Tag: Roscosmos
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Soyuz “Victory Rocket” launches Progress MS-14, followed by docking to the ISS
For the second time this month, the Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, launched one of their crafts to the International Space Station. Liftoff of the Progress MS-14 uncrewed cargo resupply mission to the orbital outpost launched from Site No. 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, 24 April at 21:51:41 EDT — which…
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Soyuz “Victory Rocket” launches Progress MS-14, followed by docking to the ISS
For the second time this month, the Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, launched one of their crafts to the International Space Station. Liftoff of the Progress MS-14 uncrewed cargo resupply mission to the orbital outpost launched from Site No. 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, 24 April at 21:51:41 EDT — which…
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Russia conducts first Soyuz 2.1a human launch; MS-16 crew arrives at Station
For the first time since 2002, humans departed for the International Space Station from Kazakhstan on a rocket other than the veteran Soyuz-FG, which was retired last year. Now, the Soyuz 2.1a rocket took up crew launch duties for the Russian element of crew support for the Station. The Soyuz MS-16 three-person crew lifted off…
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Soyuz MS-16 on track for April launch amid COVID-19 response
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Roscosmos and NASA are making preparations for the launch of Soyuz MS-16 and three new crewmembers for the International Space Station while working within new constraints due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The mission is set to launch on April 9, 2020 at 04:05 EDT (08:05 UTC) from Site 31/6…
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COVID-19 grips world space organizations
As world leaders grapple and struggle to control the coronavirus pandemic which leads to the COVID-19 disease, the world’s space organizations are also adopting various policies to help combat the spread of the illness and protect their workforces. While business remains largely “as usual” in the United States arena, Russian authorities are taking added measures…
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Russia retires Rockot launcher after liftoff with four satellites
The final flight of Russia’s Rockot launcher took off Thursday and placed four satellites into orbit nearly 1,000 miles above Earth, ending a run of 31 launches since May 2000. Derived from decommissioned Soviet-era missiles, the Rockot vehicles launched Russian military satellites, European Earth observation satellites, and payloads for NASA and Iridium during its…
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Progress docking marks second cargo ship arrival at space station in two days
The Progress MS-13 spacecraft moves in for docking Monday at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now An automated Progress cargo freighter docked with the International Space Station Monday to deliver 2.7 tons of supplies, fuel, water and oxygen to the orbiting research complex. The Progress MS-13 spacecraft concluded a three-day pursuit of the…
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Alexei Leonov, world’s first spacewalker, dies
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov. Credit: Roscosmos Legendary cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, the first human to walk in space — an experience that almost killed him — and later the commander of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that docked with a NASA Apollo capsule, symbolizing a historic thaw in the Cold…
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NASA may ask SpaceX to extend duration of Crew Dragon test flight
NASA astronaut Bob Behnken is pictured during a formal verification of SpaceX’s emergency escape system Sept. 18 at launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Behnken is wearing a SpaceX spacesuit in this image. Credit: SpaceX NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley may spend more time on the International Space Station…
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Soyuz spacecraft, humanoid robot return to Earth after 16-day test flight
The Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft departs the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now An unpiloted Russian Soyuz spacecraft, carrying a humanoid robot instead of cosmonauts, parachuted to a rare nighttime landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan Friday (U.S. time) to wrap up a test flight to the International Space Station that paved the way for…