Tag: Roscosmos
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Russian space station crews to be smaller next year
A Soyuz crew ferry craft (left) and a Progress supply ship (right) are docked with the International Space Station in this view captured during a night pass over Europe. The Strait of Gibraltar is visible in the background. Credit: NASA Russia’s space agency has decided to cut the size of its crew complement on the…
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Space station crew could be cut to five
Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin is seen floating through the hatch way of the Russian segment aboard the International Space Station in July. Credit: NASA Russia may start sending just two of its cosmonauts to the International Space Station at a time, according to media reports and comments by a NASA manager, in a cost-cutting measure…
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Russian spacecraft delivers fuel and supplies to space station
The Progress MS-03 spaceship approaches the space station Monday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A Progress refueling and resupply freighter linked up with the International Space Station’s Pirs docking compartment Monday, two days after blasting off from Kazakhstan with more than 2.6 tons of cargo, propellants and water. The automated spaceship completed a radar-guided docking at…
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Photos: Progress MS-03 supply ship fires away from Kazakhstan
Russia’s Progress MS-03 cargo crafted rode a Soyuz rocket into orbit Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, beginning a two-day pursuit of the International Space Station. The kerosene-fueled booster lifted off at 2141 GMT (5:41 p.m. EDT) Saturday, or 3:41 a.m. local time Sunday at Baikonur. The automated rendezvous ended with an on-target linkup with the space…
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Progress supply ship heads for International Space Station
A Soyuz-U rocket launched at 2141 GMT (5:41 p.m. EDT) Saturday with the Progress MS-03 spacecraft with supplies for the International Space Station. The launch occurred at 3:41 a.m. local time Sunday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Roscosmos A Russian Progress cargo spacecraft laden with 5,300 pounds of fuel and supplies blasted off…
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Rocketcam video released from Soyuz launch last month
The Russian space agency has posted an astounding video recorded by cameras fastened aboard a Soyuz rocket that took off from the country’s new Siberian spaceport last month. The imagery shows the Soyuz rocket lifting off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on April 28 and rolling on a course north-northwest from the partially-built spaceport in Russia’s…
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Russian authorities retrieve Soyuz booster wreckage in Siberia
One of the four Soyuz first stage boosters from last week’s first launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. Credit: Roscosmos Four liquid-fueled rocket boosters dropped in Siberia by a Soyuz launcher speeding into orbit last week from a new Russian cosmodrome have been located and recovered, Russia’s space agency said. The four boosters separated from the…
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Departure of Europe’s first Mars rover delayed to 2020
Artist’s concept of the ExoMars rover. Credit: ESA Europe’s ExoMars rover will not be ready for launch in 2018, officials said Monday, forcing a two-year delay for the ambitious mission to drill into the Martian surface and search for the remnants of past life. Delays in the development of the European-built rover and a Russian…
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Photos: Soyuz launch inaugurates new Russian spaceport
The first launch from the nearly $3 billion Vostochny Cosmodrome took off Thursday, carrying three satellites into orbit from the new spaceport nestled in Russia’s forested Far East. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off at 0201 GMT Thursday (10:01 p.m. EDT Wednesday) from Vostochny. Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the launch. The Russian space agency, Roscosmos,…
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First launch from Russia’s new cosmodrome declared a success
A Soyuz rocket streaked into sunny skies over a new multibillion-dollar Siberian spaceport Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin watching from a nearby viewing stand, opening another gateway to space for satellites, and eventually cosmonaut crews. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket took off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome with three satellites at 0201 GMT Thursday (10:01 p.m. EDT…