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The Soyuz spacecraft - RussianSpaceWeb.com
Conceived in 1960, the Soyuz spacecraft became the second-generation Soviet vehicle capable of carrying humans into space. Unlike its predecessor -- a one-seat Vostok -- the Soyuz would be able to conduct active maneuvering, orbital rendezvous and docking.
Russian Orbital Station, ROS - RussianSpaceWeb.com
In early 2020, Russian engineers completed a proposal for a modular Earth-orbiting outpost, which could succeed the International Space Station, ISS, and provide the nation's space program with a back-up destination after Moscow's lunar …
Insider Content - RussianSpaceWeb.com
Update: Russia's new-generation spacecraft changes rocket again, gets new name. New page (No. 82): HALO: NASA's latest candidate for the first cis-lunar habitat. Update: Russia is back at the negotiating table on the lunar Gateway. Update: Proton …
Russian spacecraft
The Soviet Union pioneered human conquest of space sending the first piloted spacecraft into orbit in 1961. Since then, several generations of transport ships and orbital stations were developed in the country.
The Russian space agency, Roskosmos
The Russian space agency, Roskosmos. On March 2, 1965, the Soviet government formed a civilian ministry to oversee the nation's rocket and space industry. It became the precursor to the Russian space agency, RKA, created in 1992 and to the Roskosmos State Corporation formed in January 2015. Previous chapter: Origin of the Russian space industry
Soyuz launches first Ionosfera mission - russianspaceweb.com
Nov 4, 2024 · A Soyuz-2-1b rocket lifted off from Vostochny spaceport on Nov. 5, 2024, carrying the first pair of four Ionosfera spacecraft. One of the few Russian space science projects expected to reach the launch pad this decade, the Ionosfera quartet aimed to monitor "space weather" phenomena, such as the impact of solar wind on the near-Earth space ...
Luna-Glob mission lifts off - RussianSpaceWeb.com
Aug 10, 2023 · The Moon set over the Russian territory around 21:00 local time (2 p.m. EDT) on August 19, precluding further possible communications between the spacecraft and three deep-space ground stations operated by Roskosmos.
Soyuz-MS spacecraft - RussianSpaceWeb.com
After nearly half a century of orbital missions, Russia's veteran transport spacecraft got another upgrade with the Soyuz-MS version (also know as Series 730, or Article 11F732 (INSIDER CONTENT). The first mission of the Soyuz MS spacecraft began on July 7, 2016.
Soyuz launches a military mission - russianspaceweb.com
On Oct. 31, 2024, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that a Soyuz-2-1a rocket had lifted off from Plesetsk at 10:51 Moscow Time (3:51 a.m. EST, 07:51 UTC) and successfully delivered a military satellite.