|
Home > News > Tags > RosCosmos
|
|
30
More: next 50 >>
Three spaceflyers have reached the International Space Station today, May 17, at 0436 GMT, completing the Expedition 31 crew. The astronauts are scheduled to remain in space for four months rather than the usual six, due to the fact that the launch of their spacecraft was postponed for several weeks.
The trio took o... |
17 May 2012
09:17 GMT |
 |
|
Three astronauts are now on their way to the International Space Station. They represent the second half of Expedition 31, and will join the rest of their crew in orbit on Thursday, May 17 (GMT).
The Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft is scheduled to dock to the ISS Russian-built Poisk module, delivering NASA astronauts and ... |
15 May 2012
10:39 GMT |
|
|
The RSC Energia Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft is ready for takeoff, experts at the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) announced earlier today. Launch is scheduled to occur at 0301 GMT on Tuesday, May 15, aboard a Soyuz FG delivery system.
NASA astronaut Joseph M. Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Ser... |
14 May 2012
09:00 GMT |
|
|
NASA astronaut and former ISS Expedition 30 Commander, Daniel Burbank, and cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin, both from the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) have just landed safely in Kazakhstan, after completing a five-and-a-half-month mission in space.
The three were part of Expedition 30 ... |
27 April 2012
10:45 GMT |
|
|
Yesterday, April 22, the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) Progress 47 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station, delivering more than 2.5 tons of supplies to the Expedition 30 crew.
The cargo includes scientific experiments, food, water, propellant for the ISS thrusters, and personal items for th... |
23 April 2012
05:54 GMT |
|
|
The Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) launched a new resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday, April 20. The Progress 47 robotic capsule reached orbit successfully, and is expected to dock with the orbital outpost on April 22.The spacecraft took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in t... |
21 April 2012
05:35 GMT |
|
|
From March to July, the International Space Station will be bogged down by significant space traffic. A total of six spacecraft will make their way to the orbital outpost, if all goes according to plan. Yet another docking procedure is scheduled to occur on September 3. The Japanese, Europeans and Russians, plus two... |
22 March 2012
17:31 GMT |
|
|
After NASA abandoned the ExoMars project, much to the dismay of American scientists, the European Space Agency (ESA) turned to the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) for help. The Russians agreed to supply a Proton rocket for the mission.
The announcement was made on March 15, by a European official. RosCosmos... |
21 March 2012
10:45 GMT |
|
|
While the United States are experiencing one of the worst periods since the start of the Space Age, the Russian Federation is pressing ahead with ambitious plans that seek to put cosmonauts on the Moon by 2030. The long-term plan features other strong points as well.
Within the next 18 years, the Russian Federal Sp... |
16 March 2012
04:02 GMT |
|
|
Two Russian cosmonauts, both members of Expedition 30 to the International Space Station (ISS), are seen here conducting the first extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of 2012, on February 16. Their mission was to start preparations for removing the Pirs module from the orbital lab. Built by the Russian Federal Space Agenc... |
22 February 2012
08:50 GMT |
|
|
Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov, two members of the Expedition 30 crew to the International Space Station (ISS), will conduct an extra-vehicular activity (EVA) today, February 16. Their goal is to prepare the space facility for the addition of a new laboratory, sometime next year.
In 2013, the famous, Russian-b... |
16 February 2012
09:18 GMT |
|
|
A computer glitch was responsible for the failure of the Phobos-Grunt sample-return mission to the Martian moon Phobos, a report by Russian investigators explains. The document finally settles the debate as to what actually happened to the Russian Federal Space Agency's (RosCosmos) probe.
Other reasons that we... |
13 February 2012
03:11 GMT |
|
|
European ministers proposed the ExoMars mission to the Red Planet back in 2005, and the European Space Agency (ESA) wanted to include NASA in it as well. Though the American space agency accepted at first, it now looks like it will retire from this ambitious scientific endeavor.
An official announcement has not yet ... |
8 February 2012
03:49 GMT |
|
|
According to the manager of the International Space Station (ISS) program at NASA, Mike Suffredini, the launch of the Russian-built Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft has been delayed by at least a month. He told reporters on February 2 that liftoff is now scheduled for no earlier than May 15.
The space capsule, built for an... |
3 February 2012
03:58 GMT |
|
|
The wreckage of the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft haven't yet even settled at the bottom of the ocean, but officials at the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) are already revealing new plans to send a spacecraft to the diminutive Martian moon.
It's hard to say what drives the Russians in this quest, since ... |
1 February 2012
05:52 GMT |
|
|
Officials with the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) announce that the Progress M-13M resupply capsule has undocked from the International Space Station on Monday, January 23. The move was meant to make room for another Progress capsule, which launches today, January 25.
Progress M-13M spent 82 days docked to... |
25 January 2012
04:48 GMT |
|
|
Representatives from NASA, the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) and the European Space Agency (ESA) are currently discussing the prospect of establishing manned research stations around the Moon. These facilities would operate continuously, requiring permanent crews. What this means is that we may be witnessi... |
20 January 2012
08:18 GMT |
|
|
The Russian Federal Space Agency's (RosCosmos) Phobos-Grunt spacecraft – which was launched on November 8 towards the Martian moon Phobos, but subsequently failed in Earth's orbit – may have been adversely affected by US radars, the conclusions of an investigation by Russian engineers show.
In... |
18 January 2012
18:31 GMT |
|
|
Space analysts say that the European Space Agency (ESA) will not be able to launch astronauts to low-Earth orbit from its Kourou Spaceport, in French Guiana, South America, aboard Russian-built Soyuz space capsules. This impossibility stems from the facility's geographical location. Over the past few years, ESA... |
18 January 2012
08:36 GMT |
|
|
Officials with the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) confirm that their Phobos-Grunt space probe disintegrated upon atmospheric reentry yesterday, January 15. The spacecraft, originally bound for the Martian moon Phobos, fell back to Earth due to a glitch in its main engine.
Launched on November 8, the Russi... |
16 January 2012
03:13 GMT |
|
|
When the Russian Federal Space Agency announced that it was unable to resume contact with its Phobos-Grunt mission, everyone knew that the spacecraft was going to reenter Earth's atmosphere very soon. Experts now estimate that this will occur around next weekend, on January 15.
The probe launched on November 8... |
5 January 2012
09:33 GMT |
|
|
Officials at the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) reconciled themselves to the idea that the Mars-bound Phobos-Grunt spacecraft is lost, and are now waiting for its inevitable fall. According to predictions, the probe will crash in Afghanistan on January 14.
This is only an estimate, the RIA Novosti news ag... |
27 December 2011
09:49 GMT |
|
|
At 1316 GMT (8:16 am EST, 7:16 pm local time) today, December 21, the Soyuz TMA-03M space capsule carrying half of Expedition 30 to the International Space Station (ISS) launched successfully from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in the steppes of Kazakhstan.
The launch occurred at a temperature of -15.5 degrees Celsius (4... |
21 December 2011
10:06 GMT |
|
|
Engineers with the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) moved the Soyuz rocket carrying the Soyuz TMA-03M space capsule to its launch pad today, in anticipation of a Wednesday, December 21, launch. This will also mark the last Soyuz flight for 2011. Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, who will be the Commander of Expediti... |
19 December 2011
10:04 GMT |
|
|
The United States Strategic Command reportedly now lists pieces of the Russian-built Phobos-Grunt spacecraft as part of the large batches of space junk clogging Earth's orbit. Additional pieces of the probe are believed to have already reentered Earth's atmosphere, burning up high in the sky.
It would now ... |
7 December 2011
05:43 GMT |
|
|
Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that the commands they sent to the Russian failed Phobos-Grunt spacecraft did not manage to force it to heighten its orbit. ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) believed that this would allow better communications with the probe.
The mission fail... |
1 December 2011
04:22 GMT |
|
|
Experts at the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on November 22 that one of the organization's listening stations, in Perth, Australia, received a signal from the Russian-built Phobos-Grunt spacecraft.
The sample-return mission launched on November 8, heading for the Martian moon Phobos. However, upon reac... |
23 November 2011
09:45 GMT |
|
|
The last three astronauts of Expedition 29 to the International Space Station returned safely to Earth today, at 8:26 am local time in Kazakhstan (0226 GMT). This image shows the tumbled Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft that delivered them safely into the frozen landscape all around.
The capsule landed on the outskirts of ... |
22 November 2011
15:01 GMT |
|
|
The Soyuz TMA-02M space capsule carrying the final segment of Expedition 29 to the International Space Station (ISS) landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan today, at 8:26 am local time (0226 GMT). The spacecraft carried NASA astronaut and Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) ta... |
22 November 2011
04:16 GMT |
|
|
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft launched successfully towards the International Space Station on Monday, November 14, aboard a Soyuz delivery system. The manned capsule is now flying two Russians and an American to the space lab, where they are scheduled to arrive on Wednesday. The launch effort was very complex and ten... |
14 November 2011
02:15 GMT |
|
|
Days are passing by, and Russian engineers are still unable to contact the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft. The Mars-bound mission failed shortly after launch, when its main thrusters failed to initialize and put it on a course towards the Red Planet. Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) mission controllers attempted t... |
12 November 2011
06:59 GMT |
|
|
The Russian Federal Space Agency's (RosCosmos) Phobos-Grunt mission, which took off from Baikonur a couple of days ago, is still stranded in Earth's orbit. Engineers are now trying to figure out what happened that the spacecraft's main thrusters did not ignite on time.
While the failure comes as a blo... |
10 November 2011
13:01 GMT |
|
|
As the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) is getting ready to launch its Phobos-Grunt mission to Mars on November 9, the organization has released an 11-minute animated video, showing all the stages the new mission will undergo.
The spacecraft, which features an orbiter and a lander, is destined to visit the M... |
7 November 2011
06:51 GMT |
|
|
On Sunday, October 30, the Russian-built Progress 45 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan. After spending about three days in low-Earth orbit, the capsule managed to dock to the International Space Station (ISS) earlier today.
The maneuver took place at around 7:41 am EDT (1141 GMT), as th... |
2 November 2011
08:44 GMT |
|
|
Six “astronauts” currently locked in a test facility in Russia will “return to Earth” on Friday, November 4, officials from European and Russian space agencies (ESA and RosCosmos) announce. The six volunteers have been locked inside the test facility since mid-2010.
The purpose of the Mars500... |
1 November 2011
17:01 GMT |
|
|
Officials at the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) announce that the Phobos-Grunt mission will be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, on November 9. Launch will occur at 00.26 am Moscow time (2026 GMT, November 8).
The sample-return mission will be delivered to space aboard a Zenit-2SB roc... |
29 October 2011
06:03 GMT |
|
|
Tomorrow, October 30, the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) will be sending another unmanned space capsule to the International Space Station. This is the first Progress to launch in space after the failed August 24 mission, and the very continuation of ISS operations depends on it.
About two months ago, o... |
29 October 2011
04:18 GMT |
|
|
The Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) will launch the Progress M-13M (ISS 45P) unmanned capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) on October 30. The cargo spacecraft will launch, as always, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kaszkhstan.
Liftoff is scheduled to occur at around 5:11 am CDT (4:11 p.m. Baiko... |
26 October 2011
10:41 GMT |
|
|
Due to a crippling lack of funding, the American space agency has recently decided to back out of the ExoMars mission the European Space Agency (ESA) had planned to go to the Red Planet. As a result, ESA is now turning to the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) for help.The Director-General of the European agenc... |
17 October 2011
03:02 GMT |
|
|
Officials with the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) announced recently that they plan to launch the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft within three weeks. This is a sample-return mission that the Russians have been working on for some time, and it's aimed at one of the diminutive Martian moons.
Phobos and Deimos... |
13 October 2011
06:22 GMT |
|
|
Members of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology in the US House of Representatives were told yesterday, October 12, that the failure of a Russian-built rocket a few weeks ago will not affect the schedule of the International Space Station, or force astronauts to evacuate the outpost.
The unmanned resupp... |
13 October 2011
03:10 GMT |
|
|
Students aged between 14 and 18 will soon have the opportunity to conduct some meaningful science. NASA and a number of its partners announced the creation of the YouTube Space Lab, a platform that will enable teens to design and propose their own experiments for the International Space Station (ISS).
The announce... |
11 October 2011
03:25 GMT |
|
|
Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) officials never stated that the Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) will not be allowed to dock its Dragon space capsule to the International Space Station, representatives from NASA said recently.
While this is how the Western media interpreted the announc... |
10 October 2011
06:56 GMT |
|
|
Two Europeans, three Russians and one Chinese will “return to Earth” on November 4, when the Mars500 experiment currently being housed at the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) ends.
The research project has been carrying one for more than 18 months, with the six pseudo-astronauts carrying out a r... |
10 October 2011
04:20 GMT |
|
|
Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) say that the first two spacecraft of the Galileo satellite navigation constellation are now fueled. At this point, the two vehicles are scheduled to launch on October 20, aboard a Russian-built rocket.
The mission will take off from the Kourou Spaceport in French Guian... |
5 October 2011
03:34 GMT |
|
|
At 2015 GMT on Sunday, October 2, the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) launch a new GLONASS satellite into orbit. The new spacecraft is meant to patch up the holes left in the country's own satellite navigation (satnav) system by previous lack of maintenance funding.
A modernized Soyuz 2-1b delivery s... |
4 October 2011
20:11 GMT |
|
|
According to a statement quoted by the Russian news site RIA Novosti, it would appear that Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) will not be allowed to dock its Dragon unmanned space capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) this year.
The company wanted to launch the spacecraft aboard its Fal... |
19 September 2011
06:01 GMT |
|
|
After spending more than 164 days in space, Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko and flight engineers Alexander Samokutyaev and Ron Garan landed successfully last night, when their Soyuz space capsule touched down in the steppes of Kazakhstan.
Borisenko and Samokutyaev, both cosmonauts of the Russian Federal S... |
16 September 2011
03:59 GMT |
|
|
Officials with the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) announced that they finally managed to develop the organization's schedule for the next couple of months. According to the new launch manifest, a resupply flight in October will be followed by a manned mission in November.
Both these spacecraft will... |
14 September 2011
03:11 GMT |
|
|
On August 18, a Proton-M rocket placed a $300 million telecommunications satellite in an unusable orbit. The event forced the Russian Federal Space Agency to stop all flights, pending the results of an internal review. Its conclusions show that a programming error was responsible for the glitch.
What this implies ... |
10 September 2011
04:41 GMT |
|
More: next 50 >> |
|
|
Find us on Google+
