News Archive / Tagged: Soyuz
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A record ride: Soyuz MS-23 trio return to Earth after a year in orbit
Derek RichardsonSeptember 27th, 2023Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut returned to Earth after a 371-day stay in space -- the third longest mission in human spaceflight history.
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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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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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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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Soyuz rocket launches 9th batch of OneWeb satellites
Theresa CrossAugust 23rd, 2021A Russian Soyuz rocket launched the ninth mission for the OneWeb internet constellation, which now numbers 288 satellites.
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Soyuz MS-18 reaches International Space Station after 2 orbits
Derek RichardsonApril 9th, 2021The Soyuz MS-18 crew took the express lane to the International Space Station, reaching the outpost less the four hours after leaving Earth.
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ISS Expedition 63 crew returns home safely
Cullen DesforgesOctober 22nd, 2020On October 21, 2020, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft carrying the Expedition 63 crew members departed the International Space Station, successfully returning NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, and Russian Cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner back to planet Earth at a landing site in Kazakhstan.
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ISS Expedition 64 crew launches to ISS in record time
Cullen DesforgesOctober 16th, 2020On Wednesday, October 14 at 1:45 AM EDT, three astronauts and their Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft left the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to begin a six month mission to the International Space Station.
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Yevgeny Mikrin, General Designer of Russian space program, dead at age 64
Sean CostelloMay 5th, 2020The 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.
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NASA astronaut assigned record-setting mission
Derek RichardsonApril 23rd, 2019Having been aboard the International Space Station for about a month, NASA astronaut Christina Koch is set for an extended stay of about 11 months.
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NASA planning to buy 2 more seats aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft
Derek RichardsonFebruary 16th, 2019NASA is looking to ensure uninterrupted access to the International Space Station while two commercial spacecraft finish development.
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Gallery: Soyuz FG rocket returns to service with MS-11 flight
Jason RhianDecember 3rd, 2018BAIKONUR 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.
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Pressure mounts on Commercial Crew as Russia plans to stop flying U.S. astronauts to ISS
Jason RhianSeptember 5th, 2018Amidst worsening conditions between the United States and Russia, the contract that provides U.S. astronauts with transportation to and from the International Space Station - is a few months away from expiring. The close of this agreement coincides with the time that NASA and its commercial partners hope to conduct the first test flights of so-called "space taxis" to the orbiting lab.
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Nick Hague set to become first member of 2013 astronaut class to fly
Jason RhianJune 18th, 2018One of the 2013 class of astronauts is preparing himself for his flight into space. When Nick Hague takes to the skies in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft later this year, he will become the first of his class to fly.
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Space station trio returns to Earth after record-setting mission
Derek RichardsonFebruary 28th, 2018Three members of the International Space Station’s Expedition 54 crew returned to Earth on Feb. 27, 2018. Riding in their Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft, the trio blazed through the atmosphere and landed on the snow-covered Kazakh Steppe in Kazakhstan.