Considérée comme morte, la mer d'Aral semble ressuscitée en Asie centrale

Pendant de longues années, la mer d'Aral, située en Asie centrale, à cheval entre le Kazakhstan et l'Ouzbékistan, s'est évaporée en raison des chantiers de l'ancienne URSS. Pour produire du coton en masse, le bloc soviétique avait en effet détourné les fleuves. Aujourd’hui, la mer d’Aral semble renaître.

Soyuz space capsule lands in Kazakhstan

The Soyuz MS-06 space capsule carrying three space travelers returning from the International Space Station (ISS) has landed in Kazakhstan 146 kilometers southeast of the city of Zhezkazgan, said a source in the Russian Mission Control Center located in the Moscow region.

Eni says Kazakh agreement moves it closer to exploration

Italian energy company Eni said Friday it grabbed a stronger hold over a reservoir in Kazakhstan it said has a "significant" potential for oil resources.

Kazakhstan, Russia agree to develop joint projects at Baikonur launch pad

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Thursday that he had agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin to develop the Russian-Kazakh project at the Baikonur launch pad that Russia leases from Kazakhstan to make Kazakhstan a space nation.

Proton-M carrier rocket with Spanish satellite launched from Baikonur Space Center

A Proton-M heavy-lift carrier rocket with a Spanish Amazonas-5 satellite has been launched from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Space Center, a TASS correspondent reported from the space pad on Monday.

Russia launches Soyuz spacecraft with two-men crew to ISS

 Russia on Thursday successfully launched its Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft carrying two astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), the Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos said.

At least nine dead in Kazakhstan apartment building collapse

At least nine people were killed when an apartment building partially collapsed in the town of Shakhan in the Karaganda region in central Kazakhstan, a TASS correspondent learned from the Interior Ministry’s hotline Monday.

US, Russian Astronauts Return to Earth After 6-Month Space Station Mission

One American astronaut and two Russians landed safely in Kazakhstan early Wednesday after spending nearly six months performing work on the International Space Station.

ISS Crew Lands in Kazakhstan

A Soyuz capsule, carrying a crew from the International Space Station, made a successful parachute landing Saturday in Kazakhstan.

Russian Proton-M places Turkish satellite on suborbital path

A Russian Protom-M carries rocket, which was launched late on Friday from the Baikonur space pad in Kazakhstan, has placed its Briz-M booster with a Turkish Turksat 4B satellite to a low suborbital path, Russian Space Agency Roscosmos told TASS on Friday.

Soyuz Arrives at Space Station with Astronauts from 3 Countries

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft arrived Friday at the International Space Station with a three-man international crew.

Soyuz spacecraft blasts off from Baikonur Cosmodrome to take new crew to ISS (video RT)

A Russian spacecraft carrying three new crew members is on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) after blasting off safely from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Proton Rocket Carrying Turkish Satellite Readies for Launch (video Launch of Sirius FM-6)

MOSCOW, February 14 (RIA Novosti) – A Proton rocket carrying a Turkish satellite is scheduled to lift off early Saturday in the first launch of Russia’s largest rocket this year, the Russian space agency told RIA Novosti.
The launch from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan will be the sixth since a three-month suspension after one of the rockets exploded shortly after liftoff in July. The accident sent 600 tons of highly-toxic flaming propellants raining down on the surrounding Kazakh countryside.