Separation of first stage boosters during the ascent of the Angara-5V rocket. Click to play.

The Expedition-M lander delivers soil sample onboard its ascent rocket. Click to play.

Animation of the Bars-M satellite deploying in orbit. Click to play.

Animation of the docking between PTK NP spacecraft and its space tug in low Earth orbit. Copyright © 2012 Anatoly Zak

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An animation of the advanced reconnaissance satellite possibly related to the Persona project. Click to play

An unmanned Descent Module of the PTK NP spacecraft would be mated with a Block DM upper stage for a high-speed reentry test of the capsule's heatshield.

The ACTS spacecraft conducts a deorbiting maneuver:

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An emergency landing profile considered for the PPTS spacecraft:

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The ACTS spacecraft lifts off onboard a Zenit-derived launch vehicle:

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Sputnik enters orbit, opening the Space Age. Click to play: Streaming QuikTime.

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Sputnik-2 enters orbit. Click to play: Streaming QuickTime.

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Animation of the lunar lander docking to the lunar orbital station, LOS. Click to play: Streaming QuickTime

See more on the LOS page

The Parom spacecraft deploys solar panels:

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Docking of the Kliper and Parom spacecraft:

Click to play: QuickTime stream / 1.16 MB

See more on the Kliper in 2006 page.

The Parom orbital tug docks with a cargo container:

Click to play: QuickTime stream / 297 KB

See more on the Parom page.

The LK lander descends on the surface of the Moon:

Click to play: QuickTime / 16 sec.

See more on the LK spacecraft page.

The ascent stage of the LK lander blasts off from the surface of the Moon:

See more on the L3 spacecraft page.

Artist reconstruction of the LOK spacecraft orbiting the Moon: Click to enlarge: 400 by 314 pixels / 36K

See more on the LOK spacecraft page.

Interpretive animation of the Kosmoplan in the vicinity of Mars:

Click to play: QuickTime 320 x 240 pixels / 1.9 MB

See more on the Raketoplan page.

Separation between A-9 and A-10 rockets:

Click to play: QuickTime video 320 x 240 pixels / 332K / 4 seconds

See more on the A9/A10 page.

The LKS mini-Shuttle "zaps" a nuclear warhead:

Click to play: QuickTime / 8 seconds / 320 x 240 pixels / 3.2 MB

See more on the LKS spacecraft page.

Click to play an excerpt: QuickTime / 4 sec/2.3 MB

See more on the Soyuz spacecraft page.

Animation of the Kliper launch onboard of the Soyuz-3 rocket: Click to play: QuickTime, 320 x 240 pixels / 568K / 6 seconds

See more on the Soyuz-3 page.

Animation of the TKS-based spacecraft:

Click to play: QuickTime: 4 seconds/636K

See more on the TKS followon page.

Artist rendering depicting separation of between Ekspress-AM8 and Block DM-03. Click to enlarge.

NEM module.

Angara-5 during in flight. Click to enlarge.

Angara-5 sheds its four first-stage boosters during a ride to orbit.

Angara-5 sheds its four first-stage boosters during a ride to orbit. Click to enlarge.

An artist rendering of the Angara-5V rocket at liftoff and the first stage burn. Click to enlarge.

Artist rendering of a proposed Russian radio beacon designed to ensure that asteroid Apophis would not be on a collision course with Earth in 2036.

The Angara-7 launcher as of 2006. By 2008, the concept apparently had gone through some evolution, such as streamlining of its payload fairing and the addition of high-altitude nozzle extensions on the first-stage boosters. Click to enlarge.

An unmanned Descent Module of the PTK NP spacecraft would be mated with a Block DM upper stage for a high-speed reentry test of the capsule's heatshield.

An Angara-5V rocket with PTK NP manned spacecraft during the first stage separation.

A MOB KVTK space tug performs trans-lunar injection maneuver, TLI, after its docking with the PTK NP spacecraft in the Earth's orbit. Click to enlarge.

The PTK NP spacecraft and its space tug cruises toward the Moon, as envisioned by RKK Energia engineers in 2012.

Bars-M military satellite.

The EKS (Tundra) satellite in orbit.

Arrow hits the target: Russia's defunct Strela-2M ("Arrow") satellite collided with a US Iridium communications spacecraft on Feb. 10, 2009.

First engine firing of the Briz-KM stage during the delivery of the Rodnik trio. Click to enlarge.

Artist rendering of a Rodnik-type satellite deployed in orbit. A long boom pointing toward the center of the Earth helps the spacecraft to maintain a constant orientation in space without use of propellant, thanks to gravitational pull of our planet. Click to enlarge.

A concept of a lander used around 2007 in the early planning of Russian lunar expeditions. The spacecraft is shown in the lunar orbit, preparing for descent on the surface. Click to enlarge.

See more on the Soyuz ACTS page.

This artist rendering depicts a concept of a lander on the surface of the Moon. Click to enlarge.

See more on the Soyuz ACTS page.

A speculative drawing showing the ACTS spacecraft in the lunar orbit. Click to enlarge.

See more on the the ACTS history page.

The first Sputnik launch. Click to enlarge. Copyright © 2007 Anatoly Zak

See more on the Sputnik rocket page

Second stage of the launch vehicle with the first satellite shortly after reaching the orbit. Click to enlarge.

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First in orbit: The world's first artificial satellite orbits Earth, shortly after separation from the launch vehicle. Click to enlarge.

See more on the Sputnik's mission page

The Soyuz ACTS spacecraft:

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See more on the Soyuz ACTS page.

The Myasishev 48 vehicle in orbit:

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See more on the M-48 page.

The configuration of the Kliper spacecraft as of November 2004:

See more on the Kliper page.

The launch of the Angara-100 rocket:

Click to enlarge: 388 x 450 pixels / 20K

See more on the Angara-100 page.

The Soyuz-2-3 series:

See more on Soyuz-2-3 and Soyuz-3 pages.

The Topol-M missile:

See more on the Topol-M page.

The upgrade concept of the Progress cargo ship. Click to enlarge

See more on the Progress GVK page.

The upgrade concept of the European ATV cargo ship.

The R-7 missile:

See more on the R-7 page.

Space glider studied at Myasishev design bureau at the end of the 1950s:

Click to enlarge: 500 x 375 pixels / 28K

See more on the M-48 page.

Segmentation of the Kliper spacecraft:

Click to enlarge: 400 by 318 pixels / 48K

See more on the Kliper page.

The concept of the TKS-based spacecraft:

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See more on the TKS followon page.

A schematic showing the area of the pyrotechnical bolt removal. Click to enlarge.

See details on the Soyuz TMA-12 page.

Technological heritage of the ACTS project:

See more on the ACTS origin page.

Internal layout of the ACTS spacecraft:

See more on the ACTS home page.