06 July 2020
Russia and Space Adventures sign contract to offer first tourist spacewalk
... and US space tourism firm Space Adventures revealed that a contract to send two tourists to the ISS aboard a Soyuz rocket has been signed by both parties and now the hunt is on for a willing participant to become the...
06 July 2016
The next trio of intrepid explorers head to the ISS
... pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the ISS, the trio will test a variety of upgraded systems on their Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft before docking to the space station’s Rassvet module on Saturday, July 9th. A number of modifications have been...
23 November 2018
3D printed body parts being studied for future astronauts
...-building a whole new meaning. Due for delivery onboard a Soyuz MS-11 manned transportation spacecraft set for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome... last month, but the aborted launch of the Soyuz-FG booster that was carrying it, resulted in the ...
August 2016
Long-term spaceflight and microbiological safety issues
... materials, particularly adhesive tape, had noticeable penetration defects. The case of the navigational viewport on one of the Soyuz transport ships, that was used for six months at the Mir orbital station is of particular interest. During...
28 April 2016
Rocket Launch from Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome Successful
This was the second attempt to launch from the new, first-ever fully Russian cosmodrome. The first attempt, scheduled for April 27th, had been postponed a minute and a half prior to launch. According to Igor Komarov, head of Russian Roscosmos agency...
23 December 2019
New launch target for SpaceX abort test
...of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket shortly after liftoff in case of an emergency during a launch. A Russian cosmonaut and US astronaut survived a Soyuz launch in 2018 thanks to such a system. NASA is helping to pay for the development of Crew Dragon and one...
