A Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket, carrying a Bion-M satellite rises at a launch pad in the Russian leased Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome on April 18, 2013. Bion-M, part of the Russia's space program, is to conduct fundamental and applied research in space biology, physiology and biotechnology while in orbit, RIA-Novosti news agency reported.
NASA's US astronaut Karen Nyberg (L), Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (C) and European Space Agency (ESA) Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano (R) give a thumbs-up as they take part in pre-flight training at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome on May 17, 2013. The crew is scheduled to blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) from Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome on May 29.
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) talks with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili before their meeting, in the garden of the Iranian Consulate in Istanbul May 15, 2013. Iran faces international pressure over its nuclear programme in two separate meetings on Wednesday, but no breakthrough is expected at a time when the Islamic state is focused on next month's presidential election. The Istanbul meeting follows a failed round of big-power diplomacy in Kazakhstan in early April.
Russia's built Proton-M rocket carrying Eutelsat 3D telecommunications rises at a launch pad in the Russian leased Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome early on May 15, 2013, shortly before its launch. The Russian carrier rocket successfully placed on the target orbit the satellite of Eutelsat Communications, the Russian news agencies reported today.
Russia's built Proton-M rocket carrying Eutelsat 3D telecommunications satellite blasts off from the Russian leased Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome early on May 15, 2013. The Russian carrier rocket successfully placed on the target orbit the satellite of Eutelsat Communications, the Russian news agencies reported today.
U.S. astronaut Tom Marshburn sits at the airport of Zhezkazgan May 14, 2013. The first Canadian astronaut to command the International Space Station (ISS) landed safely in Kazakhstan with two crewmates on Tuesday, wrapping up a five-month mission aboard the ISS.
