Tag: RSC Energia
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Station commander flatly denies any crew involvement in Soyuz leak
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Drew Feustel, commander of the space station’s Expedition 56 crew, works with an experiment in this image from July. Credit: NASA The head of the Russian space agency caused a stir last week when he said a hole drilled through the side of a Soyuz ferry ship docked…
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Russians investigate cause of Soyuz leak, focus on human error
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA released this photo of the puncture in the Soyuz spacecraft’s orbital module, then removed the image from a video posted to YouTube. Credit: NASA via RT Ruling out a strike by space debris or a micrometeoroid, Russian engineers say a small now-plugged leak in a Soyuz crew…
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Communications restored with newly-launched Angolan satellite
The Angosat 1 satellite during launch preparations at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: RSC Energia The Russian manufacturer of Angola’s first communications satellite announced Friday that it has reestablished contact with the spacecraft after engineers stopped receiving signals shortly after its launch earlier this week. Ground controllers lost contact with the Angosat 1 communications…
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Controllers lose contact with new Angolan communications satellite
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 1910 GMT (2:10 p.m. EST) Tuesday with confirmation of liftoff. Updated at 1630 GMT (11:30 a.m. EST) Wednesday with confirmation of a problem with the Angosat 1 satellite. A Ukrainian-built Zenit booster and a Russian-made Fregat upper stage launched with an Angolan communications satellite Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan,…
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NASA buys up to five more seats on future Soyuz missions
A Soyuz spacecraft is pictured docked with the International Space Station in this Feb. 3 image. The Florida peninsula is seen in the background. Credit: NASA NASA has purchased two seats on Russian Soyuz capsules launching later this year and in early 2018 to expand the crew on the U.S. segment of the International Space…
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Photos: Space station crew rockets into orbit from Kazakhstan
The three newest residents of the International Space Station sped into orbit Wednesday aboard a Soyuz launcher after liftoff into an overcast sky over the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz MS-02 spaceship blasted off from pad 31 at Baikonur at 0805 GMT (4:05 a.m. EDT; 2:05 p.m. Baikonur time) Wednesday. The three-stage Soyuz booster…
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Russia’s S7 Group to take over Sea Launch
File photo of the Sea Launch Commander control ship and the Odyssey launch platform with a Zenit 3SL rocket awaiting liftoff. Credit: Sea Launch The owners of a Russian airline hope to revive the Sea Launch program, a major player in the commercial launch business for a decade, after purchasing the company’s ships and ground…
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Orbital Sciences signs contract for new Antares engines
File photo of an Antares rocket rolling out to the launch pad at Wallops Island, Virginia. The rocket’s two AJ26 engines will be replaced by RD-181 engines. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky Orbital Sciences Corp. and Energia have signed a contract worth approximately $1 billion for up to 60 Russian-made RD-181 rocket engines to power the redesigned…