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Soyuz MS-20 crew enters ISS

Soyuz MS-20 crew enters ISS

Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his associate Yozo Hirano left the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft and stepped aboard the International Space Station. The newcomers were met by Roscosmos cosmonauts Anton …

Russian film crew to fly to ISS to shoot feature film

Russian film crew to fly to ISS to shoot feature film

The launch vehicle Soyuz-2.1a carrying the Soyuz MS-19 manned spacecraft will be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Tuesday. Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, as well as actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko, who …

Emergency alarm sounds on ISS

Emergency alarm sounds on ISS

An emergency alarm in the Zvezda module of the ISS’s Russian segment woke up the Russian cosmonauts, the press service of Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos said on Thursday. "An emergency alarm sounded in the …

Russia to pull out of International Space Station in 2025

Russia to pull out of International Space Station in 2025

Russia’s decision to abandon the ISS within four years also comes as Moscow looks instead to China as a partner for its future space ambitions. Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, said abandoning its section of the …

Construction of Russian space station will not interfere with  Moscow-Beijing space cooperation between

Construction of Russian space station will not interfere with Moscow-Beijing space cooperation between

Russia will withdraw from the International Space Station (ISS) after reaching its planned lifespan in 2024 and is working on a new station to replace it, Russian media reported on Sunday. Chinese observers said that Russia's decision to build its own space station is consistent with its self-reliant principle of developing the aerospace industry but it will not overlook the option to cooperate on China's upcoming space station, as the craft might be the only operational station in orbit that will be open to foreign partners following the retirement of the ISS

U.S. to launch military satellite from ISS

U.S. to launch military satellite from ISS

The Red-Eye-2 small spacecraft for experiments in the interests of the Defense Department’s office of advanced research projects, DARPA, is scheduled to be launched into orbit on June 17 from the International space station, NASA said. …

Crew Dragon astronauts board ISS

Crew Dragon astronauts board ISS

U.S. atronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley have successfully disembarked the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and entered the International Space Station. SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft docked at the space station at 10:16 a.m. ET …

SpaceX's first astronaut launch postponed

SpaceX's first astronaut launch postponed

SpaceX decided to postpone its Demo-2 launch as unfavorable weather conditions in the region posed risks to the equipment and crew.  Liftoff, which was originally scheduled for 4:33 p.m. May 27, is now moved to the afternoon of May …

ISS to be seen with naked eye over Russia until end of May

ISS to be seen with naked eye over Russia until end of May

The International Space Station (ISS) can be seen with the naked eye flying from southwest to southeast over Russia until the end of May, the press service of Russia’s State Space Corporation Rososmos said. "The …

Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft undocks from International Space Station

Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft undocks from International Space Station

The Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, NASA astronaut Christina Koch and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano has undocked from the International Space Station (ISS), the Russian Mission Control …

Roscosmos to help NASA to deliver its astronauts to ISS

Roscosmos to help NASA to deliver its astronauts to ISS

Head of Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin gave instructions to allocate funds for making two additional Soyuz MS manned spaceships, including due to the need to deliver NASA astronauts to the …

Soyuz MS-09 lands in Kazakhstan

Soyuz MS-09 lands in Kazakhstan

The landing section of the manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-09 with three crew members from the International Space Station (ISS) and containers with the probes gathered from a hole drilled in the craft’s habitation module has landed in …

 New crew arrives at International Space Station

New crew arrives at International Space Station

The crewmembers of the manned Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft that docked to the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday evening has entered the station after pressure inside the spaceship and the station was equalized, a spokesman for the mission …

 ISS computer restored after malfunction

ISS computer restored after malfunction

The work of a computer aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has been restored after its malfunction, State Space Corporation Roscosmos Chief Dmitry Rogozin said on his Twitter. "At 12:04:50 Moscow time, the …