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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 мая 2013, 14:54

Kazakhstan wants to make rocket launches from Baikonur cosmodrome a tourist attraction.

• 28 мая 2013, 17:59

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 апреля 2013, 17:09

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 апреля 2013, 15:11

Along the crisis scenario, Baikonur infrastructure will only be supported after 2021 to accommodate individual launches.

• 08 апреля 2013, 13:35

The joint use of Baikonur cosmodrome rented by Russia from Kazakhstan has to be reviewed: head of Roskosmos.

• 05 апреля 2013, 14:48

Kazakhstan and Russia agreed to use Zenit launcher in Baiterek (SRC) space rocket complex.

• 01 апреля 2013, 15:11

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 марта 2013, 18:48

Head of RosKosmos Vladimir Popovkin declared that Proton launchers would be withdrawn from service after 2020.

• 29 марта 2013, 15:56

Baikonur space center is going to be part of the EXPO-2017 in Kazakhstan.

• 26 марта 2013, 19:51

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 марта 2013, 12:03

According to him, in return, Kazakhstan doesn’t prevent Russia from launching Proton carrier rockets.

• 14 февраля 2013, 14:25

The Kazakh side will respect all the agreements reached earlier with Russia, our major strategic partner: Vice PM Kairat Kelimbetov.

• 13 февраля 2013, 23:16

A Soyuz-2.1 a rocket carrier carrying 6 Globalstar-2 communications satellites will be launched at 22:20 Astana time.

• 05 февраля 2013, 09:24

Center for ground-based space infrastructure facilities operation (TsENKI) injected another $ 83.2 million into the cosmodrome’s facilities.

• 04 февраля 2013, 21:09

The Russian side will pay $460 000 a year for the use of the rocket drop zone regardless of the number of Soyuz launches.

• 30 января 2013, 18:03

We have a clear agreement with Kazakhstan on launches from 2013 to 2015 inclusive: Roskosmos Head Vladimir Popovkin.

• 29 января 2013, 23:30

January 30 Russia’s First Vice PM Igor Shuvalov and Kazakhstan’s Vice PM Kairat Kelimbetov are expected to meet to discuss preparation for the sitting.

• 29 января 2013, 23:15

In 5 days Kazakhstan’s Vice PM Kairat Kelimbetov, co-chairman of the intergovernmental committee for Baikonur issues, would be travelling to Moscow.

• 25 января 2013, 19:44

According to him, Proton carrier rockets have already been modernized. It is not the first year the two sides have agreed on the number of launches.

• 25 января 2013, 15:07