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Breeze M Arrives at Baikonur for SIRIUS XM-5 Launch
	The Breeze M upper stage (US) – which will be used as a forth stage on a Proton M space rocket to insert into orbit the Sirius XM-5 satellite – was delivered today to Baikonur Launch Base (Cosmodrome) on a Russian AN-124-100 ‘Ruslan’ transport aircraft of Polet Airlines..

Soyuz-U Prelaunch Processing Continues at Baikonur
	Experts of the space port commenced Soyuz-U testing..

The situation with the smoke under Moscow and central Russia from August 6, 2010 on August 23, 2010
	The current situation on the fires.

Baikonur: DM-2 Integrated with Glonass-M Cluster
	Russian space industry continues Glonass launch campaign at Baikonur..

China has finished assembling its first module of the space station.
	China announced the completion of assembly of the first module of its future space station, the local agency Xinhua informed..

Baikonur’s Ground Facilities Prepared for Glonass Launch
	Russian space industry continues Glonass launch campaign at Baikonur..

Progress M-07M Passes Through Leak Check Successfully
	Progress M-07M cargo vehicle has passed through leak check at site 254, Baikonur..

Russia to Launch 3 More Earth Observation Satellites in 1,5 Years
	Russian Earth observation orbital constellation to be enlarged by three more satellites in 1-1.5 years, Anatoly Perminov, Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency said questioned by The Voice of Russia..

The astronauts installed a new pump on the ISS.
	Astronauts Douglas Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson in the third emergency spacewalks install a new ammonia pump in the ISS thermoregulation system.

Third Repair Spacewalk by ISS Astronauts Set for Monday

After completing several days of analysis and refining procedures, International Space Station managers and mission operations personnel met Sunday and gave final approval for a third spacewalk Monday by Expedition 24 Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson to install a spare ammonia pump in the station’s starboard truss as well as approval to restart and activate half of the station’s cooling system that became inoperable two weeks ago due to a failure of the pump in the station’s starboard truss..

Three Globalstar-2 Satellites Delivered to Baikonur
	An-124 Ruslan airplane delivered three Globalstar-2 satellites to Baikonur yesterday..

NASA intended sending ISS module to the asteroid
	Specialists of the American Space Agency (NASA) are considering the possibility of becoming one of the modules of the ISS to the spacecraft for studing asteroids after the completion of the ISS program in 2020..

Second Spacewalk of the ISS Astronauts to Replace Coolant Pump Complete
	Expedition 24 Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson have completed the second of three spacewalks to remove the failed ammonia coolant Pump Module on the S1 truss of the International Space Station that failed July 31.

Soyuz TMA-01M Launch Campaign Commenced
	Experts of RSC-Energia and TSENKI’s subsidiary Yuzhny Space Center commenced tests of the Soyuz TMA-01M crew vehicle today at Baikonur..

ISS Astronauts to Perform Second of Three Spacewalks Wednesday
	Flight controllers and engineers continue meetings to review the results from the first spacewalk conducted Saturday by International Space Station Expedition 24 Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson and to plan for the second of what now will be three spacewalks to complete the replacement of a failed pump module on the station’s starboard truss..

Formation of the GLONASS constellation completed in 2010
	Russian Global Navigation Satellite System will work on a global scale before the end of 2010..

Glonass Prelaunch Operations Continue at Baikonur
	Experts at Baikonur continue prelaunch operations with Proton-M rocket, DM upper stage, and Glonass-M satellites to be launched in a cluster on Sept. 2, at 4.53 a.m. MSK..

Launch vehicle Ariane-5 put into orbit two communications satellites.
	Launch vehicle Ariane-5 on Wednesday night started from the equatorial Kourou in French Guiana. It has put into orbit satellites for the two African operators, according to the European space group Arianespace..

The Second Glonass-M Satellite of the Cluster to be Launched in September Arrives at Baikonur
	This morning, IL-76 airplane delivered one more Glonass-M satellite to Baikonur..

Specialists NASA lost contact with the Mars rovers Spirit.
	Professionals that supervise the mission rover «Spirit» does not exclude that he will not survive the winter. The device was not available in connection with the Earth, and scientists suspect that its batteries will not be able to accumulate enough energy to rover «alive» with the coming of spring.