News Archive / Tagged: Soyuz-FG

• 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.

• Gallery: Soyuz FG rocket returns to service with MS-11 flight

  Jason RhianDecember 3rd, 2018

  BAIKONUR 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.

• Crewed flights to ISS resume with Soyuz MS-11 launch

  Derek RichardsonDecember 3rd, 2018

  Normalcy begins to return to International Space Station operations as the crew of Soyuz MS-11 has successfully launched from Baikonur.

• Soyuz-FG rocket back in action with successful launch of Progress MS-10

  Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 16th, 2018

  A Soyuz-FG rocket took to the skies to send the Progress MS-10 spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.

• Soyuz-FG to return to flight with Progress MS-10 resupply mission

  Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 15th, 2018

  Russia’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.

• Collision of rocket components blamed for Soyuz MS-10 abort

  Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 13th, 2018

  The problem that resulted in Thursday's failed flight to the International Space Station for two crew members - might have been discovered.

• Soyuz MS-10 abort: What happened and how will it affect the International Space Station?

  Jason RhianOctober 11th, 2018

  The Soyuz launch system is out of service due to an accident that occurred during the flight of the MS-10 mission. What this means in terms of access to the International Space Station - might surprise you.

• Soyuz MS-10 fails to reach orbit, crew safe – UPDATE

  Derek RichardsonOctober 11th, 2018

  The spacecraft's escape system safely pulled Soyuz MS-10 with its two-person crew away from the failed booster.

• GALLERY: Roscosmos Soyuz-FG rocket carries Expedition 56 trio to International Space Station

  Sean CostelloJune 6th, 2018

  'Poyekhali!' SpaceFlight Insider was at the Baikonur Cosmodrone in Kazakhstan to cover the flight of three Expedition 56 crew members to the International Space Station. Here are some of the images captured of the events leading up to - and of the launch.

• Gallery: Soyuz MS-08 launches toward ISS

  Derek RichardsonMarch 21st, 2018

  In the sparsely populated Kazakh Steppe in Kazakhstan, Russia's state-run space corporation, Roscosmos, launched three people to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-08 lifted off pad 1/5 at 1:44 p.m. EDT (17:44 GMT) March 21, 2018, from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

• Soyuz MS-08 trio lights up Kazakh sky to begin 2-day trek to ISS

  Derek RichardsonMarch 21st, 2018

  Lighting up the Kazakh Steppe at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, three fresh International Space Station crew members launched toward space to begin a two-day chase of the orbiting outpost. Soyuz MS-08 launched at 1:44 p.m. EDT (17:44 GMT) March 21, 2018.

• Soyuz MS-08 trio set for 2-day flight to ISS

  Derek RichardsonMarch 20th, 2018

  Three more people are set to leave Earth to live aboard the International Space Station for about five months. They are slated to launch in their Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft at 1:44 p.m. EDT (05:44 GMT) March 21, 2018, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

• Soyuz MS-07 crew begins two-day trek toward ISS

  Derek RichardsonDecember 17th, 2017

  Just three days after one trio left the International Space Station, another launched toward it. A Soyuz-FG rocket lofted the Soyuz MS-07 mission spacecraft into orbit where it and its crew will spend some two days catching up with the outpost.

• New ISS crew set to lift off on Soyuz-FG from Baikonur on first crewed launch of 2017

  Curt GodwinApril 17th, 2017

  Final preparations are underway for the launch of Expedition 51/52 crew members, NASA astronaut Jack Fischer and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, to the International Space Station. Liftoff will take place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 3:13 a.m. EDT (07:13 GMT) on April 20, 2017, and will be the first crewed Soyuz launch of 2017.