compartment of the Zvezda Service Module of the ISS Russian Segment to the docking port on the Mini Research Module Rassvet.
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June 28, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-06M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Soyuz-U launch vehicle was rolled out from the integration building to the launch pad. Soyuz-U launch vehicle with Progress M-06M transport vehicle is installed on the launch pad. L-2 days activities have been started.
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June 27, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-06M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Orbital module of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle, containing Progress M-06M spacecraft was integrated with the Soyuz-U launch vehicle in the processing facility.
Technical management meeting and Government Commission meeting were convened. A decision is made to roll out Soyuz-U launch vehicle with Progress M-06M transport vehicle to the launch pad.
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June 25, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-06M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Orbital module of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle, containing Progress M-06M spacecraft was transported from the spacecraft processing facility for the general integration with LV.
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June 24, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-06M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Designers inspection of the Progress M-06M transport cargo vehicle was completed.
Payload shroud roll on to the cargo vehicle was performed.
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June 23, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-06M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Progress M-06M transport cargo vehicle was docked with the transfer compartment in the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility.
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June 21, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-06M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Progress M-06M cargo vehicle fuelled with propellant components and compressed gases was delivered to the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility for final processing operations.
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June 19, 2010. S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow region.
Public company S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia has held its annual stockholders meeting convened in due order by the decision of the Board of Directors.
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June 18, 2010. S.P. Korolev RSC Energia - MCC-M, Korolev, Moscow region.
The Russian manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-19 has docked with the International Space Station (ISS).
The spacecraft approached ISS after two days of free flight in low Earth orbit. Rendezvous with the space station, its fly-around, stationkeeping and docking were performed in automatic mode.
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June 16, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
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-19 was launched from Baikonur launch site at 01:35:19 Moscow Time.
The objective of the launch is to deliver to ISS a crew of three in order to bring the crew of Expedition Twenty Four (ISS-24) up to six.
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June 15, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-06M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
The Technical Management meeting took place, which made a decision to fuel Progress M-06M cargo vehicle with propellant components and compressed gases.
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June 14, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
The State Commission held its meeting at Baikonur launch site where the primary and backup crews for Soyuz TMA-19 were approved and the readiness of the space launcher system was confirmed.
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June 13, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-19 transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
A rollout of the Soyuz spacecraft from the assembly-test facility to the launch site was provided.
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June 12, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-19 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.
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A meeting of the Technical management under the chairmanship of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia President and General Designer V.A. Lopota and State commission was held.
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June 11, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-19 transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
In the assembly/test building primary (Fyodor
Yurchikhin (Roscosmos, Russia), Douglas
Wheelock, Shannon Walker
(NASA, USA)) and backup (Dmitriy
Kondratiev (Roscosmos, Russia), Katherine
Coleman (NASA, USA), Paolo
Nespoli (ESA, Italy)) crews of the Soyuz TMA-19 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.
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Orbital module of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle, containing the Soyuz TMA-19 manned spacecraft was transported from the spacecraft processing facility for the general integration with LV.
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June 9, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-19 transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Designers inspection of the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft was completed.
Payload shroud roll on to the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft was performed.
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June 7, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-19 transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Soyuz TMA-19 transport manned vehicle was docked with a transfer compartment in the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility.
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June 6, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-19 transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Soyuz TMA-19 transport manned vehicle fuelled with propellant components and compressed gases was delivered to the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility for final processing operations.
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June 4, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
The prime and backup crews for the ISS-24/25 initiated a final training phase at the Launch Site.
Fyodor Yurchikhin (Roscosmos, Russia), Douglas Wheelock, Shannon Walker (NASA, USA), Dmitriy Kondratiev (Roscosmos, Russia), Katherine Coleman (NASA, USA) and Paolo Nespoli (ESA, Italy) had training sessions onboard the spacecraft, acquainted with the onboard documentation and the content of cargoes launched but the prime crew also made a fitting of the Sokol-KB space suits and individual liners.
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June 3, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
Primary (Fyodor Yurchikhin
(S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, Russia), Douglas
Wheelock and Shannon Walker
(NASA, USA)) and backup (Dmitriy
Kondratiev (Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Russia), Katherine
Coleman (NASA, USA) and Paolo
Nespoli (ESA, Italy)) crews of the Soyuz TMA-19 transportation
spacecraft arrived to the Baikonur launch site. At the airport they
were met by members of the State Commission and Technical Management.
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June 2, 2010. S.P. Korolev RSC Energia - MCC-M, Korolev, Moscow region.
At 7 hours: 24 minutes Moscow Time, descent module of Soyuz TMA-17 space vehicle returned to Earth. All DM deorbiting, search and landing operations were performed in a normal mode.
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (Commander of Soyuz TMA-17 space vehicle), NASA astronaut Timothy Creamer and Japan Space Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi have completed flight to the International Space Station (ISS) under ISS-23 Program.
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June 2, 2010. S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow region.
In view of mass media keen interest in the project of a new-generation manned transport space vehicle and appearance of the publications based on conjectures of the authors who proceed from modification of baseline space vehicle proposed by S.P. Korolev Rocket-Space Corporation Energia in its earlier development phase, we wish to explain the following:
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