News Archive / Tagged: Roscosmos

• Soyuz MS-24 launches fresh trio to International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 15th, 2023

  Russia has launched its first crewed flight in nearly a year with the flight of Soyuz MS-24 with two Russian cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut for a multi-month stay aboard the International Space Station.

• Crew-7 mission launches to the International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonAugust 26th, 2023

  SpaceX launched the multinational Crew-7 Dragon mission carrying three astronauts and one cosmonaut bound for a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station.

• Russia’s Luna 25 enters orbit around the Moon

  Anastasia StepanovaAugust 17th, 2023

  Less than a week after its launch, Russia’s Luna 25 spacecraft has entered orbit around the Moon with the goal of landing as early as next week.

• Progress MS-23 freighter docks with International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonMay 24th, 2023

  Russia’s Progress MS-23 resupply spacecraft has docked with the International Space Station to deliver supplies and experiments for the Expedition 69 crew.

• Russia agrees to extend International Space Station operations

  Derek RichardsonMay 1st, 2023

  All five of the International Space Station partner agencies have now agreed to operate the outpost through at least 2028.

• Crippled uncrewed Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft returns to Earth

  Derek RichardsonMarch 28th, 2023

  Russia's Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, which was struck by a micrometeoroid late last year, autonomously landed in Kazakhstan after a 187-day stay at the International Space Station.

• Progress spacecraft departs ISS, another set to launch soon

  Derek RichardsonOctober 25th, 2022

  Russia’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.

• Crew-5 Dragon launches astronauts, cosmonaut to Space Station

  Theresa CrossOctober 5th, 2022

  Three 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.

• Russian-American Soyuz MS-22 crew arrives at Space Station

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 21st, 2022

  Three new crew members arrived at the International Space Station following their launch in Soyuz MS-22 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

• Cosmonaut to fly aboard SpaceX Crew-5 Dragon in September

  Theresa CrossJuly 22nd, 2022

  SpaceX is targeting late September for the Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station, which will see the first Russian cosmonaut fly aboard Dragon.

• Astronaut-cosmonaut crew seat exchange deal finalized

  Derek RichardsonJuly 15th, 2022

  A crew seat exchange deal has been formalized by NASA and Roscosmos and should see a Russian cosmonaut fly in Crew Dragon in September.

• Dmitry Rogozin ‘dismissed’ as head of Russian space agency

  Derek RichardsonJuly 15th, 2022

  The often antagonistic leader of the Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, has been removed from his position and will be replaced.

• NASA astronaut returns to Earth after 1 year at space station

  Derek RichardsonMarch 30th, 2022

  NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei returned to Earth with two Russian cosmonauts after spending a year aboard the International Space Station.

• All-Russian Soyuz crew docks with International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonMarch 18th, 2022

  For the first time, a Soyuz spacecraft with only Russian cosmonaut International Space Station crew members launched and docked to the orbiting outpost.

• Arianespace, OneWeb suspend Soyuz launches indefinitely

  Derek RichardsonMarch 4th, 2022

  In 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.