Russia creates a new Mission Control Center – News Agency “Khakassia-Inform”

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July 30, 2015 at 11:25

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The new unit will be called the Russian Federal Space Agency” Center of Human Spaceflight, “and it will be headed by Sergei Krikalev.

Academy” Khakassia-Inform »:

Roscosmos will undergo restructuring and in the course of it, likely to be created by the National Center for Human Spaceflight (LAC). Headed by the first deputy director of the new structure of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Central Research Institute of Machine Building” (TsNIIMash) for manned programs Sergei Krikalev, the newspaper “Izvestia”, referring to an informed source at the space agency.

“ Do not like to say “ho,” is not skipped, so to say anything about the new structure ready only after it is established and, of course, if I nominate its leader “, – commented the newspaper Krikalev this information.

The composition of LAC will Cosmonaut Training Center, management of manned programs Roscosmos present, a number of units of RSC “Energia” and TsNIIMASH, including the Mission Control Center. According to a source publication, a list of preliminary and may still be added.

By the way, the creation of LAC, and will be accompanied by personnel changes. In particular, the post may leave the head of Cosmonaut Training Center Yuri Lonchakov. Russian Space Agency spokesman Igor Bourenkov not confirm the newspaper’s resignation Lonchakova, noting that this issue was not discussed.