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December 29, 2008. MCC-M - S.P.Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow Region.
On the Eve of New Year 2009, the Mission Control Center near Moscow (MCC-M) held a TV communications session with the crew of Expedition 18 to the International Space Station currently working in orbit.
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December 25, 2008. Baikonur branch office of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia, Baikonur launch site.
A Proton-M launch vehicle with upper stage Block DM carrying three GLONASS-M spacecraft (SC) was launched from the Baikonur launch site at 13:43 Moscow Time.
The objective of the launch was to add satellites to the Russian global navigation satellite system GLONASS.
In accordance with the mission plan, the upper stage Block DM, operating within the upper composite with a stack of three spacecraft, successfully delivered these spacecraft into their target Earth orbit from a low Earth orbit, where this upper stage had been delivered by the launch vehicle.
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December 24, 2008. Moscow, Kremlin - S.P.Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow region.
On December 23, 2008, the President of the Russian Federation D.A.Medvedev presented government awards to outstanding citizens of the country at the Catherine Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace.
The awardees included members of cosmonaut team of the S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia: Fedor Nikolaevich Yurchikhin and Mikhail Vladislavovich Tyurin.
The Commander of Expedition 15 to the International Space Station (ISS) cosmonaut-tester F.N. Yurchkhin was awarded the Gold Star of the Hero of the Russian Federation.
The flight engineer of Expedition 14 to ISS, Hero of the Russian Federation M.V. Tyurin was awarded the Order of Service to the Fatherland, 4th Class.

Based on the materials from the official web site of the President of Russia,
http://www.kremlin.ru/sdocs/themes.shtml#210918

December 18, 2008. S.P.Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow region.
The specialists from RSC Energia after S.P. Korolev conducted training sessions under the program in training of the International Space Station 19th (ISS-19) and 20th (ISS-20) Expedition crews.
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