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There are two prospective cosmonauts, but they are facing lack of opportunities as Russia-made Soyuz rockets are now the only means of transporting cosmonauts of all countries to the ISS: Talgat Mussabayev, Head of the National Space Agency KazKosmos.

According to the Finance Ministry, a total of $563 million was to be earmarked for space exploration projects in 2011-2013.

School students from Taldykorgan became finalists of the prestigious international contest of young space researchers called “Flight to Future”.

A space thriller Apollo-18 will hit Russian screens on September 1.

According to Talgat Mussabayev, KazKosmos Head, the plan is hampered by the current lack of places aboard Soyuz spaceships.

Karim Massimov met with Head of Russian Federal Space Agency and Chairman of Kazakhstan National Space Agency.

Consequently, in summer 2015 it will start filling the state coffers: Meirbek Moldabekov, Vice Chairman of the Kazakhstan Space Agency.

According to him, some joint projects have been outlined with Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna and Kurchatov Institute Russian Research Center in Moscow.
Upper-stage rocket Briz-M was delivered to Baikonur. It is aimed for a launch of the Russian satellite Express-AM4.

KazKosmos representatives met APSCO representatives to study opportunities which could be brought about following Kazakhstan’s accession into the Organization.

Kazakhstan and Belarus might unite their remote Earth-sensing satellites and use their data jointly. Space technologies “are becoming a tool for solving economic tasks,” Moldabekov.

Additional protection is needed for one of the electric instruments of the satellite. This will entail an additional round of electric testing.

The minimum cost of Baikonur cosmodrome annual rent should be $1 billion: Amangeldy Momyshev.

It was to supplement the KazSat 1 satellite, but will now replace Kazsat 1 due to the complete loss of the first satellite.

Trips to craters located close to Ust-Kamenogorsk are becoming popular with foreign tourists.

Experts of the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute confirmed that KasSat-2 satellite is in good working order.

KazSat-2 was to supplement the KazSat-1 satellite, but will now replace Kazsat-1 due to the complete loss of the first satellite.

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has not sorted out some minor faults so far: Viktor Lefter, Head of the Kazakhstan’s Center for Space Communications.