Tag: Baikonur Cosmodrome
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Progress MS-34 to launch from Baikonur for ISS cargo delivery
Two weeks after the CRS NG-24 mission launched cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), another cargo ship is ready to fly to the orbital outpost. The Progress MS-34 spacecraft is scheduled to launch atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, during an instantaneous window on Saturday, April 25, at…
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Progress MS-33 launches to ISS from repaired pad
Just under four months after Soyuz MS-28 launched from Site 31/6 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, an eventful flight that resulted in severe damage to critical launch pad structure, the next Russian mission to the International Space Station is now underway. Progress MS-33, an uncrewed cargo ship loaded with over 2,500 kg of food, fuel,…
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Proton-M launches Elektro-L No.5 on its final mission with Blok-DM upper stage
Russia’s Proton rocket made its first flight in almost three years on Thursday, carrying the Elektro-L No.5 weather satellite into orbit. The launch, expected to be the last time Proton flies with a Blok-DM upper stage, took place at 08:52 UTC from Site 81/24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Proton, once a workhorse of…
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Launch Roundup: China, Russia, Rocket Lab, ULA join SpaceX in flying this week
The upcoming launch week, starting on Monday, Dec. 8, is a very busy one as 2025 enters its final stretch. At least six Chinese launches are planned from four different space centers across the country, while Russia expects to launch twice, once from Plesetsk and another from Baikonur. The United Launch Alliance is planning to…
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Russia left without access to ISS following structure collapse at Baikonur launch site
On Nov. 27, after the launch of the Soyuz 2.1a rocket with the Soyuz MS-28 crew and spacecraft, an accident occurred on the launch pad at Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch itself was successful, and the crew — consisting of Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev, and NASA astronaut Christopher Williams…
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Soyuz MS-28 Delivers New Crew to International Space Station
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Roscosmos cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut successfully launched to the International Space Station on Thursday, Nov. 27, marking the final crewed mission to the orbiting laboratory under Expedition 73. The Soyuz MS-28 mission lifted off at 09:27 UTC atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur…
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Soyuz MS-28 launches three new crew members to ISS
The next crewed mission to the International Space Station has launched from Kazakhstan. The Soyuz MS-28 mission, carrying two Roscosmos cosmonauts and a single NASA astronaut to the orbiting laboratory, lifted off from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday, Nov. 27, at 09:27 UTC. The mission marks the final launch to the Station…
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Soyuz MS-27 launches three new crew members to ISS
The fourth crewed space mission of 2025 is now underway. Soyuz MS-27 launched successfully at 05:47 UTC on Tuesday, April 8, from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Roscosmos’ Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritsky, and NASA’s Jonathan “Jonny” Kim were onboard, flying to the International Space Station (ISS). After its nominal launch, Soyuz MS-27…
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Soyuz MS-26 launches NASA and Roscosmos crew to ISS
The Soyuz MS-26 crewed mission has flown NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner to the International Space Station (ISS). Launch took place on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 16:23 UTC from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft has reached the ISS just over three hours…
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Russian supply ship launches to International Space Station
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Wednesday with the Progress MS-23 cargo ship. Credit: Roscosmos Russia’s Progress MS-23 cargo freighter launched Wednesday from Kazakhstan on a mission hauling more than 2.7 tons of fuel, food, experiments, and supplies to the International Space Station. The Progress MS-23 supply ship lifted off at 8:56:07…