Russia Launches Progress M-22M Cargo Ship Toward Space Station

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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Progress M-22M Ready for Wednesday Night Launch, as Progress M-20M Departs ISS

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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Medvedev Reprimands Roscosmos Chief

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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All Change at ISS as Russia Plans Progress Cargo Ship Swap

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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Proton Launch Failure Update: Culprit Found

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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Update on Proton-M Launch Failure Fall-out

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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Repercussions of Proton-M’s Fiery Launch Failure

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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