Tag: Soyuz
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Progress M-15M docks to ISS amid busy period of visiting vehicle activities
Russia’s Progress M-15M spacecraft, launched on Friday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, has successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS) bringing with it a fresh load of supplies for the station crew, who are busy preparing for the departure of three crewmembers next week and the arrival of the first ever commercial cargo…
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Assessing the Soyuz failure with Meridian – Redressing Russia’s internal woes
Just hours before the Soyuz TMA-03M successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), another Russian Soyuz launch vehicle failed during its task to loft the Meridian-5 satellite into orbit. The failure became the main subject of a post-docking media briefing for TMA-03M, resulting in Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin portraying serious internal issues at the…
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Soyuz TMA-03M docks to ISS, returns station to six crewmembers for future ops
The Russian Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft, also known by its US designation of 29S, successfully docked to the ISS at the Mini Research Module-1 (MRM-1) “Rassvet” Nadir docking port, vacated just over one month ago by Soyuz TMA-02M/27S, at 3:19 PM GMT on Friday. Soyuz TMA-03M: Launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Wednesday, the successful Soyuz…
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Russian Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft launches to International Space Station
The Russian Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft – also known by its US designation of 29S – has launched toward the International Space Station (ISS) from the wintry Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today at 1:16 PM GMT (7:16 PM local Kazakh time), carrying three crewmembers for the station’s current Expedition 30 and future Expedition 31 crews. Soyuz…
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Arianespace Soyuz ST-A successfully launches six satellites
Arianespace have launched their Soyuz ST-A from the European Spaceport “Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG)” in Kourou, French Guiana. The veteran rocket successfully launched Pleiades, SSOT and four Elisa satellites into a Sun synchronous orbit, with launch occurring at the opening of the launch window at 02:03 GMT on Friday morning. Soyuz Mission: This was the…
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Q&A: Charles Simonyi on the magic of space and the ‘coziness’ of the trip home
Seattle’s Museum of Flight this week dedicated its new Charles Simonyi Space Gallery, named after the former Microsoft engineer and two-time space traveler. When it opens this June, the new gallery will house a Soyuz capsule in which Simonyi returned to Earth for the second time, given to the museum by Simonyi on a long-term…
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Seattle’s Museum of Flight getting a Soyuz spacecraft, courtesy Charles Simonyi
The Soyuz TMA-13 Reentry Module that returned Charles Simonyi to Earth from the International Space Station. Credit: Space Adventures Seattle’s Museum of Flight lost out in the competition to exhibit a Space Shuttle orbiter, but it turns out it will be getting a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to display. Charles Simonyi after landing in the Soyuz…
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Soyuz 2-1B successfully launches new Glonass-M satellite into orbit
Russia has successfully launched another Kosmos (Glonass-M) class satellite into orbit, following lift-off of their Soyuz 2-1B launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. Launch occurred at 08:25 UTC on Monday, with a successful spacecraft separation confirmed just over three hours later. Successful Launch: Glonass is the Russian version to the US Global…
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Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft returns to Earth with three crewmembers
The Russian Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft, also going by its US designation of 27S, has undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and returned to Earth on Tuesday morning, carrying three members of the outgoing Expedition 29 crew. As the second of the new “digital” Soyuz TMA-M variants, a special attitude control test was performed post-undocking.…
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Soyuz TMA-22 docks to International Space Station – de-crew averted
Russia’s Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft has successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS) after a two day free flight following a flawless launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday. The arrival of Soyuz TMA-22 with three crewmembers has averted a possible de-crewing of the station following the failure of a Soyuz booster in August.…