News Archive / Tagged: Roscosmos
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Progress spacecraft departs ISS, another set to launch soon
Derek RichardsonOctober 25th, 2022Russia’s Progress MS-19 resupply spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station to make way for a new freighter, set to arrive later this week.
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Crew-5 Dragon launches astronauts, cosmonaut to Space Station
Theresa CrossOctober 5th, 2022Three astronauts and one cosmonaut are bound for the International Space Station after launching atop a Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Crew-5 mission.
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Russian-American Soyuz MS-22 crew arrives at Space Station
Derek RichardsonSeptember 21st, 2022Three new crew members arrived at the International Space Station following their launch in Soyuz MS-22 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Cosmonaut to fly aboard SpaceX Crew-5 Dragon in September
Theresa CrossJuly 22nd, 2022SpaceX is targeting late September for the Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station, which will see the first Russian cosmonaut fly aboard Dragon.
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Astronaut-cosmonaut crew seat exchange deal finalized
Derek RichardsonJuly 15th, 2022A crew seat exchange deal has been formalized by NASA and Roscosmos and should see a Russian cosmonaut fly in Crew Dragon in September.
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Dmitry Rogozin ‘dismissed’ as head of Russian space agency
Derek RichardsonJuly 15th, 2022The often antagonistic leader of the Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, has been removed from his position and will be replaced.
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NASA astronaut returns to Earth after 1 year at space station
Derek RichardsonMarch 30th, 2022NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei returned to Earth with two Russian cosmonauts after spending a year aboard the International Space Station.
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All-Russian Soyuz crew docks with International Space Station
Derek RichardsonMarch 18th, 2022For the first time, a Soyuz spacecraft with only Russian cosmonaut International Space Station crew members launched and docked to the orbiting outpost.
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Arianespace, OneWeb suspend Soyuz launches indefinitely
Derek RichardsonMarch 4th, 2022In response to Russia withdrawing its Soyuz support personnel from Europe’s South American space port, Arianespace has suspended all future launches atop the Russian rocket.
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Russia threatens to not launch OneWeb satellites
Derek RichardsonMarch 2nd, 2022OneWeb has become the latest pawn of Roscosmos in the declining relations between Russia and the West after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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ExoMars rover now ‘very unlikely’ to launch in 2022
Cullen DesforgesMarch 1st, 2022In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Space Agency said its joint robotic ExoMars mission with Russia is unlikely to launch in 2022.
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Japanese billionaire visits the International Space Station
Derek RichardsonDecember 8th, 2021Three people launched to the International Space Station for an 11-day stay at the orbiting laboratory, the first tourist mission at the outpost since 2009.
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New Russian Prichal node module heading to space station
Derek RichardsonNovember 24th, 2021The last planned Russian International Space Station module has launched toward the outpost for a scheduled docking in two days.
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Russian anti-satellite test forces ISS crew to shelter in place
Derek RichardsonNovember 15th, 2021Days after the four Crew-3 Dragon astronauts arrived at the International Space Station, the seven-person Expedition 66 crew was forced to shelter in place as the outpost passed near a debris field produced from an anti-satellite test.
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Progress MS-18 cargo ship begins two-day chase of space station
Derek RichardsonOctober 27th, 2021Russia's unpiloted Progress MS-18 cargo spacecraft has launched into space on a two-day trek to meet up with the International Space Station.