New Head of Space Experimentation Council Appointed

This was reported by TASS with reference to the document.

“To appoint Alexander Vitalyevich Bloshenko, executive director for promising programs and science, as the chairman of the Coordinating Scientific and Technical Council of the Roscosmos state corporation for scientific and applied research and experiment programs on manned space complexes,” the decision says.

Bloshenko replaced the flight director of the ISS Russian segment, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Solovyov.

In March, the new leaders of the Baikonur and Vostochny space centers were appointed.