Baikonur, pre-launch training of the Soyuz MS-09 crew.
China's new lunar satellite.
Dwarf planet Cashew 2015 BP519.
One line:
- Launch of the Cygnus spacecraft;
- Glavkosmos and Korean weather satellites;
- USA, launch of the Falcon-9 launch vehicle.
Chronograph: the founder of the space dynasty Alexander Volkov is 70 years old.
Astrophoto of the week: X-ray image of the Milky Way from the Chandra telescope, Saturn's satellite Hyperion in the Cassini lens, the Red Rectangle nebula.
Personnel:
Prokopyev S.V. -- test cosmonaut, Hero of the Russian Federation. Gerst A. is a German scientist, Doctor of Natural Sciences, astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA). S.M. Aunon-Chancellor is an American doctor, engineer, NASA astronaut. Kononenko O.D. - test cosmonaut, Hero of the Russian Federation, Hero of Turkmenistan. Saint-Jacques D. is a Canadian doctor, pilot, astrophysicist, astronaut of the Canadian Space Agency. E.S. McClain is an American test pilot, NASA astronaut. Volkov A.A. - pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union. Volkov S.A. - pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Russian Federation. Tereshkova V.V. is the world's first female cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, retired Major General, public and political figure.