South Korea launches the KSLV-2 rocket built domestically with Ukrainian expertise.
Details (subscription): russianspaceweb.com
Details (subscription): russianspaceweb.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
South Korea launches the KSLV-2 rocket built domestically with Ukrainian expertise.
Details (subscription): russianspaceweb.com
Details (subscription): russianspaceweb.com
NASA and ESA revive the ExoMars project after Europe dropped Roskomos hardware (and with it killed the last opportunity for Russia to put its lander on the Red Planet in many decades).
DETAILS: russianspaceweb.com/exomars-rove...
DETAILS: russianspaceweb.com/exomars-rove...
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
NASA and ESA revive the ExoMars project after Europe dropped Roskomos hardware (and with it killed the last opportunity for Russia to put its lander on the Red Planet in many decades).
DETAILS: russianspaceweb.com/exomars-rove...
DETAILS: russianspaceweb.com/exomars-rove...
Footage of yesterday's Angara-1.2 mission showed presence of the URM-2 booster (bottom right) in the assembly building in Plesetsk, indicating a potential preparation for another Angara-5 launch: russianspaceweb.com/angara_urm2....
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Footage of yesterday's Angara-1.2 mission showed presence of the URM-2 booster (bottom right) in the assembly building in Plesetsk, indicating a potential preparation for another Angara-5 launch: russianspaceweb.com/angara_urm2....
The Soviet N1 Moon rocket was so secret that even contractors directly "interfacing" with the vehicle had to speculate (sometimes not very successfully) how the mammoth machine looked like.
CONTEXT: www.russianspaceweb.com/baikonur_ene...
CONTEXT: www.russianspaceweb.com/baikonur_ene...
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The Soviet N1 Moon rocket was so secret that even contractors directly "interfacing" with the vehicle had to speculate (sometimes not very successfully) how the mammoth machine looked like.
CONTEXT: www.russianspaceweb.com/baikonur_ene...
CONTEXT: www.russianspaceweb.com/baikonur_ene...
Roskosmos reports a successful launch of the Angara-1.2 rocket from Plesetsk with multiple payloads for the Ministry of Defense. This is the sixth mission of the light-weight vehicle
DETAILS, UPDATES: www.russianspaceweb.com/angara1-flig...
DETAILS, UPDATES: www.russianspaceweb.com/angara1-flig...
Angara-1.2 flies its sixth mission
The sixth mission of the Angara-1.2 mission with a Rodnik trio
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November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Roskosmos reports a successful launch of the Angara-1.2 rocket from Plesetsk with multiple payloads for the Ministry of Defense. This is the sixth mission of the light-weight vehicle
DETAILS, UPDATES: www.russianspaceweb.com/angara1-flig...
DETAILS, UPDATES: www.russianspaceweb.com/angara1-flig...
55 YEARS AGO TODAY: The USSR secretly tests a one-seat lunar lander in Earth's orbit.
Full story of the mysterious Moon Race mission finally told based on newly revealed archival data and, as always, exclusively illustrated by yours truly (subscription): russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...
Full story of the mysterious Moon Race mission finally told based on newly revealed archival data and, as always, exclusively illustrated by yours truly (subscription): russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
55 YEARS AGO TODAY: The USSR secretly tests a one-seat lunar lander in Earth's orbit.
Full story of the mysterious Moon Race mission finally told based on newly revealed archival data and, as always, exclusively illustrated by yours truly (subscription): russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...
Full story of the mysterious Moon Race mission finally told based on newly revealed archival data and, as always, exclusively illustrated by yours truly (subscription): russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...
The Soyuz MS-28 crew vehicle has been fully integrated with its (very colorful) rocket and ready for rollout to launch pad tomorrow early morning local time in Kazakhstan.
Updates: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-28....
Updates: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-28....
November 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The Soyuz MS-28 crew vehicle has been fully integrated with its (very colorful) rocket and ready for rollout to launch pad tomorrow early morning local time in Kazakhstan.
Updates: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-28....
Updates: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-28....
Soyuz MS-28 encapsulated for launch ahead of integration with the rocket; its crews do final fit checks in the cockpit.
(BTW, those tech drawings in the hands of a specialist in the photo are also in our INSIDER CONTENT section! ;)
DETAILS: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-28....
(BTW, those tech drawings in the hands of a specialist in the photo are also in our INSIDER CONTENT section! ;)
DETAILS: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-28....
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Soyuz MS-28 encapsulated for launch ahead of integration with the rocket; its crews do final fit checks in the cockpit.
(BTW, those tech drawings in the hands of a specialist in the photo are also in our INSIDER CONTENT section! ;)
DETAILS: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-28....
(BTW, those tech drawings in the hands of a specialist in the photo are also in our INSIDER CONTENT section! ;)
DETAILS: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-28....
My old article about Meteor family: russianspaceweb.com/meteor.html
November 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
My old article about Meteor family: russianspaceweb.com/meteor.html
Reposted by Anatoly Zak
The Meteor-Priroda No. 2-4 remote sensing satellite, launched by the USSR on 1981 Jul 10, reentered over Antarctica at 0918 UTC 2025 Nov 20 after 44 years in orbit
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The Meteor-Priroda No. 2-4 remote sensing satellite, launched by the USSR on 1981 Jul 10, reentered over Antarctica at 0918 UTC 2025 Nov 20 after 44 years in orbit
An expected reversal by Roskosmos on its post-ISS space station orbit has major implications for the new-generation crew vehicle escape and rescue scenarios.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
An expected reversal by Roskosmos on its post-ISS space station orbit has major implications for the new-generation crew vehicle escape and rescue scenarios.
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DETAILS (subscription): russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...
The Progress MS-32 cargo ship, docked at ISS, conducts its first orbit correction for the station, to provide an upcoming crew exchange.
Details: russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-...
Details: russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-...
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The Progress MS-32 cargo ship, docked at ISS, conducts its first orbit correction for the station, to provide an upcoming crew exchange.
Details: russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-...
Details: russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-...
50 YEARS AGO TODAY:
russianspaceweb.com/soyuz20.html
russianspaceweb.com/soyuz20.html
Soyuz-20 pushes forward presence in space
Soyuz-20 mission
russianspaceweb.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
50 YEARS AGO TODAY:
russianspaceweb.com/soyuz20.html
russianspaceweb.com/soyuz20.html
A New Glenn rocket lifts off on its 2nd test mission with a pair of Mars orbiters. This is the 171st US orbital (incl. fractional orbit) launch attempt in 2025: russianspaceweb.com/2025.html
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A New Glenn rocket lifts off on its 2nd test mission with a pair of Mars orbiters. This is the 171st US orbital (incl. fractional orbit) launch attempt in 2025: russianspaceweb.com/2025.html
Couple of interesting shots from yesterday's "fit checks" inside the Soyuz MS-28 crew vehicle at Baikonur (mini-thread) ->
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Couple of interesting shots from yesterday's "fit checks" inside the Soyuz MS-28 crew vehicle at Baikonur (mini-thread) ->
Russia's major rocket propulsion enterprise and the prime supplier of engines for the Soyuz and Angara launchers came to the brink of bankruptcy and liquidation this year.
FULL STORY:
russianspaceweb.com/soyuz_lv_202...
FULL STORY:
russianspaceweb.com/soyuz_lv_202...
Soyuz supplier sees orders collapse
Soyuz rocket family in 2025
russianspaceweb.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Russia's major rocket propulsion enterprise and the prime supplier of engines for the Soyuz and Angara launchers came to the brink of bankruptcy and liquidation this year.
FULL STORY:
russianspaceweb.com/soyuz_lv_202...
FULL STORY:
russianspaceweb.com/soyuz_lv_202...
The Elektro-L5 weather satellite reported arriving at the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan in preparation for launch on a Proton rocket on Dec. 15: russianspaceweb.com/2025.html#el...
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The Elektro-L5 weather satellite reported arriving at the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan in preparation for launch on a Proton rocket on Dec. 15: russianspaceweb.com/2025.html#el...
Roskosmos reports delivery of a flight-worthy Soyuz-5 rocket to Baikonur, Kazakhstan, ahead of its first test launch currently scheduled before the end of the year: russianspaceweb.com/2025.html#so...
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Roskosmos reports delivery of a flight-worthy Soyuz-5 rocket to Baikonur, Kazakhstan, ahead of its first test launch currently scheduled before the end of the year: russianspaceweb.com/2025.html#so...
With the idea of separating the Russian Segment from the ISS back on the table, we take the exclusive look at the interfaces and integration of various modules involved into the concept (subscription):
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November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
With the idea of separating the Russian Segment from the ISS back on the table, we take the exclusive look at the interfaces and integration of various modules involved into the concept (subscription):
russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...
russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...
Roskosmos reports testing of an igniter system for a methane-burning engine identified as RD-0177M. That "M" sounds like another intermediate step in the development of a reusable propulsion system, previously promised to be ready as early as 2023: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz5.html
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Roskosmos reports testing of an igniter system for a methane-burning engine identified as RD-0177M. That "M" sounds like another intermediate step in the development of a reusable propulsion system, previously promised to be ready as early as 2023: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz5.html
Soyuz MS-29 crew vehicle arrived at Baikonur Cosmodrome, but its launch not expected until mid-2026, as Moscow has to cut its piloted missions to a single shot that year, for the first time in a quarter of a century: russianspaceweb.com/2026.html#so...
November 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Soyuz MS-29 crew vehicle arrived at Baikonur Cosmodrome, but its launch not expected until mid-2026, as Moscow has to cut its piloted missions to a single shot that year, for the first time in a quarter of a century: russianspaceweb.com/2026.html#so...
Power provider to Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome cut off electricity to the center due to chronic non-payments by its prime developer. The Vostochny directorate says power cuts do not affect "strategic" sites or the construction of the Angara facilities: russianspaceweb.com/vostochny.html
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Power provider to Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome cut off electricity to the center due to chronic non-payments by its prime developer. The Vostochny directorate says power cuts do not affect "strategic" sites or the construction of the Angara facilities: russianspaceweb.com/vostochny.html
After Roskosmos' U-turn from polar orbit, the idea of separating the Russian Segment from the ISS gets another look.
A detailed illustrated plan for building an ISS-based successor (subscription): russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...
A detailed illustrated plan for building an ISS-based successor (subscription): russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
After Roskosmos' U-turn from polar orbit, the idea of separating the Russian Segment from the ISS gets another look.
A detailed illustrated plan for building an ISS-based successor (subscription): russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...
A detailed illustrated plan for building an ISS-based successor (subscription): russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...
Quarter of a century ago, permanent human occupation of the International Space Station started with the docking of Soyuz TM-31 spacecraft. I was lucky to see its launch in Baikonur and its ISS arrival from TsUP in Korolev: www.russianspaceweb.com/iss-soyuz-tm...
November 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Quarter of a century ago, permanent human occupation of the International Space Station started with the docking of Soyuz TM-31 spacecraft. I was lucky to see its launch in Baikonur and its ISS arrival from TsUP in Korolev: www.russianspaceweb.com/iss-soyuz-tm...
Space Transportation Division of the S7 airline, (once advertised as "Russian SpaceX") was liquidated on September 30, according to unofficial reports. The company initially focused on the revival of the Sea Launch venture: russianspaceweb.com/sea-launch-2...
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Space Transportation Division of the S7 airline, (once advertised as "Russian SpaceX") was liquidated on September 30, according to unofficial reports. The company initially focused on the revival of the Sea Launch venture: russianspaceweb.com/sea-launch-2...