A Soyuz-2.1b rocket has been delivered to the Baikonur Cosmodrome for the launch of the Progress MS-36 cargo spacecraft. Roscosmos stated that after unloading, the rocket will be stored until preparations for launch begin. The next crewed launch from Baikonur to the ISS is scheduled for July 14.
Sergei Krikalev, o último cidadão soviético, ficou mais de 10 meses no espaço durante o colapso da URSS em 1991. Sua missão na estação Mir foi prolongada inesperadamente devido à instabilidade política em seu país.
Russia successfully launched its new Soyuz-5 medium-class launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday in the first flight test of the new-generation rocket. The Soyuz-5, equipped with what Roscosmos calls the world's most powerful liquid-fuelled rocket engine, placed a payload mock-up on a planned suborbital trajectory before it fell into the Pacific Ocean. The rocket is designed to reduce launch costs, double payload capacity to 17 tonnes, and use environmentally cleaner fuel components.
Russia has successfully completed the first test launch of its new Soyuz-5 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The vehicle is designed to increase payload capacity and reduce costs, representing a major modernization effort for the Russian space program.
Russia successfully launched the Soyuz-5 new generation medium-lift carrier rocket from the Baikonur Spaceport. The rocket features the world's most powerful liquid-fuel engine with a carrying capacity of 17 tons and high precision payload delivery into near-Earth orbit. Developed as part of the Russian-Kazakh Baitrek project by the Samara-based Progress Rocket and Space Center, the launch was delayed from end-2025 for additional testing of onboard and ground systems.
Progress MS-34 cargo spacecraft launched from Baikonur spaceport on April 26 has successfully docked with the Zvezda module of the Russian segment of the ISS. The 95th resupply mission carries approximately 2.5 tons of cargo including fuel, water, oxygen, dry cargo, a new Orlan-ISS EVA spacesuit, and experimental equipment.
Progress MS-34 cargo spacecraft launched successfully from Baikonur spaceport aboard Soyuz-2.1a rocket at 1:22 a.m. Moscow time. The 7.4-ton spacecraft entered orbit at 1:30 a.m. and will dock with the ISS Zvezda module on April 28 at 12:01 a.m. GMT. The 95th resupply mission carries approximately 2.5 tons of cargo including 700 kg of fuel, 420 kg of drinking water, 50 kg of oxygen, and 1,348 kg of dry cargo.
