Studio Roscosmos

A new Soyuz-MS series ship is being tested at RSC Energia. "MS" means upgraded systems.

The motion and navigation control system has been improved, communication with astronauts will be provided throughout the flight to the station, and upon return from orbit, the detection of the lander will take less time.

These and other features of the new Soyuz series were described by Alexander Gordyaev, Head of the Soyuz Design Department sector, and Vladimir Kalmykov, master of the Soyuz Main assembly workshop.

Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko talk about preparing for a spacewalk.

Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti observes all the preflight traditions of Russian cosmonautics: she planted a tree, watched the movie "White Sun of the Desert" and even learned several Russian songs.

The plot is about the preparation for the flight of the crew of the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft (Samantha Cristoforetti, Terry Virts, Anton Shkaplerov).

The first satellites to go into orbit from the new Vostochny cosmodrome will be the Mikhailo Lomonosov and Stork scientific apparatuses.

Lomonosov was created in Moscow, in the workshops of VNIIEM, with its help, scientists will study light phenomena in the upper layer of the Earth's atmosphere and radiation characteristics of the magnetosphere. "Stork" was built in the Progress RCC in Samara and its tasks are no less important.

The plot starred Pavel Stolyarenko, Deputy head of the VNIIEM department, scientists Mikhail Panasyuk, Alexander Vorontsov, Sergey Svertilov, Ravil Akhmetov.

The S.A. Lavochkin NGO occupies a special place in the space history of the country.

Interplanetary stations and scientific devices for deep space research, weather satellites and orbital observatories were created and are being created here.

Oleg Ostapenko, head of Roscosmos, Vladimir Rostov, Deputy Head of the Lavochkin NPO Assembly Shop, Vladimir Dolgopolov, Chief designer for the lunar program, academician Rashid Syunyaev, and leading specialist Sergey Bykov tell about the current work and immediate plans of the NGO.

The plot of the 50th anniversary of the launch of the first multi-seat spacecraft "Voskhod-1" on October 12, 1964.

Interview: Gennady Glazov, Oleg Ostapenko.

The main event of the outgoing year for Roscosmos was the launch of a new heavy rocket Angara-5 from the Plesetsk military cosmodrome.

So far, all launches of the new rocket are only test launches.

To test and thoroughly test all systems, it takes several more years, then serial production will begin and the Angara will become Russia's main space transport for military purposes, for the national economy, and for science.

Yuri Makarov and Yuri Bakhvalov tell the story.

From space, you can see a lot, even the migration of birds, but the main goal of the next scientific experiment is to identify and prevent natural and man-made disasters on our planet.

Elena Serova, Lev Desinov and Grigory Tertitsky talk about the work of the program "Hurricane"; the plot also starred golubevod Viktor Averin.

When another rocket launches into space, people see only a small part of the work of the CENKI specialists on TV. Delivery to the cosmodrome, preparation for launch, telemetry and communication, selection of routes and fall fields of the separating parts of the rocket, environmental safety and broadcasting - all this is the work of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities (CENKI), which is 20 years old.

Vladimir Gulko, a leading engineer for the launch vehicle control system, Igor Sameyko, Deputy head of the Soyuz Launch Vehicle Preparation and Launch Department, and Yuri Chichkalo, Deputy head of the Operational Department of the CENKI, tell about the subtleties of their work.

The head of Roscosmos, Oleg Ostapenko, talks about the Vostochny cosmodrome.

The plot of Natalia Burtseva for the 55th anniversary of the Yuri Gagarin CPC.

Interview: cosmonauts Valery Korzun, Mikhail Kornienko.