News about Baikonur

No excessive radiation at craft wrecks near Baikonur Kazakhstan experts have checked the spacecraft wreckage near Baikonur Cosmodrome for excessive radiation background and found none.
06 November 2013 18:36
Wreck near Baikonur may be Dnepr rocket The fragments that resemble a wreck of a spacecraft discovered near Baikonur in Kazakhstan might be pieces of Dnepr rocket.
06 November 2013 18:11
Spacecraft wreck found near Baikonur Wrecks of an unidentified spacecraft have been discovered not far from Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
06 November 2013 17:09
Russia to take Olympic torch into space Three new crew members blast off Thursday for the International Space Station (ISS) on a Russian rocket, taking with them the precious cargo of an Olympic torch for the 2014 Winter Games in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
06 November 2013 14:27
KazKosmos doesn’t rule out launching Western space vehicles from Baikonur According to KazKosmos, Baikonur will retain its leading positions by the number of launches before 2022-2025.
30 October 2013 17:05
Kazakhstan presses Russia to follow its laws at Baikonur In particular, Kazakhstan wants to cover the cosmodrome’s territory with its Ecological Code.
30 October 2013 01:35
First Proton launched from Baikonur after crash Theу First Proton-M carrier rocket after the July crash has been launched from Baikonur cosmodrome.
30 September 2013 11:43
Kazakhstan does not preclude launching Proton on September 30 Kazakhstan does not preclude the possibility of launching Proton carrier rocket on September 30.
27 September 2013 21:01
American, two Russians take shortcut to space An American and two Russians blasted off Thursday for the International Space Station atop a Soyuz rocket that will slash more than a day off the usual travel time.
26 September 2013 16:29
Russia to launch Proton without Kazakhstan's consent Russia will launch a Proton carrier rocket from Baikonur cosmodrome without Kazakhstan’s consent.
24 September 2013 18:33
Kazakhstan hoping to expand its presence at Baikonur The expansion will envisage joint efforts of the two nations and will not be to the detriment of relations with Russia, according to him.
16 September 2013 19:51
In 2015-2018 Russia plans to shift a part of space launches from the Kazakhstan-based Baikonur cosmodrome When Vostochny is ready, Russia will still stick to the plans of joint use of Baikonur in partnership with Kazakhstan for decades to come: Russia’s Vice Foreign Minister.
10 September 2013 16:07
RosKosmos asks for 15 days to finish detoxification at Baikonur Kazakhstan Environmental Protection Minister Nurlan Kapparov made a trip to Kyzylorda obast on August 15.
19 August 2013 11:38
4-5 Proton-M carrier rockets will be launched from Baikonur before the end of 2013 A Russian Proton-M rocket exploded ten seconds after launch from Baikonur on July 2nd, destroying three Glonass (Russian GPS) satellites it was carrying.
05 August 2013 14:43
Russia PM reprimands space chief for failures Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday issued an official reprimand to the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos after a series of embarrassing rocket launch failures.
05 August 2013 12:31
Proton rocket program resumed at Baikonur Assembly of Proton-M carrier rocket has started in the integration and test block of platform 92A of Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
22 July 2013 16:55
Russia to give up renting Zenit launch pad at Baikonur: media Russia will start transferring rented property at Baikonur cosmodrome to Kazakhstan with International Space Services company.
19 July 2013 17:42
Baikonur accident may affect genes Consequences of the crash of Proton-M rocket carrier with 3 Glonass satellites at Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan might manifest themselves as genetic disorders years later.
17 July 2013 18:55
All fragments of crashed Proton-M collected at Baikonur All the fragments of the crashed Russian Proton-M carrier rocket have been collected at Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
15 July 2013 11:45
Booting Russia from Baikonur would be unwise: ecologist Head of Kazakhstan's Tabigat ecological union Mels Yeleussizov is against closing of Baikonur cosmodrome.
12 July 2013 12:20
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