Roscosmos

NASA has amended plans to acquire a U.S. Deorbit Vehicle capable of executing a controlled deorbit of the International Space Station.

Roscosmos Space Corp. took another important step toward the first launch of the Angara A5 heavy rocket from Vostochny spaceport in Russia’s Far East.

Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the development of Russia’s new orbital station after a special meeting at Energia Corp. on Oct. 26.

A pair of privately owned Iranian cubesats are slated to launch as secondary payloads aboard a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket in December.

Ground controllers saw flakes coming from the leak site—on one of two radiators—on Oct. 9 at about 1 p.m. EDT, using externally mounted ISS cameras, NASA says.

South Africa is working to develop an indigenous launch capability within five years, with plans to develop a former military site on the Western Cape into a commercial spaceport.

Russia’s attempt to land a spacecraft on the Moon in August failed due to a mistimed thruster burn.

Financing issues are delaying development of a new Russian space station in low Earth orbit.

Designated Progress 85 by NASA, the Russian space freighter MS-24 linked to the aft port of the ISS Russian segment's Zvezda service module at 11:45 p.m. EDT.

Thrusters on the International Space Station Russian segment’s Zvezda service module were commanded to fire for an orbital debris avoidance maneuver.

India trumped a Russian effort to conduct the first in situ science experiments in a water-bearing region of the Moon.

According to a source from the Russian space industry, probe's thrusters fired longer than planned, pushing the spacecraft below its intended orbital flight path.

Russia’s Luna-25 lander has reached lunar orbit, Russia’s Roscosmos State Corp. reported Aug 16.

Russia’s Krylo-SV reusable space launch vehicle will conduct its first drop tests in September.

Luna-25, the first Russian lunar exploration mission in almost 50 years, is bound for the Moon.

Russia has started to modernize its Glonass space-based navigation system with a new generation of satellites.

The orbit of 40 satellites simultaneously set a record for Russia, the company said.

Russia’s Roscosmos has added radar observation capabilities to its Earth-monitoring constellation with a launch of the Kondor-FKA satellite.

NASA is seeking industry input in developing a strategy for a commercial, controlled end-of-life deorbit of the International Space Station.

Russia is close to completing the construction of a new launchpad for Angara rockets in Vostochny spaceport in the country’s Far East.

Cosmonauts made progress with an upgrade to the International Space Station (ISS) Russian segment’s Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module.

Russia plans to send the Venera-D exploration mission to Venus without NASA participation, albeit with less ambitious scientific goals.

Russia’s disabled Soyuz MS-22 crew transport departed the ISS early March 28 for an uncrewed, parachute-assisted descent to Earth in Kazakhstan.

Russia plans to launch its first civil radar observation satellite–Kondor-FKA–on May 27.

SpaceX’s 27th NASA-contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station autonomously docked to the ISS early March 16.