Important Anniversaries of the Corporation

December 26, 2014 - 40th anniversary of the date of launching orbital station Salyut-4. Two crews worked at the station.

December 24, 2014 - 55 years of the date of the first launch of PCE R-7А.

December 16, 2014 - 35 years from the date of launching new modification of unmanned space vehicle Soyuz T. Docking with OS Salyut-6 was performed; its flight in the attached phase during 100 days and return to Earth.

December 6, 2014 - 25 years from the date of Module Kvant-2/OS Mir docking.

November 30, 2014 - 50 years from the date of launching Automatic Interplanetary Station (AIS) Zond-2.

November 26, 2014 - 25 years from the date of launching dedicated module Kvant-2 for outfitting of Orbital Complex Mir.

October 13-18, 2014 - 45 years from the date of Soyuz-6, Soyuz-7, Soyuz-8 space vehicle group flight. Relative maneuvering with operating ground control complex simultaneously with three space vehicles was performed.

October 12, 2014 - 50th anniversary of launching the world's first multi-man space vehicle-satellite Voskhod with the following crewmembers onboard: V.M. Komarov, K.P. Feoktistov, B.B. Yegorov.

October 10, 2014 - 15 years from the date of the first commercial launch of LV Zenit-3SL under Sea Launch Project (SC Direc TV).

October 6, 2014 - 50th anniversary of launching unmanned space vehicle Voskhod.

October 4, 2014 - 55 years from the date of launching AIS Luna-3. It was for the first time that the Moon back side pictures were taken and sent to Earth. The first SC which performed circumlunar flight and transmitted to Earth its back side images. About 70% of the Moon back side were imaged; 17 images were transmitted to Earth.

September 21, 2014 - 65th anniversary of launching rocket R-2E. Experimental testing of new rocket R-2 systems.

September 12, 2014 - 55 years from the date of launching interplanetary station Luna-2. It was the world's first achievement when the Moon's surface had been reached and the streamer bearing the State Emblem of the USSR had been delivered. Moon landing was accomplished on September 14. Solar wind was discovered and its first direct investigations were conducted.

September 6, 2014 - 15 years from the date of launching telecommunication satellite Yamal-100.

August 23, 2014 - 25 years from the date of pioneer launch of advanced unmanned cargo transport vehicle Progress M.

July 25, 2014 - 30 years from the date of the world's first extravehicular activity and work in outer space of female cosmonaut Svetlana Yevgenievna Savitskaya, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1982, 1984), world champion and record-holder in airplane and parachute jumping sport.

July 11, 2014 - 50th anniversary of launching scientific stations Elektron-3 and Elecktron-4.

July 3, 2014 - 45 years from the date of the second launch of RSC N1-L3.

April 21, 2014 - 65th anniversary of the first launch of geophysical rocket R-1A.

April 2, 2014 - 50 years from the date of launching AIS Zond-1.

March 28, 2014 - 15 years from the date of the first (demonstration) launch of LV Zenit-3SL from Launch Platform "Odyssey" located in the Pacific ocean equatorial zone (Christmas Island area).

March 10, 2014 - 50th anniversary of going into service of surveillance satellite Zenit-2.

February 21, 2014 - 45 years from the date of the first launch of RSC N1-L3.

February 20, 2014 - 55 years from the date of rocket R-11 FM entering into service.

January 30, 2014 - 50th anniversary of the date of injection into orbit of two scientific stations Elektron-1 and Elektron-2 via one LV. It was for the first time that satellites were separated during powered flight.

January 16, 2014 - 45th anniversary of the date on which the world's first experimental space station comprised of the docked space vehicles Soyuz-4 and Soyuz-5 began to operate. Soyuz-4 crew: V.A. Shatalov; Soyuz-5 crew: B.V. Volynov, A.S. Yeliseev, Y.V. Khrunov.

January 14, 2014 - 45th anniversary of the date of launching Soyuz-4 space vehicle with V.A. Shatalov onboard in order to build the world's first space station with Soyuz-5 space vehicle and conduct EVA transfer from space vehicle to space vehicle by A.S. Yeleseev and Y.V. Khrunov.

January 2, 2014 - 55th anniversary of the date of launching automatic interplanetary station Luna-1 with the world's first flyby of the Moon.