By Ben Evans, on February 5th, 2014 With freezing temperatures as low as -21 degrees Celsius (-6 degrees Fahrenheit) at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Progress M-22M took flight, precisely on time on Wednesday, 5 February. Photo Credit: NASA TV, with thanks to Mike Barrett
Russia has successfully launched its 54th Progress resupply craft to the International Space Station (ISS), carrying 5,600 […]
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By Ben Evans, on February 4th, 2014 Encapsulated within the payload shroud of its Soyuz-U booster, Progress M-22M stands vertical at Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday, 3 February. Photo Credit: Roscosmos press service
Less than 24 hours since its Progress M-20M cargo craft undocked from the International Space Station (ISS), following six months in residence, Russia is […]
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By Space Safety Magazine, on August 4th, 2013 Roscosmos Chief Vladimir Popovkin has been reprimanded by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Photo Credit: Ria Novosti
On August 2, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev issued an official reprimand to Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin citing incompetence.
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By Ben Evans, on July 25th, 2013
For more than three decades, Progress has provided indispensable cargo delivery services to four space stations: Salyut 6, Salyut 7, Mir, and the ISS. Photo Credit: NASA
Its days in orbit may be numbered, but Russia’s Pirs docking module will be a busy place over the next few days, with the scheduled […]
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By Space Safety Magazine, on July 10th, 2013 Angular velocity sensors installed upside down may account for the July 1 Proton-M launch taking a nosedive. Photo Credit: Tsenki TV
It appears a likely culprit of the July 1 Proton-M launch failure has been discovered. In the first English-language report, Anatoly Zak of RussianSpaceWeb, relates that investigators combing through wreckage from the […]
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By Space Safety Magazine, on July 6th, 2013 Photo Credit: Roscosmos / Vesti.ru
In the days since the spectacular failure of a Proton-M rocket seconds after its July 1 launch, a few more details have surfaced to shed a little light on the event. So far, most sources are being reported as anonymous and no information has been made public by […]
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By Space Safety Magazine, on July 6th, 2013 Photo Credit: Tsenki TV
At 8:38 a.m. local time on July 2, a three-stage Proton-M with Block DM-03 upper stage took off from Baikonur Cosmodrome’s launch pad 24 at launch complex 81 carrying three GLONASS-M navigation satellites. Less than a minute later, the rocket and its cargo was back on the ground in […]
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