Space Shuttle «Discovery» wich went into orbit on April 5, docked to the International Space Station. About it RIA Novosti reported with reference to the coordinator of NASA Public Affairs in the Moscow Mission Control Center Sergey Puzanov..

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile RS-20 was launched from Baikonur on April 8, at 17:57 MSK, with auxiliary payload of European spacecraft CryoSat-2. The spacecraft successfully separated at 18:13 MSK..

NASA gave the Martian probe «Phoenix» last chance to give tongue — from 5 to 9 April , 2010 message from it will try to find Mars Odyssey..

NASA and Roskosmos signed a contract under which the U.S. will pay Russia for 55.8 million dollars for each of the six astronauts who will be delivered to the ISS with the help of «Souz» spacecraft in 2013-2014..

Russia has offered to partners on the International Space Station after the operation based on it a small spacecraft that can go beyond the near-Earth space. On this idea, the journalist told the head of manned programs Roscosmos Alexei Krasnov..

Space Shuttle Discovery was launched to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Launch took place at the appointed time — 14:31, Moscow time..

«Polyet» airplane delivered the first stage for South-Korean launcher KSLV-I (The First Korean Space Launch Vehicle) to South Korean city of Pusan. After that, the stage will be shipped to Naro space center..

The Soyuz TMA-18, wich was launched from Baikonur on April 2 with a new crew of the International Space Station, docked to the ISS. The docking to the «Poisk» research module of the Russian segment, which took place in the automatic mode, was broadcasting on TV Channel «Russia 24»..

The Soyuz TMA-18 with three crew members on board was launched to the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome. He will deliver to orbit the Russians Aleksandr Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko, as well as an American Tracy Caldwell Dyson..

The cosmodrome Baikonur continues preparations for the launch of a Soyuz-FG rocket with the transport spacecraft Soyuz TMA-18..

The American company Aerojet plans to sign a contract for the purchase of rocket engines NK-33. They planned to equip the first stage of the launcher Taurus II. The publication notes that the engine NK-33 was developed for the Soviet lunar program designer, Nikolai Kuznetsov 40 years ago..

Today in Moscow inside of the annual event «Forum on satellite navigation and the business program of the VII International Industrial Forum GEOFORM + 2010» start the scientific conference Modern Geotechnology: New Opportunities for Business and Management..

The SpaceX company announced that they will be able to sell spaceflight cheaper than $ 50 million. It is the same price for the Soyuz spacecraft . About the new proposal says SpaceX New Scientist..

Today at Baikonur test training facility by Gagarin main and backup crews of «Soyuz TMA-18» Skvortsov, M. Kornienko, T.Kolduel-Dyson, A. Samokutyaev, A. Borisenko and S. Kelley raised the nations flags — participants of space flight. This astronauts tradition appeared a long time ago and was never broken..

The company Virgin Galactic, on Monday, March 22, conducted the first flight test SpaceshipTwo — ship for space tourists, reports AFP..

Russian Proton-M, launched on Saturday, March 20, from the Baikonur cosmodrome put into orbit an American communications satellite EchoStar-14, ITAR-Tass on Sunday morning, March 21..

In 2012 Russia will again organize tourist flights into space. It is reported by Interfax, citing a source in the missile-space industry..

The descent module of Soyuz TMA-16 landed near the town of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan.

Following positive launch readiness conclusion by the State Commission last night, Proton-M/Echostar-14 was rolled out early this morning from the prop filling station to launch pad 200, Baikonur..

Private company Bigelow Aerospace start hiring astronauts for future work in space hotel or on the space station. Vacancy Announcement is available on the website of the company..