Engineers of the Progress Rocket Space Centre headquartered in the city of Samara are working on a new way of putting nanosatellites into orbit, says Dmitry Baranov, the acting general director of the Centre.
Read More »Reusable Rocket Concept Developed By Khrunichev Space Center
The Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has completed the proposal for a new reusable rocket development and has sent the documents for project assessment to the Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TsNIIMash), a leading scientific institution with Roscosmos.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Interviews: Cosmonaut Oleg Kotov about Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway Part I
We talked about the development of the project, its tasks and goals as well as about Russia’s participation with Oleg Valerievich Kotov, pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, recipient of the Hero of the Russian Federation medal, veteran of three space missions, currently Deputy Director for Science at the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IMBP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Read More »S7 Space Plans To Help Kazakhstan With Space Program
The Russian private company S7 Space, the launch operator of the Sea Launch platform and the Land Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, has offered Kazakhstan to use the Zenit launch vehicle.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’ed: Russian Private Space Companies: A Brief Overview
The history of the market economy in Russia can be traced back more than a quarter of a century, but the country’s private space sector began to emerge relatively recently: most of the industry players known today joined the market only about 5 years ago.
Read More »Nine UAE Candidates Now In Russia For Astronaut Selection and Training
A team from the UAE’s Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) consisting of Emirati officials and nine astronaut candidates are now in Russia, according to Russian state space agency Roscosmos.
Read More »Baikonur Modernization For Soyuz-5 Rocket To Begin In 2 Years
RSC Energia, the Progress Rocket Space Centre, and the NPO Energomash were reported to have started developing the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle.
Read More »Russian Nauka Module To Be Sent To ISS November 2019
Russian multipurpose Nauka (‘Science’) module will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in November 2019.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’ed: A Forgotten Disc. A Path to Peace. by Michelle Hanlon
Nestled inside a protective aluminum shell is a silicon disc about the size of a United States half dollar. Inscribed on this disc are microscopic messages from leaders of 73 nations solicited by Thomas Paine, then head of NASA.
Read More »New Russian Soyuz-5 Rocket Development Begins
Roscosmos is planning to spend more than $963 million to develop the rocket. Subsequently, the project’s scientific and technical developments are to be used in creating the super-heavy lift vehicle Energia-5, which Rogozin mentioned in his message.
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