NASA’s oldest astronaut, Don Pettit, launched aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, accompanied by cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they will join the […]
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Russia’s ‘Uber’ transportation of two cosmonauts and one U.S. astronaut to ISS
So it’s time to head to the ISS and you need a ride? Looks like Russia’s Soyuz MS-26 is the taxi of sorts to transport three astronauts, all with previous […]
Russia wants 2,600 satellites in orbit by 2036. Is this realistic?
Russia wants have about 2,600 satellites in orbit by 2036, according to Yury Borisov, the head of the Roscosmos space agency. Notably the country aims to put Sfera communications satellites […]
Russia successfully launches Angara A5 rocket on third attempt
Russia successfully launched its Angara A5 space rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on Thursday afternoon after two aborted liftoff attempts earlier this week. The heavy-lift rocket was initially scheduled for […]
ROSCOSMOS to launch Meteor-M No.2-4
Roscosmos prepares to launch the meteorological satellite Meteor-M 2-4 on a Soyuz 2.1b rocket on Wednesday, February 28 at 9:43 PST. Additionally, it will carry a total of 18 rideshare […]
Evasive maneuvers by ISS to avoid space debris
Interfax is reporting that the engines of the Progress MS-24 resupply spacecraft docked with the International Space Station (ISS) were burned on Friday to prevent the station’s possible collision with […]