08 February 2019
ESA's new Mars rover has a new name
... rover is part of the ExoMars programme, a joint endeavour between ESA and the Russian State Space Corporation, Roscosmos. What’s in a name? Rosalind Elsie Franklin was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer who contributed to unravelling the...
04 April 2019
TELNET Group and GK Launch Services team up for satellite launch
... and aerospace. GK Launch Services is an operator of commercial launches. The company was established by the decision of Roscosmos and is authorized to conclude commercial contracts for the launch of spacecraft using Soyuz-2 family launch vehicles...
30 June 2019
Asteroid day 2019
... years, Asteroid Day has evolved to include the participation of all major national space agencies, ESA, JAXA, Roscosmos, and NASA, and prominent scientists, astronomers, educators and media worldwide. In 2016, the United Nations declared...
16 November 2020
SpaceX launches four astronauts to ISS
... 64 crew of Commander Sergey Ryzhikov and Flight Engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, both of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins of NASA. “It is an honor to have our Japanese astronaut launch on this Crew-1 Dragon...
17 November 2020
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts arrive at the ISS
... Engineer Kate Rubins of NASA, and station Commander Sergey Ryzhikov and Flight Engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, who arrived to the station 14 Oct. NASA TV will continue to provide live coverage through the welcoming ceremony...
06 October 2021
Russian crew arrives at ISS to film first movie in orbit
... that space flights are gradually becoming available not only to professionals, but also to an increasing number of people," Roscosmos said, explaining that the accelerated training Peresild and Shipenko underwent for the mission will be used...
