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 Shenzhou-10 spacecraft returned to Earth.
On June 26, 2013 at 00:07 UTC the Chinese "Shenzhou-10” landing capsule landed safely at the designated area in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The spacecraft delivered to Earth the 3 Chinese cosmonauts - two male, one female. Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and Wang Yaping were in good shape after landing.
During their mission in space, the cosmonauts docked twice with the Tiangong-1 space station, which had been in orbit since September 2011.  Cosmonauts (from left to right) Zhang Xiaoguang, Nie Haisheng and Wang Yaping salute after returning to earth in the re-entry capsule of China's Shenzhou-10 spacecraft.
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Russian rocket was launched from French Cosmodrome.
On June 25, 2013 at 19:27 UTC the "Soyuz-ST” rocket carrier was launched from Kourou Cosmodrome in French Guiana. The rocket equipped with the "Fregat-MG” upper stage orbited 4 telecommunications satellites 03b Network to begin the assembly of a fleet of spacecraft equipped to beam broadband connectivity to billions of people beyond the reach of affordable high-speed Internet services.
It was the second Soyuz rocket launch in less than two hours, coming after a similar Russian-built launcher took off from Baykonur Cosmodrome with an Earth observation satellite.
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Date: 05.07.2013
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Russia launched an imaging satellite.
On June 25, 2013 at 17:28 UTC the "Soyuz-2.1b” rocket-carrier was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The rocket orbited the "Resurs-P” remote sensing satellite.
The satellite is equipped with a modernized high-resolution digital camera to collect imagery of Earth for Russian government agencies and international customers.
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Date: 02.07.2013
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Shenzhou-10 undocked from Tiangong-1 module.
On June 25, 2013 at 7:05 a.m. Beijing Time the Chinese "Shenzhou-10” manned spacecraft undocked from the "Tiangong-1” module.
Following a separation from the Tiangong-1, the Shenzhou-10 moved back to a point from where the spacecraft changed its orbit and flew around the target module.
Under the command of ground-based professionals, Shenzhou-10 adjusted its flight gesture at a point behind Tiangong-1, and approached and rendezvoused with the target module.
Earlier, the three astronauts, Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and Wang Yaping, closed the hatches between the "Shenzhou-10” and the "Tiangong-1” and moved back to the return capsule of the Shenzhou-10 at around 5 a.m., after collecting experimental equipment and items inside the target module with the coordination of ground staff.
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Russian Cosmonauts performed a spacewalk.
On June 24, 2013 Russian Cosmonauts Fjodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin performed a 6 hours and 34 minutes spacewalk.
The hatches were opened at 13:32 UTC. The cosmonauts conducted extravehicular activity to prepare for the addition of a new Russian module later in 2013. Misurkin made his first spacewalk this time, whereas for Yurchikhin, it was his sixth EVA.
The cosmonauts replaced an aging fluid flow control panel on the International Space Station’s Zarya module as preventative maintenance on the cooling system for the station’s Russian segment.
They also installed clamps for future power cables to get ready for swapping the Pirs airlock with a new multipurpose laboratory module. The "Roscosmos” Russian Federal Space Agency is expected to launch a research facility, airlock and docking port late in 2013
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Shenzhou-10 completed manual docking with space module.
On June 23, 2013 at 00:26 UTC the "Shenzhou-10” manned spacecraft was undocked manually from the "Tiangong-1” module. After the Beijing Aerospace Control Center remotely examined the spacecraft and the module, the Shenzhou-10 approached the module, with astronaut Nie Haisheng piloting the spacecraft and the other two crew members, Zhang Xiaoguang and Wang Yaping, monitoring instruments and making sure the craft was on target. The docking was completed at 02:07 UTC. The 3 cosmonauts entered again the "Tiangong-1” module at 05:09 UTC.
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Date: 24.06.2013
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Progress M-19M mission completed.
On June 19, 2013 the "Progress M-19M” unmanned supply spacecraft was deorbited. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft sank in the South part of the Pacific at 13:39 UTC. The spacecraft was undocked from the ISS on June 11, 2013.
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50th Anniversary of the 1st woman space flight.
50 years ago on June 16, 1963 Soviet woman-cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova began her 3-day space flight on board the "Vostok-6” spacecraft. It was the first world space flight performed by a woman. FIP Section for Astrophilately marked this event by organizing together with German philatelists the "Astrophil-2013” international philatelic exhibition in Berlin. To see photo repo
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Two Astrophilately Chairmen met in Moscow.
In June 2013 Mr. José Grandela (Spain), the former Chairman of the FIP Section for Astrophilately, visited Moscow. During his visit Mr. José Grandela had several informal meetings with Igor Rodin, Chairman of the FIP Section for Astrophilately. The colleagues discussed a number of questions concerning the development of Astrophilately. The webmaster of the Section’s website, Sergey Rodin, also took part in the meetings. 
One of the meetings took place in the "Tsaritsyno” Palace and Park Ensemble founded by Catherine the Great. 
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Date: 15.06.2013
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European supply spacecraft arrived at International Space Station.
On June 15, 2013 at 14:07 UTC the European ATV-4 "Albert Einstein” unmanned supply spacecraft docked to the Russian "Zvezda” ("Star”) module of the International Space Station. The spacecraft delivered seven tons of fuel and supplies for the station's six-person crew.
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