30 July 2021
Starliner OFT-2 launch delayed following problems with Nauka module at ISS
... Flight Test-2 mission after Russia’s Nauka module ran into trouble soon after docking at the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday. Launched 21 July, "Nauka" ("Science" in Russian) is Russia's primary new research module on the ISS Russian...
04 October 2021
Russian film crew to head to the ISS, 5 October
... and film producer are heading to the International Space Station 5 October on board a Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft, for a 12 day stay to film segments for a movie. Making his fourth flight into space, veteran Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, a former...
05 September 2018
Soyuz leak investigations focus on human error
...leak in a Soyuz return spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS) have been stepped up as it was revealed ... might do such a thing given the obvious danger to the Space Station and its crew. “The theory one about a meteorite impact ...
16 September 2016
China launches its second space lab 'Tiangong 2' into orbit
... said Zhou Jianping, chief engineer of China's manned space program. Jianping further reiterated China’s commitment to becoming a major space power, “after the building of the space station, manned space flight will become normal, which means China...
16 November 2016
Proxima mission to the ISS ready for launch tomorrow
...and Roscosmos commander Oleg Novitsky will head to the International Space Station on a two day flight aboard a Soyuz rocket that...pilot, will be the 10th astronaut from France to head into space. During his time on the ISS, Pesquet will perform around...
15 October 2021
China to launch astronauts on longest crewed mission yet
... resolve all difficulties," he said. Although this will be the first crew to experience a six month stay at the space station complex – Shenzhou-12 crew returned after 90 days – it will not be the last, as all subsequent missions are expected...
