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Robotic Russian cargo ship leaves the ISS, burns up in Earth's atmosphere (photo)

By Mike Wall Published

Russia's uncrewed Progress 86 cargo craft departed the International Space Station early Tuesday morning (May 28), ending a six-month orbital stay.

International Space Station
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Watch 2 cosmonauts conduct spacewalk outside the ISS today

By Mike Wall Published

Two Russian cosmonauts are scheduled to spend about seven hours working outside the International Space Station today (April 25), and you can watch the action live.

International Space Station
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Cosmonaut Muhammed Faris, first Syrian in space, dies at 72

By Robert Z. Pearlman Published

Muhammed Faris, who was the first cosmonaut from Syria and second Arab to fly into space, has died at the age of 72.

Human Spaceflight
a large white rocket with four smaller boosters lifts off above a plume of fire
Russia launches new Angara A5 heavy-lift rocket on 4th orbital test mission (photos)

By Brett Tingley Published

Russia's Angara A5 rocket lifted off on April 11, marking the fourth launch of the first rocket developed by Russia since the fall of the USSR in 1991.

Launches & Spacecraft
The Soyuz capsule drifts down to Earth under a parachute. The three crew members after being lifted from the capsule
Soyuz capsule with crew of 3, including 1st female astronaut from Belarus, lands safely to end ISS mission

By Elizabeth Howell Published

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three people, including the first female Belarusian in space, landed in Kazakhstan early this morning (April 6).

International Space Station
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Watch live as Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying 3 spaceflyers departs the ISS tonight

By Elizabeth Howell Published

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft is set to depart the ISS late tonight (April 5) with three people on board, and you can watch the action live.

International Space Station
a white cone-shaped capsule can be seen head-on with earth behind it
3 spaceflyers arrive at the ISS aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft

By Mike Wall Published

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft delivered three spaceflyers, including one NASA astronaut, to the International Space Station today (March 23).

Launches & Spacecraft
a brown-and-white rocket stands upright on a launch pad as two metallic skeletal structures fall away from it
Russian rocket launch of 3 astronauts to ISS targeted for March 23 after abort

By Mike Wall Published

A Russian Soyuz rocket is now scheduled to launch three astronauts toward the ISS on Saturday (March 23), two days after a rare abort scuttled its first try.

Launches & Spacecraft
A Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts is seen on the launch pad with the crew waving farewell in an inset.
Russian Soyuz rocket suffers rare last-minute abort during launch of 3 astronauts to ISS (video)

By Tariq Malik Published

A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts bound for the International Space Station experienced a rare abort on the launch pad on Thursday (March 21).

Launches & Spacecraft
A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying three Soyuz MS-25 astronauts is seen on the launch pad on March 21, 2024.
Watch Russian Soyuz rocket launch 3 spaceflyers to the ISS on March 23

By Mike Wall Last updated

A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch three people, including one NASA astronaut, toward the ISS on Saturday morning (March 23). You can watch it live.

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