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Spaceflight links

A selection of spaceflight links. These are mainly Russian-related ones (as the Russian program is the focus of this site!), sites that have a Russian spaceflight segment or mention it, some forums I frequent, and link exchanges – listed in alphabetical order.

Online computer translators that can be utilized for the Russian sites are Babelfish, Google and Promt.

Cosmonaut sites

The official sites of real live cosmonauts!! (Not very many, at the moment.)

Forums

Link exchanges

Here are listed the space-related sites that have linked to me.

General sites

Russian-language

Personal sites

Russian-language

Organizations

This includes various Russian design bureaus and research organizations. Some are only in Russian; some have English versions as well (for the most part, I have linked to the main URL only as the link to the English pages can change). There are a huge number of organizations; I have just listed the more familiar ones, with a brief description of these.

  • RKK/RSC Energiya (S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energiya, Ракетно-космической корпорации «Энергия» имени С.П. Королёва – РКК «Энергия»): builds satellites, space probes, spaceships and stations (in conjunction with other companies), sends up cosmonauts
  • ESA Permanent Mission in Russia
  • Federation of American Scientists: Russian and Soviet Space Guide at Archive.org – pages to 2003 (the FAS seems to have deleted some of these pages on its site after reorganizing it). Useful reference for historical purposes.
  • Institute of Aircraft Equipment (NIIAO)
  • Institute of Medical-Biological Problems (Институт Медико-Биологических Проблем – ИМБП): researches spaceflight-related experiments and medical issues; part of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Khrunichev State Research & Production Center (Госудапственный космический научно-производственный центр имени М.В.Хруничева – ГКНПЦ имени М.В.Хруничева): builds space stations and rockets (one being the Proton)
  • NPO Molniya
  • Roskosmos (Russian Federal Space Agency) (Федеральное космическое агентство России – Роскосмос, ФКА: oversees Russia’s civilian space program
  • Russian Space Forces (VKS, Военно Космические Силы): responsible for military space operations. Shares Baikonur Cosmodrone with the FSA; operates Plesetsk Cosmodrome and the Svobodn’y Cosmodrome
  • Samara Space Centre (State Research and Production Space-Rocket Center TsSKB-Progress, Государственный научно-производственный ракетно-космический центр «ЦСКБ-Прогресс»): designers and constructors of launch vehicles and automatic spacecraft
  • Yurii Gagarin Russian State Science Research Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) (Российский Государственный Научно-Исследовательский Испытательный Центр Подготовки Космонавтов им. Ю.А.Гагарина – РГНИИЦПК): trains cosmonauts (and older 1997 version of the site at Archive.org)
  • NPP Zvezda (Research, Development & Production Enterprise Zvezda, Научно-производственное предприятие «Звезда» – АО «НПП Звезда»): spacesuit and flight gear manufacturers
  • TsUP – Moscow Mission Control (Центр Управления Полётом – ЦУП): monitors spaceflights
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