24 March 2016
Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Successfully Launched
... Cygnus into orbit about 20 minutes later. The Cygnus is scheduled to arrive at the ISS on March 26. The Cygnus is carrying more than three tons of cargo for the International Space Station, including crew supplies, vehicle hardware and experiments...
11 December 2015
ISS Crew have undocked and are heading for Earth
... 143 days spent in space, for three crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) the journey will soon be over. Expedition 45 Flight Engineers Kjell Lindgren of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (Russian Federal Space Agency) and Kimiya...
16 November 2016
Proxima mission to the ISS ready for launch tomorrow
..., ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and Roscosmos commander Oleg Novitsky will head to the International Space Station on a two day flight aboard a Soyuz rocket that has blasted off from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...
03 July 2015
Progress departs for ISS as two previous failures have world on edge
... Progress M-28M rocket successfully departed for the International Space Station today. After two supply mission failures in a row – the space community has much to ponder. Scientists and industry experts held their collective breath as Progress...
06 October 2021
Russian crew arrives at ISS to film first movie in orbit
... and three NASA astronauts. "Welcome to the International Space Station," Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky tweeted from the ISS. The crew travelled in a Soyuz MS-19 spaceship to film scenes for "The Challenge". The movie's plot, which has been mostly...
08 December 2021
Japanese billionaire heads to the ISS for a 12 day stay
... rocket lifted off on Wednesday carrying a Japanese billionaire to the International Space Station, marking the country's return to space tourism after a decade-long pause that saw the rise of competition from privately held US companies. Online...
