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PICTURE OF THE DAY

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Monster cone:
Part V

Block D of the Soviet N1 Moon rocket.

 

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June 8: An Angara-5 rocket to launch a military payload from Site 35 in Plesetsk.

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PILOTED SPACE FLIGHT

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Progress MS-30 docks at ISS

Progress MS-28 adjusts ISS orbit

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MILITARY SPACE
Angara-1.2 flies its fourth mission

Soyuz launches newest navsat

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Soyuz launches military payload

INSIDER CONTENT: Russia's new military communications network inches toward launch
COMMERCIAL AND APPLICATION SPACE

Resurs-P2 falls back to Earth

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Russia prepares domestic development of communications satellites

INSIDER CONTENT: New production line for IoT satellites

Soyuz launches Resurs-P5 imaging satellite

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

INSIDER CONTENT: Russian Venus mission changes name

INSIDER CONTENT: Spektr-UF to continue Hubble's work

INSIDER CONTENT: Lunar orbiter promised to launch in 2027

INSIDER CONTENT: Luna-26 orbiter design

Soyuz launches first Ionosfera mission

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INSIDER CONTENT: Roskosmos reports progress with Soyuz-5

INSIDER CONTENT: Russia looks at first super-light launcher

INSIDER CONTENT: Roskosmos cuts ribbon at new engine production site

INSIDER CONTENT: Russia plans Rockot revival

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HISTORY

More personnel changes at Roskosmos

INSIDER CONTENT: The full-size copy paves the way to Moon rocket

Changes at Roskosmos leadership

INSIDER CONTENT: Origins of the Lunokhod

50 years ago: First expedition on Salyut-4

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