Russia's cargo craft blasts off to International Space Station
6 years, 1 month ago

Russia's cargo craft blasts off to International Space Station

India TV News  

Russia's Progress 71 cargo craft has successfully launched a Soyuz-FG rocket to the International Space Station, a first since the failure of the last manned mission on October 11, NASA said. The unpiloted Russian Progress 71 cargo spacecraft was launched at 1.14 p.m. EST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the US space agency said in a statement on Friday. On Oct 11, the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft launched with Expedition 57 crew members Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos. One of the four first stage rocket engines abnormally separated and hit the second stage rocket that led to the loss of stabilization of the Soyuz on October 11, stated Roscosmos describing the cause for the anomaly caused.

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A Soyuz craft with 2 Russians and 1 American docks at the International Space Station
4 months ago

A Soyuz craft with 2 Russians and 1 American docks at the International Space Station

Hindustan Times  

MOSCOW — A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American docked at the International Space Station on Wednesday, a little more than three hours after its launch. HT Image The capsule atop a towering rocket set off from a Russian launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, and docked with the space station after two orbits of the Earth, a fast …

A Soyuz capsule carrying 3 crew from the International Space Station lands safely in Kazakhstan
9 months, 1 week ago

A Soyuz capsule carrying 3 crew from the International Space Station lands safely in Kazakhstan

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — A Russian space capsule with two women and one man safely landed in a steppe in Kazakhstan on Saturday after their missions aboard the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-24 carrying Russia’s Oleg Novitsky, NASA’s Loral O’Hara and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus touched down southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan at 12:17 p.m. Kazakh time. O’Hara arrived …

Russian Soyuz spacecraft with 3 astronauts docks at the International Space Station
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Russian Soyuz spacecraft with 3 astronauts docks at the International Space Station

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — A Russian spacecraft with three astronauts successfully docked Monday at the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Russian Oleg Novitsky and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus reached the space outpost after Saturday’s blastoff from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan that followed an aborted launch attempt two days earlier. The three astronauts …

Russia’s space agency aborts launch of 3 astronauts to the International Space Station; all are safe
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia’s space agency aborts launch of 3 astronauts to the International Space Station; all are safe

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Russia aborted the launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station moments before they were scheduled to lift off Thursday, but the crew was safe, officials said. Russia’s Roscosmos space corporation and NASA said the crew was safe, and Roscosmos chief Yuri Borisov said the next launch attempt is set for Saturday. Borisov told reporters that experts …

Russian spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts blasts off to International Space Station
1 year, 3 months ago

Russian spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts blasts off to International Space Station

Hindustan Times  

One American and two Russian space crew members blasted off Friday aboard a Russian spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a mission to the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft carrying the International Space Station Expedition 70-71 crew blasts off to the ISS from the Moscow-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on September 15, 2023. NASA astronaut Loral …

Damaged Russian Soyuz Capsule Returns to Earth, Says Space Agency
1 year, 9 months ago

Damaged Russian Soyuz Capsule Returns to Earth, Says Space Agency

News 18  

Russia’s unmanned Soyuz MS-22 capsule returned to Earth on Tuesday from the International Space Station, landing in Kazakhstan three months after suffering a coolant leak. The Russian space agency said the capsule carried “around 218 kilograms of cargo”, including results of scientific experiments. The capsule flew Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Petelin and Sergei Prokopyev and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio to the …

SpaceX set to launch next International Space Station crew for NASA
1 year, 10 months ago

SpaceX set to launch next International Space Station crew for NASA

The Hindu  

Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX was set to launch early on Monday the International Space Station's next long-duration team into orbit, with an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates and a Russian cosmonaut joining two NASA crewmates for the flight. The four-member crew should reach the International Space Station about 25 hours later, on Tuesday morning, to begin a six-month …

Russian Soyuz spacecraft docks at ISS to bring back stranded crew
1 year, 10 months ago

Russian Soyuz spacecraft docks at ISS to bring back stranded crew

India Today  

A Russian spacecraft on a mission to bring back to Earth a crew stranded on the International Space Station has docked at the station, Russian space agency Roscosmos said early on Sunday. The Soyuz MS-23, which lifted off from Baikonour space centre in Kazakhstan on Friday, is to bring back Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin, and U.S. astronaut …

Russia launches rescue ship to space station after leaks
1 year, 10 months ago

Russia launches rescue ship to space station after leaks

Associated Press  

Russia launched a rescue ship on Friday for two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut whose original ride home sprang a dangerous leak while parked at the International Space Station. Officials had determined it was too risky to bring NASA’s Frank Rubio and Russia’s Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin back in their damaged Soyuz next month as originally planned. Until the …

Russia launches rescue ship to space station after leaks
1 year, 10 months ago

Russia launches rescue ship to space station after leaks

The Hindu  

Russia launched a rescue ship on February 24 for two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut whose original ride home sprang a dangerous leak while parked at the International Space Station. Until the new Soyuz pulls up, emergency plans call for Rubio to switch to a SpaceX crew capsule that’s docked at the space station. Officials had determined it was too …

Russia launches empty Soyuz ship to rescue three astronauts stranded in space
1 year, 10 months ago

Russia launches empty Soyuz ship to rescue three astronauts stranded in space

India Today  

The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, has successfully launched a Soyuz spacecraft that will act as a lifeboat for three astronauts stranded in space. The empty Soyuz spacecraft was launched after the original ride home for the astronauts sprang a dangerous leak while parked at the International Space Station. The Russian Space Agency delayed the launch of the replacement Soyuz, looking …

Crew stuck on ISS to return to Earth in September: Russia
1 year, 10 months ago

Crew stuck on ISS to return to Earth in September: Russia

The Hindu  

Russia's space agency on Tuesday said that the crew stuck on the International Space Station because of a damaged capsule were now expected to return to Earth in September, a year after they first launched into orbit. But on Tuesday, Russia's Roscosmos space agency said in a statement that their return "at the moment is scheduled to take place aboard …

Russia says astronauts stranded in space will return to Earth in September
1 year, 10 months ago

Russia says astronauts stranded in space will return to Earth in September

Hindustan Times  

Russia's space agency on Tuesday said that the crew stuck on the International Space Station because of a damaged capsule were now expected to return to Earth in September, a year after they first launched into orbit. Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Petelin and Sergei Prokopyev and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio flew to the ISS in September 2022 aboard a Soyuz MS-22 …

Russia 'Expected' to Launch Spacecraft on Ukraine War Anniversary: Report
1 year, 10 months ago

Russia 'Expected' to Launch Spacecraft on Ukraine War Anniversary: Report

News 18  

Russia’s space agency said Saturday it was planning to send a rescue ship on February 24 to bring home three astronauts whose return vehicle was damaged by a tiny meteoroid. Last Monday, the space agency said it had delayed the launch of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft, saying a supply ship docked at the International Space Station had leaked coolant. Last …

Russia delays launch to space station while leak is probed
1 year, 11 months ago

Russia delays launch to space station while leak is probed

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Russia will postpone the launch of an empty space capsule to the International Space Station pending further investigation of a coolant leak on a supply ship docked to the station, the second such leak at a docked Russian craft in two months, the head of Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos said Monday. Russians Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin and …

Explained: Russia's plan to rescue its trapped astronauts from International Space Station
1 year, 11 months ago

Explained: Russia's plan to rescue its trapped astronauts from International Space Station

Firstpost  

The Russian space agency said Wednesday that it would send an empty Soyuz capsule to the International Space Station in February to replace a damaged spacecraft currently docked there. “This is the next Soyuz that was scheduled to fly in March,” said Joel Montalbano, the space station program manager at NASA, during a news conference Wednesday. “It’ll just fly a …

Russia will launch new capsule to return space station crew
2 years ago

Russia will launch new capsule to return space station crew

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Russia will send up a new capsule next month to bring back three space station crew members whose original ride home was damaged, officials said Wednesday. The two Russians and one American will stay several extra months at the International Space Station as a result of the capsule switch, possibly pushing their mission to close to a year, …

Russia to launch new spacecraft to rescue astronauts from leaking Soyuz module, will bring back damaged module
2 years ago

Russia to launch new spacecraft to rescue astronauts from leaking Soyuz module, will bring back damaged module

Firstpost  

A part of the Soyuz capsule docked at the International Space Station was damaged when a micrometeorite crashed into the ISS. Image Credit: NASA As a result, the Russian space agency it would launch another Soyuz rocket on February 20 to bring home two cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut from the International Space Station. The leaking Soyuz capsule was supposed …

US, Russian astronauts will swap seats on rockets again
2 years, 5 months ago

US, Russian astronauts will swap seats on rockets again

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA astronauts will go back to riding Russian rockets under an agreement announced Friday, and Russian cosmonauts will catch lifts to the International Space Station with SpaceX beginning this fall. The agreement ensures that the space station will always have at least one American and Russian on board to keep both sides of the orbiting outpost …

U.S., Russian astronauts will swap seats on rockets again
2 years, 5 months ago

U.S., Russian astronauts will swap seats on rockets again

The Hindu  

NASA astronauts will go back to riding Russian rockets under an agreement announced on Friday, and Russian cosmonauts will catch lifts to the International Space Station with SpaceX beginning this fall. The agreement ensures that the space station will always have at least one American and Russian on board to keep both sides of the orbiting outpost running smoothly, according …

US, Russian astronauts will swap seats on rockets again
2 years, 5 months ago

US, Russian astronauts will swap seats on rockets again

Hindustan Times  

NASA astronauts will go back to riding Russian rockets under an agreement announced Friday, and Russian cosmonauts will catch lifts to the International Space Station with SpaceX beginning this fall. The agreement ensures that the space station will always have at least one American and Russian on board to keep both sides of the orbiting outpost running smoothly, according to …

Russian space chief: Sanctions could imperil space station
2 years, 9 months ago

Russian space chief: Sanctions could imperil space station

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — The head of Russia’s space program said Saturday that the future of the International Space Station hangs in the balance after the United States, the European Union, and Canadian space agencies missed a deadline to meet Russian demands for lifting sanctions on Russian enterprises and hardware. Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Roscosmos, told reporters that the state agency …

Mark Vande Hei: Nasa astronaut set to return to Earth with two cosmonauts from ISS on Russian spacecraft
2 years, 9 months ago

Mark Vande Hei: Nasa astronaut set to return to Earth with two cosmonauts from ISS on Russian spacecraft

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa astronaut Mark Vande Hei, who recently broke the US space programme record …

3 Russian cosmonauts launch for International Space Station
2 years, 9 months ago

3 Russian cosmonauts launch for International Space Station

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Russian rocket blasted off …

Russian cosmonaut team arrives at the International Space Station
2 years, 9 months ago

Russian cosmonaut team arrives at the International Space Station

Al Jazeera  

The blastoff marked the first space crew launch since Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine on February 24. Three Russian cosmonauts safely arrived at the International Space Station, docking their Soyuz capsule with the outpost for a mission that continues a 20-year shared Russian-US presence in orbit despite tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. About 2.5 hours into the flight, …

Russia plans to launch own space station after quitting ISS
3 years, 8 months ago

Russia plans to launch own space station after quitting ISS

India Today  

Russia is ready to start building its own space station with the aim of launching it into orbit by 2030 if President Vladimir Putin gives the go-ahead, the head of its Roscosmos space agency said on Wednesday. The project would mark a new chapter for Russian space exploration and an end to more than two decades of close cooperation with …

Russian Progress cargo spacecraft successfully reaches ISS
3 years, 10 months ago

Russian Progress cargo spacecraft successfully reaches ISS

Hindustan Times  

Progress 77, the unmanned cargo spacecraft from Russia, docked at the International Space Station on Wednesday. NASA in a blogpost said that the Russian Progress 77 spacecraft is carrying these items to aid Expedition 64 crew members. “Russia's Progress 77 spacecraft docked at the station’s Pirs docking compartment today at 1:27am ET delivering 1.1 tons of nitrogen, water and propellant …

Russian resupply ship launches to space station
3 years, 10 months ago

Russian resupply ship launches to space station

India TV News  

An uncrewed Russian cargo ship carrying just over one ton of nitrogen, water and propellant to the International Space Station launched from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan on Monday. The @Roscosmos cargo spacecraft Progress launched at 11:45pm ET from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, beginning a two-day journey to the @Space_Station," NASA tweeted after the launch. The Progress 77 resupply …

Astronaut: SpaceX Dragon beats shuttle, Soyuz for launching
4 years, 1 month ago

Astronaut: SpaceX Dragon beats shuttle, Soyuz for launching

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The most experienced astronaut on SpaceX’s newly launched crew said Thursday that riding a Dragon capsule to orbit is like being inside the actual mythical beast, and a lot more fun than NASA’s shuttles or Russian flights. SpaceX delivered its second crew of astronauts to the International Space Station late Monday night, just 27 hours after …

Space station turns into world-class laboratory in 20 years
4 years, 2 months ago

Space station turns into world-class laboratory in 20 years

India TV News  

As astronauts celebrate the 20th anniversary of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station on Monday, NASA has said the orbiting laboratory has turned into a world-class facility for research which has conducted thousands of investigations from over 100 different countries. When the Expedition 1 crew of Commander William Shepherd of NASA, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Gidzenko …

'Finally Home': Russia's Soyuz Spacecraft Brings Three ISS Crew Members to Earth
4 years, 2 months ago

'Finally Home': Russia's Soyuz Spacecraft Brings Three ISS Crew Members to Earth

News 18  

Washington: A Russian Soyuz spacecraft on Thursday safely brought NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and cosmonauts Ivan Vagner and Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos from International Space Station to Earth. They will be on their way home soon, having completed their mission aboard the @Space_Station: pic.twitter.com/hGHtY8mqBe— NASA October 22, 2020 During this latest mission, Cassidy served as commander …

Soyuz launch: NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Russian cosmonauts launch to the International Space Station
4 years, 3 months ago

Soyuz launch: NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Russian cosmonauts launch to the International Space Station

CNN  

CNN — Just a few weeks ahead of the 20th anniversary of a continuous human presence in space, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov launched for a stay on the International Space Station. NASA The trio’s Soyuz capsule docked with the space station at 4:48 a.m. An “ultrafast” rendezvous system helped deliver the crew …

NASA astronaut, Russian cosmonauts launch to the space station during a pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

NASA astronaut, Russian cosmonauts launch to the space station during a pandemic

CNN  

CNN — Two Russian cosmonauts, Anatoli Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy launched to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday morning at 4:05 a.m. The time is spent preparing for flight, studying and resting, as well as working out and making video calls to friends and family members.” About six hours …

Russia launches Soyuz carrier rocket with 33 satellites
5 years, 6 months ago

Russia launches Soyuz carrier rocket with 33 satellites

India TV News  

Russia successfully launched its Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket on Friday with a hydrometeorological satellite and 32 small satellites, the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos said. Russia's Meteor-M No.2-2 hydrometeorological satellite was successfully put into a target orbit with a height of about 832 km, Roscosmos said in a live broadcast. Most of the small satellites were made in Germany, France, the …

Russian-American crew arrive at the International Space Station
5 years, 9 months ago

Russian-American crew arrive at the International Space Station

Firstpost  

A Russian-American crew arrived at the International Space Station on Friday, five months after a botched launch led to an emergency landing for two of the three astronauts. This time, the Russian Soyuz rocket carrying NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch along with Roscosmos’ Alexei Ovchinin lifted off precisely as planned from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 12.14 …

Russia launches Soyuz Rocket carrying three astronauts to International Space Station since October failure
6 years, 1 month ago

Russia launches Soyuz Rocket carrying three astronauts to International Space Station since October failure

India TV News  

Three astronauts successfully blasted off on Monday to the International Space Station from Kazakhstan, a perfect launch that follows October’s aborted mission. The families of the crew, other astronauts and space officials from several nations breathed a sigh of relief Monday after observing the flawless launch, with October’s rocket failure still on the minds of many. A Soyuz-FG rocket carrying …

Full faith in Russia-made Soyuz rocket says crew ahead of first launch since failure
6 years, 1 month ago

Full faith in Russia-made Soyuz rocket says crew ahead of first launch since failure

Firstpost  

Russian investigators said the rocket failure was caused by a sensor that was damaged during the assembly at the Soviet era-cosmodrome A US astronaut said on Thursday she had full confidence in the safety of the Russian-made Soyuz rocket that will blast a three-person crew into space next month in the first such launch since a rocket failure. Russian cosmonaut …

RUSSIA'S SOYUZ: DECADES OF BLASTING INTO SPACE
6 years, 2 months ago

RUSSIA'S SOYUZ: DECADES OF BLASTING INTO SPACE

Daily Mail  

The Soyuz programme is an ongoing human spaceflight programme which was initiated by the Soviet Union in the early 1960s, originally part of a Moon landing project. 1967: Soviet astronaut Vladimir Komarov was killed during landing due to a parachute failure 1975: Two Russian astronauts had to abort a mission to a Russian space station at an altitude of 90miles …

Russia blames rocket failure on technical malfunction
6 years, 2 months ago

Russia blames rocket failure on technical malfunction

Daily Mail  

Russia's space agency said on Wednesday that an investigation has found that a rocket carrying a crew to the International Space Station failed three weeks ago because of a technical malfunction of a sensor. The Soyuz-FG rocket carrying a NASA astronaut and a Roscosmos cosmonaut failed two minutes into the Oct. 11 flight, sending their emergency capsule into a sharp …

Russia plans its first manned mission to ISS for 3 Dec after rocket launch mishap
6 years, 2 months ago

Russia plans its first manned mission to ISS for 3 Dec after rocket launch mishap

Firstpost  

The first manned mission to the ISS since the launch mishap earlier this month could be in December. The first manned mission to the International Space Station since a Russian rocket failed to launch earlier this month may take off on 3 December, space agency Roscosmos said on Wednesday. The accident was the first serious launch problem experienced by a …

Russia plans first manned space mission since rocket...
6 years, 2 months ago

Russia plans first manned space mission since rocket...

Daily Mail  

The first manned mission to the International Space Station since a Russian rocket failed to launch earlier this month may take off on Dec. 3, space agency Roscosmos said on Wednesday. Scroll down for video FILE PHOTO: The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft carrying the crew of astronaut Nick Hague of the U.S. and cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Russia blasts off to …

Russia’s Soyuz-FG rocket launch failures affect manned, unmanned spacecraft; astronauts rescued
6 years, 3 months ago

Russia’s Soyuz-FG rocket launch failures affect manned, unmanned spacecraft; astronauts rescued

India TV News  

The booster rocket failure that forced an emergency landing for two astronauts headed to the International Space Station was the first launch accident for Russia’s manned-space program in 35 years. A look at past failures of Russian space launches: Dec. 1, 2016: A Progress ship carrying food, fuel, air, water and other supplies failed to reach orbit after launching from …

Soyuz MS-10 crew survives emergency landing following failure of rocket booster
6 years, 3 months ago

Soyuz MS-10 crew survives emergency landing following failure of rocket booster

Firstpost  

A Russian Soyuz MS-10 rocket carrying a Russian cosmonaut and an American astronaut set off for a six-month mission at the International Space Station on 11 October, on a relatively rare two-man launch. Search and rescue crews have deployed to the Soyuz landing site and are in contact with the two crew members, one America and one Russian, who are …

Rocket launch malfunction forces astronauts to return to Earth
6 years, 3 months ago

Rocket launch malfunction forces astronauts to return to Earth

Daily Mail  

Two astronauts kept ice cool as their rocket travelling at thousands of miles an hour malfunctioned on the edge of space while carrying them to the International Space Station, cockpit audio reveals. Rescuers who rushed to the aid of the two stranded astronauts took the revealing photo showing the stricken capsule lying on its side after the aborted mission to …

Soyuz rocket launch: Russia investigates cause of failure
6 years, 3 months ago

Soyuz rocket launch: Russia investigates cause of failure

CNN  

CNN — Russia has launched an investigation into the failed launch of a Soyuz rocket ferrying a crew to the International Space Station which resulted in an emergency landing Thursday. “Rescue services worked from the first second of the accident.” NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin are in what NASA director Jim Bridenstine described as “good condition” …

Russian cargo vessel docks at International Space Station in record time
6 years, 6 months ago

Russian cargo vessel docks at International Space Station in record time

Firstpost  

The Russian cargo vessel smashed the record flight time to ISS by two hours. A Russian cargo vessel took just three hours and 40 minutes to reach the International Space Station on Tuesday, Roscosmos space agency said, smashing the record flight time by two hours. The “Progress” launched at 2151 GMT on Monday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and …

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