Despite the scheduled return of US domestic crew launch capability this year, NASA is set to purchase more rides on the Russian Soyuz through 2020. The agency is adhering to a recommendation from its Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) after concerns were raised about the lack of a back-up option covering the potential delays that could be suffered during a challenging test flight phase for Dragon 2 and Starliner.
Russia’s last satellite launch of 2018 saw a Soyuz rocket lift off from the Vostochny…
With a mission that was anything but mundane, Soyuz MS-09 with its three-person crew returned…
Arianespace conducted its final launch of 2018 on Wednesday, following a scrub – due to…
A unique spacewalk was conducted on Tuesday, as two Russian cosmonauts examined a hole that…
The Russian Progress MS-10 resupply vehicle for the International Space Station launched from the Baikonur…
Arianespace launched a new European weather satellite Tuesday, using a Soyuz rocket to deploy the…
A Russian Soyuz-2-1b rocket launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome Saturday night, deploying a replacement satellite…
Russian investigators have concluded last month’s Soyuz MS-10 abort was caused by a sensor failure…
Russia’s Soyuz rocket has returned to flight with the successful launch of a Lotos reconnaissance…
The Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, launched their Soyuz MS-10 crew vehicle with two new…
The Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft, launched earlier this year in March, has departed the International Space…
As the six-person Station slept last week, a pressure/atmosphere leak appeared in the Soyuz MS-09…
Russia has launched a replenishment satellite for its GLONASS navigation system Sunday, with a Soyuz-2-1b…
For the second time this year, Roscosmos launched three crewmembers towards the International Space Station.…
After 168 days in orbit, three crewmembers of the International Space Station returned to Earth…
Russia’s Soyuz-2-1v rocket made its fourth flight Thursday, deploying the Kosmos 2525 satellite for the…
The Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, conducted the world’s first crew launch of 2018 this…
The Arianespace Soyuz ST-B rocket launched the next set of four O3b communication satellites into…
Expedition 54 Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba of NASA and Commander Alexander…