12 April 2021
60 years ago today, Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space
... flight. His historic mission, which took off from the Tyuratam test range in Kazakhstan (now the Baikonur Cosmodrome), lasted just 108 minutes – the time it took to complete one loop around the Earth, before...
16 October 2019
Astroscale takes next step toward launch of world’s first commercial active debris removal mission
.... The Client satellite will be mounted on the Servicer in early 2020. ELSA-d is scheduled to launch in 2020 on a Soyuz from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
07 November 2019
SSTL ships target satellite to Tokyo for Astroscale’s ELSA-d mission
... buildup of hazardous space debris in low Earth orbit.” ELSA-d is scheduled to launch in 2020 on a Soyuz from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. SSTL is at the forefront of space debris mitigation and removal activities and is the satellite...
06 October 2021
Russian crew arrives at ISS to film first movie in orbit
...'s SpaceX. Actress Yulia Peresild, 37, and film director Klim Shipenko, 38, took off from the Russia-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan as scheduled. "I'm still, I still feel that it's all a dream," Shipenko said after entering the...
