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Kazakhstan permitted Russia to resume launches from Baikonur
We have agreed that Kazakhstan issues a permit to Russia for these unplanned launches: Karim Massimov.
18 June 2012
Kazakhstan to rent Russian equivalent of Hubble telescope
Kazakhstan will rent Russian telescope Spektr-UF to be launched in space in 2016.
15 June 2012
Astana does not hinder launches of Russian satellitles from Baikonur: Kazakhstan Space Agency
Kazakhstan has never banned the coordinated launches. Do not blow it into a political issue: Mussabayev.
11 June 2012
GLONASS developers to create common navigation field of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan
Common navigation field based on GLONASS system may be created in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
20 April 2012
Not a single space power operates from other countries’ cosmodromes: Russia's Vice PM
Russia will keep on cooperating with Kazakhstan at the Baikonur cosmodrome while the Russia-based Vostochnyi cosmodrome is gaining momentum: Russia’s Vice Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin.
13 April 2012
Cosmodrome Baikonur has been overstretched for the recent years: RosCosmos Space Agency Vice Head Aleksandr Lopatin
However friendly Kazakhstan may be, the facility is a rented one. It is a political issue. I don’t mean that Kazakhstan may abruptly “cut off the oxygen” for Russia: Aleksandr Lopatin.
12 April 2012
U.S. interested in 16-y.o. inventor from Pavlodar
Pavlodar school student Nazifa Baktybayeva has been invited to the U.S. to visit NASA headquarters.
11 March 2012
Communications operators invited to shift from foreign satellites to KazSat-2
KazSat-2 was placed in full operation November 26. November 25 the National Space Agency obtained the full title to the satellite from Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center.
01 February 2012
Russia’s military establishments to step out of Baikonur by early 2012
11284 military division formed on June 2, 1955 and known as the Fifth science and research training ground of the USSR Military of Defense, will be liquidated by the end of December.
24 December 2011
Kazcosmos negotiating flights of Kazakh astronauts with NASA
Chair of Kazakhstan National Space Agency held talks with NASA representative on the possibility of sending Kazakh astronauts into space.
14 December 2011
Kazakhstan obtains full title to KazSat-2 communications satellite
Khalyk Kazakhinstrakh has been designated as the insurance company.
28 November 2011
Kiev offered Astana to cooperate in space industry
Kiev and Astana could establish a partnership in space industry.
25 November 2011
Kazakhstan is keen to use space technologies for peaceful purposes
Implementing its space program, Kazakhstan is striving for the joint use of space for peaceful purposes and international scientific partnership: Mussabayev.
05 October 2011
Soyuz TMA-21 with 3 astronauts on board successfully landed in Kazakhstan
Soyuz TMA-21 capsule successfully landed in Kazakhstan.
19 September 2011
Kazakhstan ready to allocate $164.3 million for KazSat-3
The satellite is to be launched in 2013.
12 September 2011
Kazakhstan’s Space Agency demands greater clarity with regards to Baiterek launch complex for Russia’s Angara booster rocket
It’s time to sit down and think if we really need the project that is likely not to pay back. The risks are huge: Mr. Mussabayev.
12 September 2011
Kazakhstan now has enough funds to send its cosmonaut to the International Space Station
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.
12 September 2011
$294.5 million to finance space exploration projects in 2012-2014
According to the Finance Ministry, a total of $563 million was to be earmarked for space exploration projects in 2011-2013.
28 August 2011
Taldykorgan students became finalists of The Flight to the Future contest
School students from Taldykorgan became finalists of the prestigious international contest of young space researchers called “Flight to Future”.
10 August 2011
Bekmambetov's Apollo-18 to hit screens in September
A space thriller Apollo-18 will hit Russian screens on September 1.
09 August 2011