Tag: Roscosmos
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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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Expedition 74 sees vehicle departures and a spacewalk during March
March was another busy month onboard the International Space Station, with the Expedition 74 crew overseeing three vehicle departures and one arrival. The crew also conducted the first spacewalk of the year, U.S. Spacewalk 94, and talked with the Artemis II crew on April 7 during their return trip from the Moon. Departures, arrivals, and…
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Launch Preview: Russia to debut Soyuz-5; Falcon 9 and Atlas V to launch internet satellites
The United States, Russia, China, New Zealand, and Norway are all set to host launches during another busy week of spaceflight. SpaceX is set to launch three missions from its Florida and California launch facilities, while the United Launch Alliance is scheduled to launch Amazon Leo satellites on its Atlas V rocket toward the end…
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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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Launch Preview: Falcon 9, Spectrum, Electron to launch during busy week of launches
Another busy launch manifest is scheduled for this week, with nine launches expected from various providers and launch sites around the world. As usual, SpaceX is expected to dominate the week with five missions, all of which are Starlink missions. Internationally, Rocket Lab is set to launch an Earth observation satellite on Electron from New…
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New crew arrivals and science highlight February aboard the ISS
Following the early departure of Crew-11 in mid-January due to a medical concern, the International Space Station began February with a crew of just three. Two cosmonauts, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, and one NASA astronaut, Chris Williams, spent the first half of February conducting experiments and technology demonstrations, with Williams studying proximity operations in…
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Baikonur Launch Pad restored, clearing path for Progress MS-33 ISS Mission
Russia’s crucial launch infrastructure at Baikonur Cosmodrome’s Site 31/6 has been fully repaired following a significant incident during a crewed Soyuz mission late last year, Roscosmos announced this week. The restoration paves the way for the upcoming Progress MS-33 cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for March 22, 2026. The trouble…
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‘Very lucky day’: NASA, SpaceX ace astronaut launch to the space station on Friday the 13th
A composite shot showing the liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 and the landing of the Falcon booster, 1101, at the new recovery site, Landing Zone 40, during NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now Flying in the face of superstition, NASA and SpaceX conducted…
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SpaceX Crew-12 Launches Four Astronauts To International Space Station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched NASA’s Crew-12 mission early Friday, sending four astronauts from the United States, Europe and Russia toward the International Space Station for a long-duration scientific expedition. The rocket lifted off at 5:15 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, carrying a Crew Dragon spacecraft…
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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…