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The Supermoon was captured rising behind the rocket, which is to be launched this Thursday.

• 15 ноября 2016, 12:23

However, plans are afoot to keep on training prospective astronauts, including female astronauts.

• 28 октября 2015, 21:25

Russia successfully launched a Proton rocket with a British satellite in the first such launch since an engine failure in May resulted in a Mexican satellite being destroyed.

• 29 августа 2015, 10:44

Kazakh cosmonaut Aydin Aimbetov has been going through a pre-flight preparation in Russian Star City for two months already.

• 30 июля 2015, 18:49

Back in May singer Sarah Brightman announced that she was postponing plans to go into space. Brightman said she was putting her spaceflight on hold for personal and family reasons.

• 23 июля 2015, 14:49

Aidyn Aimbetov will replace world’s best-selling soprano Sarah Brightman who was supposed to go on a $52 million 10-day trip aboard the International Space Station.

• 23 июня 2015, 12:13

Head of the Russian Space Agency Igor Komarov declared that Russia will be continuing launches from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome until 2024, when it will switch to its own Vostochny Cosmodrome.

• 06 июня 2015, 14:30

Today Kazakhstan’s Baikonur celebrates its 60th anniversary.

• 04 июня 2015, 12:55

Is there a connection between the mass die-out of saigas in Kazakhstan and rocket launches from Baikonur cosmodrome?

• 31 мая 2015, 03:36

Kazakhstan is experiencing disruptions in the transition from Proton carrier rocket to more environmentally friendly Angara booster.

• 31 мая 2015, 03:02

Back in August 2014 the country’s media reported that Russia was intending to stop financing Baikonur starting from 2016.

• 12 февраля 2015, 15:05

Russian Finance Ministry might stop financing Baikonur cosmodrome in 2016.

• 04 августа 2014, 16:16

A cargo craft successfully docked with the International Space Station, the Russian space agency Roskosmos said.

• 24 июля 2014, 12:23

Two new Kazakh-Russian intergovernmental agreements concerning Baikonur Cosmodrome are a possibility.

• 21 июля 2014, 20:53

Minister of Emergency Situations Vladimir Bozhko expressed his opinion concerning commentaries of local environmentalists who said that rocket launches affected weather conditions in Kazakhstan.

• 21 июля 2014, 17:44

A very unusual phenomenon has been witnessed by residents of Kyzylorda on the evening of July 8.

• 16 июля 2014, 02:51

National Space Agency's chief said that most probably Kazakhstan would take upon itself all the costs associated with modernization of Zenit launching complex in order to replace Proton booster.

• 25 июня 2014, 15:52

Chairman of KazCosmos National Space Agency Mussabayev said that Russia opposes introduction of the Ecological Code of Kazakhstan at Baikonur Cosmodrome.

• 25 июня 2014, 02:49

Zenit-M rocket launching complex will become a Kazakhstan property on January 1, 2015, effectively ending Russian lease.

• 24 июня 2014, 14:55

According to KazKosmos Head, only around $16.4 million is needed to have state-of-the-art laboratories built and fully equipped.

• 23 июня 2014, 17:50