News Archive / Tagged: Roscosmos
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Kanopus-V pair lifts off atop Soyuz 2.1a in final Russian flight of 2018
Cullen DesforgesDecember 27th, 2018At 11:07 a.m. local time (02:07 GMT) Dec. 27, 2018, the Kanopus-V No. 5 & No. 6 satellites took to the skies above Russia atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket.
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Home for Christmas: Soyuz MS-09 crew lands in Kazakhstan
Derek RichardsonDecember 20th, 2018Three people made a fiery return to Earth in the Soyuz MS-09 capsule after spending 197 days in space, mostly aboard the International Space Station.
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There (almost) and back again: Crew of aborted Soyuz mission reassigned
Heather SmithDecember 6th, 2018NASA has announced that Nick Hague will join Aleksey Ovchinin again for a launch on Feb 28, 2019, after their mission was aborted in October 2018.
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Gallery: Soyuz FG rocket returns to service with MS-11 flight
Jason RhianDecember 3rd, 2018BAIKONUR COSMODRONE, Kazkhstan. — A crew of three blasted off atop a Soyuz-FG rocket at 6:31 a.m. EST (11:31 GMT) on Dec. 3, 2018, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Nine minutes later, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, NASA astronaut Anne McClain and Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques were in orbit.
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More than $150 million embezzled during construction of Vostochny Cosmodrome
Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 27th, 2018Information revealed by Russian prosecutors provide insight into the scale of corruption during the construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
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First launch of Federation spacecraft may slip to 2024
Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 20th, 2018The first flight of Russia’s next-generation Federation spacecraft may be postponed from 2022 to 2024, according to the general director of RKK Energia.
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Progress MS-10 arrives at International Space Station
Derek RichardsonNovember 18th, 2018Taking two days to reach the International Space Station, Russia’s Progress MS-10 rendezvous and docked with the orbiting outpost’s Zvezda service module.
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Soyuz-FG rocket back in action with successful launch of Progress MS-10
Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 16th, 2018A Soyuz-FG rocket took to the skies to send the Progress MS-10 spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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Soyuz-FG to return to flight with Progress MS-10 resupply mission
Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 15th, 2018Russia’s Soyuz-FG is slated to return to flight with the launch of the Progress MS-10 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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Investigation finds faulty sensor the reason for Soyuz MS-10 accident
Derek RichardsonNovember 2nd, 2018It was a faulty sensor that caused the Oct. 11, 2018, launch abort of a Soyuz-FG rocket carrying two people into space for a planned six-month stay aboard the International Space Station.
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Collision of rocket components blamed for Soyuz MS-10 abort
Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 13th, 2018The problem that resulted in Thursday's failed flight to the International Space Station for two crew members - might have been discovered.
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Soyuz MS-10 fails to reach orbit, crew safe – UPDATE
Derek RichardsonOctober 11th, 2018The spacecraft's escape system safely pulled Soyuz MS-10 with its two-person crew away from the failed booster.
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Soyuz MS-08 crew completes 197-day space station mission
Derek RichardsonOctober 4th, 2018After spending 197 days in space, three members of the International Space Station’s Expedition 56 crew returned to Earth in their Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft, landing in Kazakhstan some 300 miles (500 kilometers) from where they launched in March.
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Chiefs of US, Russian space agencies weigh in on ISS leak
Jason RhianSeptember 14th, 2018With concerns raised about sabotage, the heads of the U.S. and Russian space agencies recently discussed the potential causes of the air leak discovered late last month.
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How was the exact location of the recent ISS air leak found?
Jason RhianSeptember 11th, 2018An air leak at the International Space Station was discovered and repaired at the end of August 2018. However, given the size of the outpost, how did the crew figure out where the leak was originating from?
