Following a troubled eight-day voyage the Nauka module has successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), the first Russian module to do so in 11 years. Docking occurred at 1329 GMT on 29 July, according to on-board telemetry. The module approached...
It is a time of renewal at the International Space Station as one long-standing module is removed to be replaced by another. At 1055 GMT, on 26 July, the Progress MS-16 cargo spacecraft removed the Pirs airlock module from the station in preparation for a de-orbit...
The newest ISS module, known as Nauka, was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, by a Proton M at 1458 GMT on 21 July. The Proton rocket flying for the first time in almost a year utilised a 3-stage configuration as opposed to the more familiar 4-stage...
Russia successfully launched a Soyuz 2-1B Fregat vehicle at 1248 GMT 1 July from Vostochny Cosmodrome in Eastern Russia. The vehicle was carrying 36 OneWeb satellites bringing its number of in-orbit units to 254. The satellites were deployed in to a LEO, near polar...
Russia successfully launched a Soyuz 2-1A rocket carrying the Progress MS-17 re-supply vessel in to LEO at 2327 GMT on 29 June. The mission lifted-off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan towards the ISS and was loaded with 2,439 kg of water, fuel, food, air,...
Russia successfully launched a Soyuz 2-1B rocket at 1950 GMT, 25 June from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Northern Russia. The vehicle was carrying the first military Pion-NKS satellite which was later designated as COSMOS 2550. The Pion-NKS satellite is the first of the...
