by David Todd | May 30, 2014 | International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Soyuz, space station
Carrying NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Soyuz Commander and cosmonaut Max Suraev of Roscosmos, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Alexander Gerst, the Soyuz TMA-013M manned spacecraft was successfully launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle from the Baikonur...
by David Todd | May 16, 2014 | Add category, International Space Station, JAXA, NASA, Russia, Soyuz, space station
The landing capsule of the Soyuz TMA-011M manned spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station AT 2236 GMT on 14 May 2014 carrying three crew: Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and US astronaut Ric, Mastriacchio. The...
by David Todd | May 7, 2014 | commercial launch services, Russia, Soyuz
The Russian Space Forces successfully launched a Kobalt M photo reconnaissance satellite on a Soyuz 2-1A launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia at 1349 GMT on 6 May 2014. The satellite will be given the designation of Cosmos 2492 when it has...
by David Todd | Apr 28, 2014 | Add category, commercial launch services, International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Satellites, Soyuz
In a sign of strengthening resolve over Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its alleged attempts to annex Eastern Ukraine, Western nations are beginning to pull their spacecraft from Russian launches or bar commercial satellites from using them. Canada was first to go...
by David Todd | Apr 22, 2014 | Add category, Satellites, Soyuz
The Egyptsat 2 earth observation satellite has been launched by a Soyuz U launch vehicle from the Baikonur launch site near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan at 1620 GMT on 16 April 2014. The spacecraft which has an official civilian use, is expected to have some military...
by David Todd | Apr 10, 2014 | Add category, International Space Station, Russia, Soyuz, space station
The unmanned freighter spacecraft, Progress M-023M (ISS-55P), was successfully launched on a Soyuz-U launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan, at 1526GMT on 9 April 2014. After using the “fast” six-hour engine burn...
