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Kazakhstan’s astronaut Aidyn Aimbetov will conduct a number of studies during his 10 day space flight on board the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft.

• 10 августа 2015, 14:21

Kazakh cosmonaut Aydin Aimbetov has been going through a pre-flight preparation in Russian Star City for two months already.

• 30 июля 2015, 18:49

Back in May singer Sarah Brightman announced that she was postponing plans to go into space. Brightman said she was putting her spaceflight on hold for personal and family reasons.

• 23 июля 2015, 14:49

Aidyn Aimbetov will replace world’s best-selling soprano Sarah Brightman who was supposed to go on a $52 million 10-day trip aboard the International Space Station.

• 23 июня 2015, 12:13

Head of the Russian Space Agency Igor Komarov declared that Russia will be continuing launches from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome until 2024, when it will switch to its own Vostochny Cosmodrome.

• 06 июня 2015, 14:30

Today Kazakhstan’s Baikonur celebrates its 60th anniversary.

• 04 июня 2015, 12:55

Kazakhstan is experiencing disruptions in the transition from Proton carrier rocket to more environmentally friendly Angara booster.

• 31 мая 2015, 03:02

Russia will try again to make contact with an unmanned cargo ship after communications were lost following the spacecraft's launch toward the International Space Station.

• 29 апреля 2015, 12:02

Satellite photos of flooding in Karaganda Oblast have been published by Kazakhstani national space company.

• 16 апреля 2015, 12:02

Russia will continue using the International Space Station along with NASA until 2024, its space agency said, after Moscow had threatened to stop financing it in 2020.

• 25 февраля 2015, 15:04

Plane ticket prices in Kazakhstan will be lowered amid the lowering jet fuel prices in Kazakhstan.

• 20 февраля 2015, 21:33

The start of a series of spacewalks to carry out major work at the International Space Station will be delayed by a day to Saturday so NASA can investigate a spacesuits problem.

• 20 февраля 2015, 14:59

Back in August 2014 the country’s media reported that Russia was intending to stop financing Baikonur starting from 2016.

• 12 февраля 2015, 15:05

A $340 million satellite that aims to alert people to potentially dangerous solar activity and geomagnetic storms blasted off toward deep space atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

• 12 февраля 2015, 13:16

SpaceX's launch of a $340 million sun-observing spacecraft that was initially dreamed up by former US vice president Al Gore was postponed.

• 09 февраля 2015, 13:39

NASA hailed a proposal by President Barack Obama to boost spending for the US space agency and announced plans for a mission to explore Jupiter's moon, Europa.

• 03 февраля 2015, 15:24

High-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has reportedly added global Internet access from satellites to his vision of a future alongside sporty electric cars.

• 26 января 2015, 13:15

The private space exploration firm SpaceX said it had secured a $1 billion investment that could help founder Elon Musk's plan to build a satellite Internet network.

• 21 января 2015, 15:08

SpaceX will try again to launch a load of cargo to the International Space Station and recycle its Falcon 9 rocket by landing a key part on an ocean platform.

• 10 января 2015, 15:10

SpaceX aims to propel modern rocket science into a brave new era by landing a key part of its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean.

• 06 января 2015, 14:35