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April 2010
April 28, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At 21:15:09 Moscow Time a logistics spacecraft Progress M-05M was launched from the Baikonur launch site.
The purpose of the launch is to support further in-orbit operation of the International Space Station in accordance with Russian commitments under that project.
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April 26, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-05M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Soyuz-U launch vehicle was rolled out from the integration building to the launch pad. Soyuz-U launch vehicle with Progress M-05M transport vehicle is installed on the launch pad. L-2 days activities have been started.
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April 25, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-05M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Orbital module of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle, containing Progress M-05M spacecraft was integrated with the Soyuz-U launch vehicle in the processing facility.
Technical management meeting and Government Commission meeting were convened. A decision is made to roll out Soyuz-U launch vehicle with Progress M-05M transport vehicle to the launch pad.
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April 23, 2010. S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow region.
Forty five years ago, the launch of the pioneer national communication satellite Molnia-1 developed by the team of OKB-1 (now RSC Energia) under the leadership of S.P. Korolev, in broad cooperation with space industry enterprises, was performed.
We congratulate all people who contributed to building the first communication satellite Molnia-1, including enterprise and space industry employees and veterans, all those who took part in creative work on the development of the pioneer national communication space systems and continued to selflessly work towards further progress of these systems, on the significant date in the history of the national cosmonautics!
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April 23, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-05M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Orbital module of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle, containing Progress M-05M spacecraft was transported from the spacecraft processing facility for the general integration with LV.
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April 22, 2010. Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA - S.P.Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow region, Russia.
Mini Research Module MRM1 Rassvet - a new module for the Russian Segment (RS) of the International Space Station (ISS) - continues to undergo its processing for launch at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fl, USA.
In the end of March of this year specialists from S.P.Korolev RSC Energia working at KSC facilities have successfully completed electrical tests on the module, have loaded its pressurized compartment with gas, have checked pressure integrity of hatches and filling valves.
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April 22, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-05M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Designers inspection of the Progress M-05M transport cargo vehicle was completed.
Payload shroud roll on to the cargo vehicle was performed.
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April 22, 2010. S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow region.
S.P.Korolev RSC Energia held schedule training sessions under the crew-training program for Expeditions to the International Space Station (ISS).
Specialists of the Corporation got Paolo Nespoli (astronaut, flight enfineer of the backup crew for ISS-24/25) acquainted with procedures and tools for maintenance and repair operations on the ISS Russian Segment, with multifunctional indicator device installed on new Russian modules Poisk and Rassvet.
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April 21, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-05M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Progress M-05M transport cargo vehicle was docked with the transfer compartment in the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility.
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April 20, 2010. S.P.Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow region.
Today is the 75th anniversary of Yuri Pavlovich Semenov's birth, the academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Hero of Socialist Labour, the USSR and RF Lenin and State Prize winner, the Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Sciences, Professor.
Russian Federation President D.A. Medvedev sent to Yuri Pavlovich the telegram of congratulation.
In connection with his jubilee, Yu.P. Semenov is awarded with the RF Government Diploma and Roscosmos Honorary Award "Korolev Badge".
The Management and Team of RSC Energia after S.P. Korolev, colleagues and friends, congratulate heartily You, Yuri Pavlovich, on this significant date!
April 20, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-05M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Progress M-05M cargo vehicle fuelled with propellant components and compressed gases was delivered to the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility for final processing operations.
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April 16, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-05M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
The Technical Management meeting took place, which made a decision to fuel Progress M-05M cargo vehicle with propellant components and compressed gases.
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April 14, 2010. S.P.Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow region.
S.P.Korolev RSC Energia hosted training sessions under the crew-training program for Expeditions to the International Space Station (ISS).
Corporation specialists have conducted training with Russian cosmonauts of the ISS-24/25 crew F. Yurchikhin and D. Kondratiev in the procedures for replacing the software in the onboard computer system, procedures and tools for maintenance and repair of the hardware on the Russian segment of ISS.
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April 12, 2010. S.P.Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow region.
Dear employees of the Corporation, colleagues, partners, dear veterans,
Please accept our congratulations on our professional holiday!
We thank all those who worked and are working today at our company for purposefulness and dedication to work, for looking for progressive solutions. We thank our corporation's partners for honoring their commitments on joint space projects in a good and timely manner. We wish everybody good health and creative mood to boldly reach for new horizons!
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April 12, 2010. S.P.Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow region - All-Russia Exhibition Center, Kremlin, Moscow.
This morning, in connection with the Cosmonautics Day, Deputy Chairman of the Government of Russian Federation S.B.Ivanov, head of the Federal Space Agency A.N.Perminov, State Secretary - deputy head of Roscosmos V.A.Davydov, RSC Energia President and General Designer V.A.Lopota, first deputy general designer N.I. Zelenshchikov, First Vice President of the Corporation, General Director of the Experimental Machine-building Plant of RSC Energia A.F.Strekalov, relatives of Sergei Korolev, heads of directorates of Roscosmos, representatives of organizations of Roscosmos and cosmonauts laid flowers to the burial places of outstanding designers of our country's rocket and space hardware and hero cosmonauts at the Kremlin wall.
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April 12, 2010. S.P.Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow region.
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Rocket and Space Corporation Energia held a meeting of representatives
of the company's departments to mark the Cosmonautics Day.
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April 12, 2010. S.P.Korolev RSC Energia - MCC-M, Korolev, Moscow region.
On the occasion of the Cosmonautics Day, the Mission Control Center near Moscow (MCC-M) held a communications session with the crew of Expedition 23 to the International Space Station (ISS).
Holiday greetings and wishes were extended to the crew by: The S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation President and General Designer V.A. Lopota, Head of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation N.N. Konstantinov, First Vice President of the Corporation, General Director of the Experimental Machine-building Plant A.F. Strekalov, Director of the Institute for Biomedical Problems I.B. Ushakov, test-cosmonauts from RSC Energia cosmonaut team.
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April 6, 2010. S.P.Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow region.
The leadership, cosmonauts corps and team of S.P. Korolev Rocket-Space Corporation Energia express sincere condolences to the relatives and friends on the death of the Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, the USSR pilot-cosmonaut, member of the RFCP Central Committee, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly of the 1st - 4th convocations, USSR State Prize winner, one of the veterans-developers and test engineers of the national space technology Vitaliy Ivanovich SEVASTIANOV.
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April 6, 2010. S.P.Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow region.
In Rocket&Space Corporation Energia after S.P. Korolev the scheduled trainings on International Space Station (ISS) Forthcoming Crew Expedition Training Program were performed.
Corporation specialists trained the Russian test-cosmonauts F. Yurchikhin and D. Kondratiev (ISS-24/25), A. Kaleri, O. Skripochka and O. Kononenko (ISS-25/26).
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April 4, 2010. S.P.Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow region.
The Russian manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-18 has docked with the International Space Station (ISS).
The spacecraft approached ISS after two days of free flight in low Earth orbit. Rendezvous with the space station, its fly-around, stationkeeping and docking were performed in automatic mode.
The initial contact with the docking port on the Poisk module of the Russian segment of the space station occurred at 09:24:50 Moscow Time.
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April 2, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
In accordance with the mission plan of the International Space Station (ISS) and Russian commitments under this international project, a manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-18 was launched from Baikonur launch site at 08:04 Moscow Time.
The objective of the launch is to deliver to ISS a crew of three in order bring the crew of Expedition Twenty Three (ISS-23) up to six.
The spacecraft crew: Flight engineer of ISS-23, commander of ISS-24,
commander of Soyuz TMA A.Skvortsov;
flight engineer of ISS-23/24, flight engineer of Soyuz TMA M.Kornienko
(both from Russia); flight engineer of ISS-23/24, flight engineer
of Soyuz TMA T.Caldwell-Dyson (USA).
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The docking of Soyuz TMA-18 with ISS is scheduled for April 4, 2010 at 09:26 Moscow Time.
A live coverage of the docking is planned.
April 1, 2010. Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.
The State Commission held its meeting at Baikonur launch site where the primary and backup crews for Soyuz TMA-18 were approved and the readiness of the space launcher system was confirmed.
At the suggestion of the Head of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center S.K. Krikalev, the State Commission approved the proposed composition of the primary and backup crews.
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April 1, 2010. S.P.Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow region.
Today marks 100th anniversary of the legendary test pilot Sergei Anokhin.
The test flights he has accomplished wend down in aviation history as truly unique. Those were flutter tests of many aviation designs, tests of some of the most exotic aircraft of the A-40 flying tank type, stability and spin tests of various airplanes and gliders, breaking the sound barrier, high-altitude flights, refueling in the air, engine tests, catapult-assisted lift-offs and many others. For his airmanship during flight tests of aircraft-type missile Kometa in 1953, S.N.Anokhin was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union and the State Prize.
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