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PICTURE OF THE DAY

First to Mir

40 years ago, Soyuz T-15 carried the first crew to the nascent Mir space station.

NEXT IN SPACE:

April 1-15: A Soyuz-2 rocket to launch a military payload from Plesetsk.

April 2, 16:00:00 Kazakhstan Time: A Soyuz-5 rocket to fly its first test mission from Site 45 in Baikonur.

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TOP STORIES

How NEM will be activated

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In depth: NEM module

Progress MS-33 docks at ISS

In depth: ISS project

Antennas and sensors on Progress-MS

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In depth: Progress MS series

An unannounced launch from Plesetsk delivers "Russian Starlink"

In depth: Buro 1440 (INSIDER CONTENT) | Buro 1440 in 2025 (INSIDER CONTENT)

Design and evolution of ROS' life-support system

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40 years ago:
Mir receives its first cargo

In depth: Mir space station

Ekspress-AT1 shuts down prematurely

In depth: Russian communications satellites (INSIDER CONTENT)

40 years ago: Mir gets its first crew

Roskosmos confirms completion of Site 31 repairs

50 years ago:
Soviet lunar lander reappears in Earth's orbit

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PILOTED SPACE FLIGHT

Progress MS-32 performs ISS orbit correction

INSIDER CONTENT: Russia finalizes design of a new-generation docking port

INSIDER CONTENT: Russian government confirms station switch

INSIDER CONTENT: Communications capabilities of the ROS complex

INSIDER CONTENT: Roskosmos begins development of lunar nuclear power

MILITARY SPACE

Soyuz launches classified payload

Olymp disintegrates in graveyard orbit

Russia fails to rebuild its early warning satellite system

Soyuz rocket launches first Obzor radar satellite

INSIDER CONTENT: Russia's new military communications network inches toward launch

COMMERCIAL AND APPLICATION SPACE

Proton launches fifth Elektro-L weather satellite

INSIDER CONTENT: Russia plans imaging mega-constellation

INSIDER CONTENT: "Russian Starlink" deployment to begin

Soyuz rocket launches the Aist-2T pair, Iranian satellites

Computer problem delays Proton launch

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Russian space science program faces widening years-long gap

Vozvrat-MKA pushed beyond 2035

Roskosmos adds mission concept to its lunar program

ESA, NASA revive ExoMars project

INSIDER CONTENT: Russian gamma-telescope remains in limbo

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ROCKETRY

INSIDER CONTENT: Angara inches toward operational use in 2026

INSIDER CONTENT: Roskosmos makes plans for remaining Protons

INSIDER CONTENT: Returnable rocket advances through Technical Design

Roskosmos manager casts doubts on timely repairs of Soyuz pad

INSIDER CONTENT: Soyuz-5 delayed by ground equipment

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HISTORY

INSIDER CONTENT: The USSR plans Gemini rival

40 years ago: Launch of the first Mir element

Luna-9 lander likely pinpointed on the Moon

INSIDER CONTENT: The scenario of the L3M lunar expedition

INSIDER CONTENT: USSR inks new plan to rival Apollo

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Last update: March 27, 2026