by David Todd | May 13, 2020 | NASA, Russia, Soyuz
While the first manned Commercial Crew programme test flight of SpaceX Crew Dragon is due later this month, NASA is apparently playing safe and ordered another ride for one of its astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). The Soyuz seat cost US$90 million... 
by David Todd | Apr 27, 2020 | International Space Station, Launches, Russia, Soyuz
At 0151 GMT on 25 April 2020 a Soyuz 2-1a launched a Progress MS-14 freighter to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch took place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan. The cargo craft which was carrying supplies to the astronauts on... 
by David Todd | Apr 17, 2020 | International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Soyuz, space station
The beautiful parachute gently slowing the Soyuz MS-15 crewed capsule was perhaps a reminder to those wanting a prompt lifting of coronavirus lockdown measures that it is only safe to remove your parachute once a safe landing has been achieved. The Soyuz MS-15... 
by David Todd | Apr 9, 2020 | Launches, NASA, Russia, Seradata News, Soyuz
After paying meticulous attention to keeping the crew isolated from any chance of infection by the Coronavirus Covid-19, Russia’s space agency and industrial concern Roscosmos successfully launched the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft into low Earth orbit at 0805 GMT on 9... 
by Matt Wilson | Apr 2, 2020 | Constellation, ESA, Launches, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, Soyuz
It has been reported that one of the first missions for the yet-to-launch Ariane 6 has been given to the rocket it is intending to replace. This mission concerns the first two Batch 3 satellites for the European Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). These... 
by David Todd | Mar 23, 2020 | Launches, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, Soyuz
While COVID-19 has hobbled the launch plans of many satellite operators at other sites, Russia and China are continuing with their programmes. Thus, while Arianespace’s Soyuz launches from Sinnamary, near Kourou in French Guiana, have been suspended, its Russian...
