News Archive / Tagged: Roscosmos

• Yevgeny Mikrin, General Designer of Russian space program, dead at age 64

  Sean CostelloMay 5th, 2020

  The Russian space community is mourning the tragic loss of their General Designer, with Roscosmos confirming today that Yevgeny Anatolyevich Mikrin died in hospital on May 5, 2020, at the age of 64.

• Progress 75 resupply ship docks at International Space Station

  Sean CostelloApril 25th, 2020

  At 1:12am EDT on April 25, 2020, the uncrewed Progress 75 Russian resupply ship successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS).

• Progress MS-12 makes fast-track flight to ISS

  Derek RichardsonJuly 31st, 2019

  Two orbits after launching from Kazakhstan, Russia’s Progress MS-12 cargo spacecraft rendezvoused and docked with the International Space Station.

• From Lunar to LEO, MS-13 trio blasts off toward ISS

  Jason RhianJuly 20th, 2019

  Fifty years is a long time. In the past half-century NASA has gone from launching men to the Moon to being dependent on the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, for access to low-Earth orbit. The latest flight under the agreement took place 50 years to the day NASA achieved what was once believed to be impossible.

• Spektr-RG telescope launched atop Proton-M rocket

  Patrick AttwellJuly 14th, 2019

  The second Proton launch of 2019 took to the skies above the Baikonur Cosmodrome today with the Spektr-RG telescope for the Russian and German space agencies. It marked the start of a mission some 24 years in the making.

• Soyuz MS-11 trio returns to Earth after 7 months in space

  Derek RichardsonJune 25th, 2019

  Three International Space Station crew members returned to Earth in the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft, bringing an end to their 204-day mission.

• NASA astronaut assigned record-setting mission

  Derek RichardsonApril 23rd, 2019

  Having been aboard the International Space Station for about a month, NASA astronaut Christina Koch is set for an extended stay of about 11 months.

• Progress MS-11 launches toward ISS on 2-orbit trek

  Derek RichardsonApril 4th, 2019

  Russia launched a Soyuz 2.1a rocket with the latest Progress resupply freighter bound for the International Space Station.

• Gallery: Soyuz MS-12 launches into space, docks with ISS

  Derek RichardsonMarch 15th, 2019

  With Soyuz MS-12 safely docked at the International Space Station, Expedition 59 began, bringing the outpost’s crew size back to six.

• Soyuz MS-12 trio launches toward ISS, joins Expedition 59 crew

  Michael ColeMarch 14th, 2019

  Cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin and astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch launched in their Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft to travel to the ISS for a six-month stay.

• Crew of aborted Soyuz launch ready to fly again on Soyuz MS-12

  Michael ColeMarch 12th, 2019

  NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin are about to get a second chance to fly to the International Space Station.

• Arianespace successfully launches OneWeb satellites to orbit

  Joe LatrellFebruary 27th, 2019

  Despite concerns over about Soyuz launcher, Arianespace successfully placed the first six satellites of OneWeb's broadband constellation into orbit.

• Update: Soyuz delivers EgyptSat-A into orbit, despite potential issue

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 21st, 2019

  Russia's Soyuz launcher delivered a satellite into orbit but a potential issue during launch may have prompted the fourth stage to perform extra work.

• Progress MS-09 leaves International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonJanuary 25th, 2019

  Progress MS-09 departed from the International Space Station after spending spending more than six months at the outpost.

• Kanopus-V pair lifts off atop Soyuz 2.1a in final Russian flight of 2018

  Cullen DesforgesDecember 27th, 2018

  At 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.