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 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 …

Russia's Soyuz MS-11 successfully launched

Russia's Soyuz MS-11 successfully launched

The manned Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft with three crewmembers of the new expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) has entered the near-Earth orbit and started its autonomous flight to the orbital outpost, Russia’s State Space …

Descent capsule with ISS crewmembers lands in Kazakhstan

Descent capsule with ISS crewmembers lands in Kazakhstan

The descent capsule of the Russian Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft with three crewmembers of the International Space Station (ISS) has landed in Kazakhstan’s steppe 147 km southeast of the city of Zhezkazgan, Russia’s Flight Control Center …

Russia to launch 15 rockets from Baikonur

Russia to launch 15 rockets from Baikonur

Russia plans 23 space launches next year, eight of them from homegrown launch pads, the Deputy Prime Minister and head of the Roscosmos state space corporation supervisory committee Dmitry Rogozin said. "Fifteen …

'Soyuz MS-02' successfully passes all tests at Baikonur

'Soyuz MS-02' successfully passes all tests at Baikonur

'Soyuz-02 MS' spacecraft has successfully passed all tests at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Roskosmos reported. Launch of manned spacecraft is scheduled for September 23. Its crew consists of Roskosmos …

Proton-M carrier rocket successfully launched from Baikonur

Proton-M carrier rocket successfully launched from Baikonur

The Proton-M carrier rocket with Briz-M rocket orbit insertion upper stage and US communications satellite Intelsat 31 (Intelsat DLA2) has been launched from the Baikonur spaceport, the press service of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency …

Russia launches first rocket from Vostochny cosmodrome

Russia launches first rocket from Vostochny cosmodrome

Russia launched its inaugural rocket from the Vostochny cosmodrome on April 28 at 05:01am Moscow time, Reuters reports. An unmanned Soyuz-2.1A rocket carrying three satellites (Lomonosov, Aist-2D and SamSat-218) roared off into a sky …

ISS used as test platform

ISS used as test platform

The station which is flying around the Earth is used as a test ground for long-haul flights

Baikonur prepares to receive tourists

Baikonur prepares to receive tourists

Tourist flows have started to be formed in Baikonur, the acting general director of the center for exploitation of space ground-based infrastructure Rano Dzuraev said. All the tour operators involved were chosen by Roskosmos. …