Category : Roscosmos
November 10, 2021

Tonight Russian Mission Control Centre may accomplish debris avoidance maneuver aimed at protecting ISS from the debris of Chinese satellite. Roscosmos is scrutinizing the level of threat a fragment of Chinese meteosat may pose to the ISS. The meteosat was shot down in 2007 during the testing of anti-satellite weapon conducted by China. The fragment approaches the ISS at s dangerous distance at 03.56, Moscow time on November 12.

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November 1, 2021

The Guiana Space Center (French Guiana) has begun preparations for the Soyuz-ST rocket launch with Galileo spacecraft. In accordance with…

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October 28, 2021

Soyuz-2.1a booster with Progress MS-18 cargo vehicle successfully launched from pad #31 of Baikonur launchsite. Soyuz-2.1a booster decorated with Gorodets painting successfully inserted into the low-earth orbit. In celebration of 800-years anniversary of Nizhny Novgorod the side blocks of  the first and the third stages of the rocket were decorated with Gorodets painting. It will take Progress two days to reach the ISS. The docking is planned for October 30, 04.34, Moscow time.

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October 27, 2021

Active preparations continue at the Vostok launch complex of the Baikonur Cosmodrome for the Soyuz-2.1a rocket with Progress MS-18 cargo…

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October 25, 2021

Soyuz-2.1a booster with Progress MS-18 was rolled out from the integration building installed on the launchpad.  The rocket was decorated with Gorodets painting  to celebrate 800-years anniversary of Nizhny Novgorod.

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October 20, 2021

During the space flight of filming crew in the framework of Challenge movie project one-person operation of Soyuz spacecraft was successfully tested. In the future all Russian spacecraft of Soyuz series will be modified to provide the cosmonauts this opportunity, -  Cosmonaut corps commander Oleg Kononenko said.

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October 18, 2021

Russian actress Julia Peresild and movie director Klim Shipenko returned from the ISS accompanied by cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky yesterday, on October 17. At 18.33, Moscow time, the crew arrived in Russia, - reported Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin. They will pass medical check and take part in post-flight scientific experiments and rehabilitation program.

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October 5, 2021

Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft with actress Yulia Peresild, movie director Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov successfully docked to the International Space Station.   The spacecraft was launched From Baikonur launchsite at 11.55 on October 05 and  docked with Rassvet module of Russian ISS segment.

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September 27, 2021

A batch of 36 OneWeb communication satellites was delivered to Ignatievo airport (Blagoveshchensk) by an An-124-100 aircraft on Saturday. The…

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September 22, 2021

September 19 saw the first preflight training session of the Soyuz MS-19 crewed spacecraft prime and backup crews under the…

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