News Archive / Tagged: Roscosmos

• Nauka drama: Module thrusters fire errantly while docked to ISS

  Derek RichardsonJuly 29th, 2021

  Just hours after safely docking with the International Space Station, the Nauka module's thrusters began firing unexpectedly, causing the outpost to lose attitude control.

• Long-delayed Nauka science module finally reaches space station

  Derek RichardsonJuly 29th, 2021

  The Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module Nauka, delayed by nearly 15 years, has finally docked with the International Space Station.

• Russian ‘Pirs’ becomes first ISS module to be decommissioned

  Derek RichardsonJuly 26th, 2021

  After serving the International Space Station for 20 years, the Russian Pirs module was detached from the outpost and pulled away by Progress MS-16.

• Russian Nauka module on its way to International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonJuly 21st, 2021

  After more than a decade's worth of delays, the Russian-built Nauka science module has launched toward the International Space Station.

• Progress MS-17 cargo craft docks with International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonJuly 1st, 2021

  Two days after launching from Kazakhstan, Russia’s unpiloted Progress MS-17 spacecraft docked with the International Space Station.

• Progress MS-17 cargo freighter sent on a two-day trek to ISS

  Derek RichardsonJune 29th, 2021

  Just before dawn, Russia’s Progress MS-17 cargo spacecraft lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to send supplies to the International Space Station.

• Soyuz rocket launches 7th batch of OneWeb satellites

  Theresa CrossMay 29th, 2021

  The launch of OneWeb’s seventh batch of satellites took place at 1:38 p.m. EDT (17:38 UTC) May 28, 2021, from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia.

• Orbital space tourism poised to take off later this year

  Theresa CrossMay 26th, 2021

  Within a span of about six months, a dozen new spaceflight participants could fly into orbit on four space tourism flights beginning as early as September.

• Record-breaking Progress MS-14 undocks from Space Station

  Derek RichardsonApril 28th, 2021

  The autonomous Russian cargo ship Progress MS-14 undocked from the International Space Station after spending a record one year at the orbiting outpost.

• Soyuz MS-17 crew returns to Earth after 6 months aboard ISS

  Derek RichardsonApril 17th, 2021

  Three International Space Station Expedition 64 crew members returned to Earth after spending 185 days aboard the orbiting outpost.

• Soyuz MS-18 reaches International Space Station after 2 orbits

  Derek RichardsonApril 9th, 2021

  The Soyuz MS-18 crew took the express lane to the International Space Station, reaching the outpost less the four hours after leaving Earth.

• Cosmonauts still troubleshooting slight air leak aboard ISS

  Derek RichardsonApril 8th, 2021

  Russian cosmonauts are still working to plug a slight air leak aboard the International Space Station, which was first noticed in 2019 and located in 2020.

• NASA assigns Mark Vande Hei to Soyuz MS-18 mission to ISS

  Derek RichardsonMarch 10th, 2021

  NASA has assigned astronaut Mark Vande Hei to the Soyuz MS-18 mission for a roughly six-month trip to the International Space Station.

• Cosmonaut remotely guides Progress MS-16 to ISS docking port

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 17th, 2021

  After a two-day trek, the unpiloted Russian cargo ship Progress MS-16 docked with the International Space Station after a cosmonaut remotely took manual control of a normally automatic process.

• Progress MS-16 freighter launched on two-day trek to space station

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 15th, 2021

  The next Russian cargo ship bound for the International Space Station, Progress MS-16, has launched from Kazakhstan with fuel and supplies.