OREANDA-NEWS. January 20, 2009. Konstantin Chmarov, regional Minister of Vostochny Construction, visited the town of Uglegorsk to perform progress inspection of the design and survey activities at the location of the future Russian spaceport.

Despite of his busy condition, Mr. Chmarov found some time to invite and congratulate the winner of the Soyuz TMA-14 patch contest who lives in Uglegorsk, 11-year-old Stanislav Ryatkin and to wish him futher success.

Administration of the Amurskaya region is in position to provide theis support in Stanislav`s and his mother`s trip to Moscow. From Moscow, Stanislav and his mother will start a Baikonur tour, which is sponsored by Russian Underwriting Center.

The emblem based on the drawing of Anna Chibiskova from Moscow was officially approved by Anatoly Perminov, Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency, on Dec. 29, 2008. Roscosmos has already received the first batch of the embroidered patches to be weared by the Soyuz TMA-14 crew: commander Gennady Padalka, FE Michael Barratt and space flight participant Charles Simonyi.