Tag: Kazakhstan
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From Detecting Methane Plumes to Verifying Mitigation: How Satellites Can Advance the Governance Loop for Oil and Gas Methane Emissions
In July 2026, UN News reported that UNEP’s Methane Alert and Response System had issued more than 5,000 alerts concerning major methane emission events across 33 countries. UNEP separately reported that, as of April 2026, IMEO had documented more than 40 mitigation cases. At the time, approximately 13% of MARS alerts had received a recorded…
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Russia debuts new rocket with maiden Soyuz-5 launch
Russia’s brand new Soyuz-5 rocket made its first flight on Saturday, lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday on a suborbital demonstration mission with a dummy payload that will pave the way for its entry into service. This launch is something the Baikonur Cosmodrome has not witnessed for many decades – the debut of…
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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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Kazakhstan Joins China-led Lunar Research Station, Explores Spaceport Cooperation
During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Kazakhstan on July 3, Kazakhstan signed a memorandum of cooperation with China on the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS). This move, part of a broader set of agreements encompassing 30 documents, marks Kazakhstan’s strategic step towards enhancing space exploration capabilities in collaboration with China. According to a…
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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is home after a year in space
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and two Russian crewmates parachuted to a landing on the remote steppe of Kazakhstan on Wednesday, capping a 371-day mission at the International Space Station, the longest single spaceflight ever undertaken by an American. It was also the third-longest mission off the planet in the history of human spaceflight, eclipsed only…
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Seized property at Baikonur threatens Soyuz-5 program
In early March 2023, reports began to circulate that Kazakhstan had seized the property of Roscosmos at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. This has raised questions regarding launch operations from the spaceport, including important crew and cargo logistics flights for the International Space Station (ISS). However, it is likely that the development of the Soyuz-5 rocket, as…
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Soyuz MS-21 lands on the Kazakh steppe to complete 195 day mission
The Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft, which launched three Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station on March 18 of this year, touched down in the Kazakh steppe. MS-21 landed outside of Dzhezkazgan on Thursday, Sept. 29, completing a 195-day mission in low Earth orbit. Soyuz MS-21 and Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev, Flight Engineer 1 Denis…
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Soyuz MS-19 lands in Kazakhstan amid tense U.S.-Russian relations
At 07:21 UTC on March 30, Soyuz MS-19 undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and subsequently landed on the Kazakh Steppe at 11:29 UTC. This concludes a five-month mission for the spacecraft and the second-ever one-year mission by an American astronaut. The landing crew of Soyuz MS-19 consists of Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov –…
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Russian capsule brings home three space fliers
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft lands in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut undocked from the International Space Station and plunged back to Earth early Saturday, landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan amid preparations in Florida for launch of another station-bound crew Thursday aboard a…
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Space station crew set for landing in Kazakhstan
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Members of the Expedition 64 and 65 crews aboard the International Space Station this week during a handover between Soyuz missions. Credit: Sergey Kud-Sverchkov/Roscosmos Two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut wrapping up a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station readied their Soyuz ferry ship for a fiery…