by David Todd | Dec 1, 2014 | Military space, Russia, Satellites, Soyuz
At 2152 on 30 November a Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat M launch vehicle took off from its launch pad in Plesetsk, Northern Russia. Aboard was a navigation satellite, the second to be launched in the Glonass-K series. Built by ISS Reshetnev, the Glonass spacecraft will operate...
by David Todd | Nov 24, 2014 | ESA, International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Soyuz
Soyuz TMA-015M was launched by a Soyuz FG at 2101 GMT on 23 November 2014 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch site near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan. Aboard the spacecraft were three crew on their way to the International Space Station (ISS): NASA Astronaut Terry Virts,...
by David Todd | Nov 12, 2014 | International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Soyuz, space station
The manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-013M undocked from ISS/Rassvet at 0031 GMT on 10 November 2014 It made its deorbit burn at 0305 GMT. The descent module Soyuz TMA-013M spacecraft, carrying Russian cosmonaut and commander Maxim Suraev, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst...
by David Todd | Oct 29, 2014 | International Space Station, Russia, Seradata News, Soyuz
After the failure of the Antares 130 launch of a Cygnus Orb-3 cargo craft to the International Space Station, a Russian Soyuz 2-1A launch vehicle showed how it should be done. It successfully launched the Progress M-025M launch vehicle on a “fast...
by David Todd | Sep 26, 2014 | International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Soyuz
A crew carrying spacecraft, SOYUZ TMA-014M/ISS-40S, was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan at 2025 GMT on 25 September 2014. The three-person crew consisted of cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev...
by David Todd | Sep 2, 2014 | Science, Soyuz
The Russian unmanned Foton M4 biology and technology mission has successfully landed in Kazakhstan at 0918 GMT on 1 September 2014 after its re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere. The Foton M4 spacecraft had been launched by a Soyuz 2-1A rocket on 18 July 2014 on a...
