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Soil detoxifocation at Proton-M crash site completed
Detoxification of soil pollutants at the crash area of the Russian Proton-M rocket-carrier finished on July 10.
11 July 2013
Concentration of poisonous substances in Proton-M crash area does not exceed permissible level
Concentration of poisonous substances in the soil, air and water in the area of the crash of Russian rocket Proton-M does not exceed the permissible levels.
04 July 2013
Heptyl won't reach villages in Kyzylorda in big quantities: Mussabayev
The hazardous substances spilled because of the Proton-M crash at Baikonur cannot reach villages in Kyzylorda oblast in big quantities.
04 July 2013
Hundreds of tons of heptyl is a chemical attack: expert
Corresponding member and analyst of Tsiolkovskiy Russian Cosmonautics Academy Yuriy Karash commented the possible consequences of the crash of Proton-M at Baikonur in Kazakhstan.
03 July 2013
Kazakhstan protests Russian rocket launches from Baikonur
A group of activists gathered near the Russian General Consulate in Almaty after the crash of Russian unmanned carrier rocket Proton-M at Baikonur.
03 July 2013
Russian rocket releases toxic fuel after blast in Kazakhstan
An unmanned Russian carrier rocket exploded on takeoff at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, releasing tonnes of highly toxic fuel into the air in the space programme's latest disaster caught on live television.
02 July 2013
Russia’s Proton-M explodes at Baikonur
About 600 tons of heptyl, a highly toxic fuel, might have been spilled around.
02 July 2013
International trio takes shortcut to space station
An international trio flying in a Russian capsule docked the International Space Station on Wednesday with a busy schedule full of space walks and an encounter with a pioneering US cargo craft.
29 May 2013
Kazakhstan to make Baikonur rocket launches a tourist attraction
Kazakhstan wants to make rocket launches from Baikonur cosmodrome a tourist attraction.
28 May 2013
Kazakhstan to continue space cooperation with Russia at Baikonur even beyond 2050: KazKosmos National Space Agency
Tengrinews.kz reported earlier, citing Russia’s Izvestia, that Russia may bring its operations at the Baikonur cosmodrome close to zero as early as by 2020.
12 April 2013
Russia’s President believes Kazakhstan-based Baikonur is obsolete
We are aligning projects so that Baikonur could be also used. Surely, we will be exploiting it in partnership with space experts and agencies of Kazakhstan: Vladimir Putin.
12 April 2013
Russia’s Roskosmos Space Agency suggests two scenarios of operations at Baikonur
Along the crisis scenario, Baikonur infrastructure will only be supported after 2021 to accommodate individual launches.
08 April 2013
Kazakhstan and Russia may revise Baikonur agreement
The joint use of Baikonur cosmodrome rented by Russia from Kazakhstan has to be reviewed: head of Roskosmos.
05 April 2013
Baiterek SRC project to be based on Zenit rocket
Kazakhstan and Russia agreed to use Zenit launcher in Baiterek (SRC) space rocket complex.
01 April 2013
Three astronauts blast off on express ride to ISS
A crew of two Russians and an American blasted off Friday on a Russian rocket for the International Space Station, in a trip scheduled to be the fastest ever manned journey to the facility.
29 March 2013
Russia to solve problems with Kazakhstan by abandoning Proton
Head of RosKosmos Vladimir Popovkin declared that Proton launchers would be withdrawn from service after 2020.
29 March 2013
Baikonur may become one of EXPO-2017 centers in Kazakhstan
Baikonur space center is going to be part of the EXPO-2017 in Kazakhstan.
26 March 2013
New Kazakhstan President’s special representative at Baikonur appointed
Outgoing Sabit Kozhakhmetov has been relieved of his duties of President’s special representative at Baikonur as he is being transferred to another position.
07 March 2013
Russia accepts gradual withdrawal of Baikonur facilities out of lease: Vice Head of Russia’s RosKosmos Space Agency
According to him, in return, Kazakhstan doesn’t prevent Russia from launching Proton carrier rockets.
14 February 2013
Kazakhstan’s Vice PM: decisions over Baikonur to uphold national interests
The Kazakh side will respect all the agreements reached earlier with Russia, our major strategic partner: Vice PM Kairat Kelimbetov.
13 February 2013