19:14, 11 March 2009 | GMT +5
Kazakh President receives Chairman of National Space Agency
ASTANA-AKORDA. March 11. KAZINFORM. Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev has received Chairman of the National Space Agency Talgat Mussabayev today; Kazinform refers to the President?s press service.
T. Mussabayev informed Kazakh President of the agency?s work on realization of a number of projects in space sphere ? creation of satellite systems jointly with Russia and France, construction of a space vehicles assembly complex, development of ?Baikonur? cosmodrome and providing a space travel of a Kazakh cosmonaut.
Besides, the Chairman reported on the progress of preparation of the State Program on Kazakhstan Space Activity Development by 2020.