A Russian Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft has successfully landed in the vicinity of Zhezqazghan, Kazakhstan carrying two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut from the International Space Station (ISS). Belarusian crew member Marina Vasilevskaya made history by becoming the first cosmonaut the country has sent into space since it became independent in …
Read More »Manned Soyuz launch canceled seconds before liftoff
The launch of a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket, which was supposed to bring a Soyuz MS-25 manned spacecraft into orbit, has been aborted by an automatic safety system about 20 seconds before its scheduled liftoff on Thursday. The crew of three astronauts was reportedly declared safe. The Soyuz was scheduled to …
Read More »Back to Earth: Soyuz capsule with Russian crew behind first space movie successfully lands in Kazakhstan
The Soyuz MS-18 spaceship piloted by cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky has delivered him and the two members of the pioneering film crew back from the International Space Station (ISS). The capsule reentered the atmosphere and parachuted down in a remote region of Kazakhstan’s steppe. The crew members are said to be …
Read More »Russia’s pioneering space movie crew undocks from ISS aboard Soyuz MS-18
The MS-18 capsule is scheduled to land in Kazakhstan later in the day. It is piloted by cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and is also carrying actress Yulia Peresild and Klim Shipenko, director of the film ‘The Challenge’. The two spent 12 days on board the ISS capturing footage for their dramatic …
Read More »WATCH Russian Soyuz rocket take off with 36 satellites in a launch commemorating Gagarin’s historic space flight
The rocket took off at 7.14 a.m. local time (2214 GMT) on Sunday. The launch went without a hitch, with all the rocket’s stages detaching according to the schedule. The head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin later confirmed that all 36 satellites successfully separated from the carrier. “The …
Read More »WATCH Russian Soyuz rocket launch 36 OneWeb satellites into orbit (VIDEO)
Moscow’s space agency Roscosmos took to Twitter with a progress update late on Wednesday night, noting that the separation of the satellites had already begun, while also sharing an animation showing how the rocket booster will detach from the rest of the spacecraft. The agency, as well as OneWeb itself, …
Read More »American astronauts to again use Russian Soyuz rocket to reach ISS as NASA can’t rely on ‘unstable’ US tech – Moscow space chief
From 2011 to last year, the US relied on Russia’s Soyuz launch system to send its astronauts to live on the ISS, with America not having its own capability. In May 2020, Crew Dragon, a reusable spacecraft made by Elon Musk’s private company SpaceX, took two Americans to space for …
Read More »Manned Soyuz MS-16 crew successfully touches down in Kazakhstan after 196 days in space
NASA astronaut and Expedition 63 commander Chris Cassidy, as well as two Russian cosmonauts, Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, touched down some 150km (90 miles) southeast of Zhezqazghan, a city in Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan, at 2:54am GMT (around 6am Moscow time) on Thursday. The descent, which was broadcast by the …
Read More »$4 billion paid US for the opportunity to fly on the Russian Soyuz
USA as of July of 2019 spent $3.9 billion on the delivery of its astronauts by a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS, according to a report on NASA. Now the situation is a stalemate, says the Manager of one of the enterprises of the space industry: – Both promising …
Read More »In Russia the successful launch of the carrier rocket Soyuz-2
Currently, about 15 satellites of the GLONASS orbital grouping work outside of life. In Russia from the Plesetsk cosmodrome was successfully launched the carrier rocket Soyuz 2.1 b with the navigation satellite GLONASS-M. it is reported by TASS with reference to the representative of the defense Ministry on Monday, may …
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