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Russia plans Berkut Earth-watching constellation
Article by Anatoly Zak, Editor: Alain Chabot
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Update: Russian Starlink might be postponed
New page (No. 390): Roskosmos plans infrastructure in Vostochny for converted ICBM
New page (No. 389): Roskosmos plans new core module for post-ISS space station
New page (No. 388): The USSR tests Soyuz for joint mission with the US
New page (No. 387): Roskosmos plans new space tug for ROS project
New page (No. 386): The USSR launches Soyuz 7K-S variant
New page (No. 385): Russia's new military communications network inches toward launch
New page (No. 384): Roskosmos goes ahead with upgrades to the NEM module
New page (No. 383): Soyuz-MS gets backup avionics after an incident
New page (No. 382): Russia gives up on a mobile satellite communications project
New page (No. 381): Start-1M launcher gets another chance
New page (No. 380): Orel crew ship interior detailed
Updates: Roskosmos signs ROS schedule; PTK in 2024; KO entrance hatch; PTK general design
New page (No. 379): Big space vision of 1967
New page (No. 378): Soviet Grand Tour dream
New page (No. 377): Ekspress-RV to provide polar connections
New page (No. 376): Russia's lost chance at the Moon
New page (No. 375): Ekspress-AMU4's challenge
New page (No. 374): Soyuz tests new navigation instruments
New page (No. 373): How future crew vehicle will be prepared in Vostochny
New page (No. 372): The USSR tests crew transport for military space station
New page (No. 371): The last Moon rocket misses its chance to fly
New page (No. 370): Soviet engineers re-kindle juiced-up lunar project
New page (No. 369): New engine for the veteran space tug stalls
New page (No. 368): Soyuz MS-12 experiences TV transmission issue
New page (No. 367): Russian gas giant jumps on the D2D bandwagon
New page (No. 366): Origin of the L3M project
New page (No. 365): What's next for Angara?
Update: Angara lifts off from Vostochny for the first time
New page (No. 364): First rehearsal of a joint mission with Apollo
New page (No. 363): Angara's oxidizer infrastructure
New page (No. 362): Angara's fueling infrastructure
New page (No. 361): Angara's hydrogen infrastructure
New page (No. 360): Future station waits for new-generation of robots
New page (No. 359): Descent Module of the Soyuz-MS spacecraft
New page (No. 358): Angara's fire station
New page (No. 357): Russian anti-satellite systems
Update: Air leak doubles aboard Russian ISS Segment
New page (No. 356): Russia re-calibrates its rocket ambitions
New page (No. 355): USSR makes first attempt to build hydrogen booster
New page (No. 354): Lunar Gateway: progress and setbacks
New page (No. 353): I-Hab module in 2023
New page (No. 352): Airlock module in 2020
New page (No. 351): Airlock module in 2023
New page (No. 350): Roskosmos mulls long-term space station transport development
New page (No. 349): Russia faces obstacles in leaving ISS
New page (No. 348): Post-ISS Russian station relies on hyper-optimistic schedule
New page (No. 347): Ground processing of the NEM module
New page (No. 346): Angara's high-pressure farm
New page (No. 345): ISS Reshetnev works on new-generation Gonets system
New page (No. 344): Composite materials challenge new-generation crew ship project
Update: PTK crew ship enters static testing
New page (No. 343): First launch of the Angara-5 rocket from Vostochny
New page (No. 342): NEM prepares for space station role
Update: Angara-NZh completes pad tests
New page (No. 341): Angara's firing room
New page (No. 340): Russia plans orbital "Internet of Things"
Update: Nauka's science airlock open for business
New page (No. 339): Progress to be modified for post-ISS station role
New page (No. 338): Commercial module for the Russian Orbital Station, ROS
New page (No. 337): Angara service tower in Vostochny
New page (No. 336): A private new comer wants to build Russian Starlink
New page (No. 335): Production issues challenge the next-generation spacecraft project
New page (No. 334): The LKM lunar lander for the L3M expeditionary complex
Update: Russian industry completes ROS preliminary design
New page (No. 333): Russia promises its first Internet satellite
New page (No. 332): Ground simulators for Russian ISS Segment to undergo upgrades
Update: Coolant leak reported in Nauka's radiator
New page (No. 331): Angara launch complex: Facility 1
New page (No. 330): Russia plans Starlink equivalent
New page (No. 329): Prototypes of the Luna-Glob hardware
Update: Concept of a lunar reactor revealed
Update: Cosmonauts complete VKD-60 spacewalk
Update: Luna-Glob reaches launch pad
New page (No. 328): The D2 space tug for the L3M expeditionary complex revealed
New page (No. 327): Luna-Glob to witness solar wind hitting lunar surface
Update: Luna-Glob fueled for launch
Update: Kazakhstan to postpone Baiterek project
New page (No. 326): Reusable rocket advances through Technical Design
Update: Russia calls for BRICS space station module
New page (No. 325): Propulsion system of the Luna-Glob spacecraft
New page (No. 324): Luna-Glob to zap lunar soil with laser
Update: Luna-Glob travels to the launch site
New page (No. 323): Luna-Glob to probe lunar soil with neutron detector
New page (No. 322): Angara pad in Vostochny nears completion
New page (No. 321): Thermal control system of the Luna-Glob lander
Update: Cosmonauts complete maintenance spacewalk
New page (No. 320): Luna-Glob to operate a mechanical arm
Update: Angara-NZh to wait for integrated tests
New page (No. 319): Luna-Glob to feature multiple "eyes"
New page (No. 318): New engine paves the way to reusable launcher
New page (No. 317): Flight control system of the Luna-Glob spacecraft
Update: Angara-NZh reaches Vostochny
New page (No. 316): 2018: Luna-Glob gets landing site but suffers new setbacks
New page (No. 315): Luna-Glob to probe its landing site in infrared
New page (No. 314): Luna-Glob seeks pioneering science
New page (No. 313): Metal-cutting begins for the I-Hab module
New page (No. 312): Russian ISS science faces multiple challenges
Update: Cosmonauts deploy radiator aboard Nauka
Update: Cosmonauts complete VKD-57 spacewalk
New page (No. 311): New docking port to accommodate science airlock on Nauka
Update: ERA performs its first big job, readies for another
New page (No. 310): Stalled crew vehicle threatens future of Russian space flight
New page (No. 309): Proton faces long hiatus
Update: Cosmonauts complete VKD-56 spacewalk
New page (No. 308): Contingencies during the operation of the European Robotic Arm, ERA
Update: The third attempt to perform VKD-56 spacewalk
New page (No. 307): Angara awaits its payloads
New page (No. 306): Design of the Luna-Glob spacecraft
New page (No. 305): The Soyuz-5 rocket might need a new launch pad
Update: Nauka spacewalks set to resume
New page (No. 304): Luna-Glob project is in a tight race to launch
Update: Soviet Mars sample return: New details on the trip home
New page (No. 303): Ventilation aboard Soyuz
New page (No. 302): Russian transport ships anomalies decline
New page (No. 301): Roskosmos aims at the 2027 launch of the new station
New page (No. 300): Rescuing Elektro
New page (No. 299): ISS moves to commercial space
New page (No. 298): New push to outfit Nauka
New page (No. 297): Expansion modules for the
Russian Orbital Station planned
New page (No. 296): Integrated Propulsion System of the Soyuz spacecraft
New page (No. 295): Thermal control system for the Soyuz replacement
New page (No. 294): Thermal control system of the Soyuz TMA-M spacecraft
New page (No. 293): Airlock planned for future Russian station
New page (No. 292): Gateway's HALO module to begin outfitting
Update: Nauka outfitting is on hold after Soyuz leak
New page (No. 291): Thermal control system of the Soyuz-MS spacecraft
Update: European Robotic Arm inspects leak on Soyuz
New page (No. 290): Users’ guide to the European Robotic Arm
Update: Cosmonauts are trying repairs of their spacesuits on ISS
Update: Spacesuit problem derails Nauka outfitting
New page (No. 289): VKD-55 spacewalk prepares Nauka outfitting
New page (No. 288): Nauka to get a new radiator
New page (No. 287): Orel-based station transport mulled
New page (No. 286): First piece of the lunar Gateway takes shape
New page (No. 285): The Soyuz MS-11 return incident remains a mystery
Update: Plans hammered out for Nauka outfitting
New page (No. 284): Angara-1.2 flies its second mission
Update: Persei's problems resolved
New page (No. 283): Gateway's refueling module continues to evolve
New page (No. 282): Processing facility for the Angara rockets in Vostochny
New page (No. 281): Orel's Propulsion Module experiences major changes
Update: ERA testing approaches completion
New page (No. 280): Russia needs to upgrade ground facilities for ISS support
New page (No. 279): Angara-NZh prepares for major crew vehicle test
New page (No. 278): Set of accessories complements the European Robotic Arm
Update: European Robotic Arm carries its first cargo
New page (No. 277): VKD-ESA
Update: Cosmonauts' spacewalk aborted by battery problem
New page (No. 276): Key station module falls severely behind schedule
New page (No. 275): Roskosmos eyes lower price tag for the new crew vehicle
New page (No. 274): Spacewalk clears European Robotic Arm for final testing
New page (No. 273): New docking tests to extend ISS operation
Update: VKD-54 spacewalk completed
Update: Crew vehicle test program sees major changes
Update: Russia formulates new requirements for future crew transport
Update: Roskosmos threatens to end ERA operations
New page (No. 272): Zvezda might get new elements of thermal control
New page (No. 271): Lunar Gateway faces uncertainty again
New page (No. 270): Design of the Soyuz-MS spacecraft
Update: Another Angara-1.2 is planned in 2022
Update: Specialists resolve problem with the European Robotic Arm
New page (No. 269): Angara-5 to carry its first satellite
Update: The European Robotic Arm arrives at its parking position
New page (No. 268): Russian power-supply system on ISS holds well against time
Update: Luna-Glob slips well into 2023
Update: Russian specialists dismiss threats to re-activate eRosita
New page (No. 267): Thermal Protection System of the PTK spacecraft
New page (No. 266): Russia plans big overhaul of controls aboard key station module
Update: Russia considers "kidnapping" a deep-space telescope
Update: Soyuz-5 provides new possibilities for the prospective crew vehicle
New page (No. 265): Introducing Science and Power Module, NEM
Update: Specialists plan next steps in activating the European Robotic Arm
Update: Contradicting reports on the Luna-Glob status
New page (No. 264): Radio systems aboard Zvezda cause concerns for ISS
Update: Robotic arm problem delays spacewalk
New page (No. 263): Cosmonauts use new tools to activate the European Robotic Arm
Update: The European Robotic Arm hits a snag during activation
New page (No. 262): In solitary confinement: Russian space program in the 2020s
New page (No. 261): Angara-1.2 Aggregate Module
New page (No. 260): Angara-1.2's second stage
Update: Spacewalk animates European Robotic Arm
New page (No. 259): Angara-1.2 – 25 years to launch pad
New page (No. 258): Roskosmos tries to fit new-generation crew vehicle on Soyuz rockets
Update: Cosmonauts complete spacewalk to activate Nauka's robotic arm
New page (No. 257): Roskosmos struggles to re-purpose Soyuz replacement for a new role
New page (No. 256): Russian space station project in 2022
New page (No. 255): Life-support system of the Zvezda Service Module
New page (No. 254): VKD-59 spacewalk
New page (No. 253): Angara inches toward operational use
New page (No. 252): Proton loses payloads in Ukraine war
New page (No. 251): Activating Nauka's airlock
New page (No. 250): Russian engineers consider new rendezvous system for ISS
Update: NASA considers abandoning Soyuz for astronaut return
New page (No. 249): Aging computers control Russian ISS Segment
New page (No. 248): Russian propulsion is key to ISS
New page (No. 247): ISS comes to the brink
New page (No. 246): ExoMars falls victim of Putin's war
New page (No. 245): German telescope aboard Spektr-RG observatory put in safe mode
New page (No. 244): Luna-Glob will not fly as promised
Update: ERA operations in question after Russian invasion of Ukraine
Update: I-Hab model for the cis-lunar Gateway revealed
New page (No. 243): The cancellation of the 5M project
New page (No. 242): How cosmonauts will deploy radiator aboard Nauka
Update: Polyakov forced out of Firefly
New page (No. 241): Last-ditch attempt to redesign super-heavy launcher
New page (No. 240): Nauka to get science airlock
New page (No. 239): The Soyuz-5 rocket project enters experimental phase
New page (No. 238): Work continues to formulate Russian post-ISS strategy
New page (No. 237): First job awaits the European Robotic Arm
Update: Problems on the Russian ISS Segment delay Nauka's outfitting
Update: Ukraine prepares first test of a new-generation space engine
Update: Cosmonauts complete VKD-51 spacewalk
New page (No. 236): Soviet Mars sample return: Trip home
New page (No. 235): Lights, camera, action plan for the European Robotic Arm
Update: Efforts continue to activate new robotic arm aboard the ISS
New page (No. 234): Persei upper stage complements Angara-5 rocket
Update: Stranded Persei falls back to Earth
New page (No. 233): Russian spacewalk to animate European Robotic Arm
New page (No. 232): Angara's upper stage fails to complete test mission
New page (No. 231): Now or never for ExoMars
New page (No. 230): Proton's last hooray
Update: ISS crew works to overcome European Robotic Arm problems
New page (No. 229): VKD-52 spacewalk to prepare controls for Nauka's robotic arm
Update: Russia's next-generation crew missions postponed by two years
New page (No. 228): New-generation module runs on multiple tracks
New page (No. 227): Progress M-UM space tug
New page (No. 226): Prichal's redocking system
New page (No. 225): Prichal's spherical room
New page (No. 224): Prichal's gas terminal
New page (No. 223): Prichal's ingenious design
New page (No. 222): From warehouse to launch pad
New page (No. 221): Prichal - the ultimate tinkertoy
New page (No. 220): Ukraine's Elon Musk mulls new rocket
New page (No. 219): Nukes from orbit: R-36 FOBS
New page (No. 218): I-Hab module prepares to leave the drawing board
New page (No. 217): Russia builds major facility for classified satellites
New page (No. 216): The Orel spacecraft faces uncertainty again
Update: Russian station reaches preliminary design
New page (No. 215): Luna-Glob flight scenario
New page (No. 214): Planning for the VKD-51 spacewalk
Update: Connection breach cuts off the European Robotic Arm
New page (No. 213): Integrating Prichal Node Module, UM, with ISS
New page (No. 212): Activation of the European Robotic Arm
Update: Luna-Glob hard-pressed to launch in May
Update: Russia finalizes ISS operations for 2022 early 2023
Update: Russian lunar program faces major redesign
New page (No. 211): Cosmonauts complete VKD-50 spacewalk
New page (No. 210): Heart of ISS struggles with aging
Update: NASA helps with Russian leak search on ISS
Update: Nauka to see its first spacewalkers
Update: NASA mulls ISS extension beyond 2030, Russians are skeptical
Update: Can Russia return to the Gateway project?
Update: Roskosmos, NASA close to crew exchange deal
New page (No. 209): Before Nauka there was USM
New page (No. 208): Search for air leak on ISS continues
New page (No. 207): Russia plans talks on ISS deorbiting
New page (No. 206): Zarya module: Glass half full
Update: Roskosmos faces ailing Russian ISS Segment
Update: ISS crew enters Nauka
Update: Nauka docks at ISS, misbehaves shortly thereafter!
New page (No. 205): Nauka to get ever closer to the ISS
New page (No. 204): MLM flight control system
Update: Specialists troubleshoot engine issue aboard Nauka
Update: Nauka reaches launch pad
New page (No. 203): Nauka's Ukrainian connection
Update: Nauka to reach the launch pad
New page (No. 202): How Nauka will be launched
Updates: Nauka's launch reset for July 21
Update: There is no final decision on abandoning the ISS
Update: Nauka's launch postponed by a bizarre problem
New page (No. 201): Nauka carries docking port - transformer
New page (No. 200): Nauka introduces sophisticated science airlock
Update: How Nauka and Proton come together
New page (No. 199): Nauka to serve as cargo ship too
New page (No. 198): New era is finally near for the European Robotic Arm
Update: Russia to begin preliminary design of a post-ISS space station
New page (No. 197): First piece of international near-lunar station continues to evolve
Update: Cosmonauts complete the VKD-48 spacewalk
New page (No. 196): Nauka to deliver new life-support capabilities to the Russian ISS Segment
Update: Cosmonauts prepare for the VKD-48 spacewalk
New page (No. 195): Super-heavy rocket stalled by propellant dilemma
New page (No. 194): Scientists push back against lunar program strategy
New page (No. 193): Roskosmos details methane super rocket
New page (No. 192): Nauka races toward finish
New page (No. 191): Russian lunar sample return mission at the crossroad
New page (No. 190): Russia considers super-Saturn
New page (No. 189): New Lunokhod is in the works
New page (No. 188): How sample return prepares human expeditions to the Moon
New page (No. 187): Converting Science & Power Module for new Russian station
New page (No. 186): Roskosmos details serious challenges to its lunar plans
Update: Space station plan comes under scrutiny
New page (No. 185): How the new Russian station can be put together
New page (No. 184): New Prichal module mulled
New page (No. 183): Nauka's power supply system gets second life
New page (No. 182): Russia might drop ISS separation plan
Update: Russian industry outlines future space flight strategies
New page (No. 181): The RFA rocket hints reusable capability
Update: ISS crew continues battling air leak
Update: Ukraine talks rocket engine contract with German startup
New page (No. 180): Lunar version of Briz-M mulled
New page (No. 179): Gateway's HALO module leaves the drawing board
Update: A multi-booster Amur family under consideration
New page (No. 178): Luna-Glob faces uphill battle
Update: ISS crack repairs begin
Update: Reusable payload shrouds mulled for Amur-SPG
Update: Russian industry initiates the new space program design
New page (No. 177): New space tug to boost the Orlyonok crew ship
New page (No. 176): Nauka's thermal control system readies for flight
Update: Ukrainian engineers prepare big engine test
New page (No. 175): SpaceX, NASA detail a cargo ship for Gateway
New page (No. 174): Russia ponders early ISS exit
New page (No. 173): ISS set for the Russian expansion
New page (No. 172): New details emerge on Gateway's construction and work
New page (No. 171): Soyuz to get upgrades to fly beyond 2024
New page (No. 170): How the Soviet Mars sample return mission would work on the surface
New page (No. 169): The Orion might get late design change
New page (No. 168): Roskosmos advances returnable rocket
New page (No. 167): Into the unknown: Russia mulls ISS operations until 2030
Update: ISS crew locates new air leak on Russian Segment
New page (No. 166): Russian engineers detail Orlyonok's design
New page (No. 165): Angara-5V aims at the center stage in the Russian space
New page (No. 164): Russia's super-heavy rocket hits another snag
New page (No. 163): Luna-Glob races against expectations
Update: Russia re-tailors its lunar plans for smaller rockets
New page (No. 162): Russia considers lighter next-generation crew vehicle
New page (No. 161): What's next for Angara?
Update: Gateway station enters a new design phase
New page (No. 160): Unusual roles proposed for the
Russian space station
New page (No. 159): Orel's Aggregate Compartment redesigned in 2020
Update: Nauka delay triggers ISS schedule reshuffle
Update: Nauka to be postponed until mid-July
New page (No. 158): Nauka's propulsion system
Update: Struggle with air leak continues on ISS
Update: Soyuz replacement, lunar missions re-examined
New page (No. 157): The Soyuz-5 rocket leaves the drawing board
New page (No. 156): Production of the Soyuz-5 rocket
Update: Cosmonauts prepare for a year of spacewalks
New page (No. 155): VKD-49/50 spacewalk
New page (No. 154): Nauka to feature three docking ports
New page (No. 153): Cis-lunar station gets
panoramic windows
New page (No. 152): Yenisei's deep-space tug detailed
New page (No. 151): An air leak on Russian ISS Segment
New page (No. 150): Russia considers a robotic mini-shuttle
New page (No. 149): Russia begins work on a nuclear lunar power station
Update: NASA plans long and short commercial missions
New page (No. 148): Orel's command module experiences major re-shaping
New page (No. 147): Service systems aboard MLM Nauka
New page (No. 146): Partners consider major rearrangement in Gateway modules
New page (No. 145): Russia mulls new station design to compete in commercial race
New page (No. 144): Russia boosts the capability of its super-heavy rocket
New page (No. 143): Russia debates space exploration priorities
Update: Roskosmos opens sea route to Vostochny
New page (No. 142): Orel changes its shape ahead of construction
Update: Roskosmos assumes NASA crew capability throughout 2021
Update: Russia all but withdraws from NASA-led Gateway
New page (No. 141): Science aboard Nauka module
New page (No. 140): Structural design of the MLM Nauka
New page (No. 139): Organizational structure of the MLM Nauka project
New page (No. 138): Baikonur prepares for Nauka
New page (No. 137): Post-docking operations with Nauka
New page (No. 136): Spacewalk to prepare Pirs' departure from ISS
New page (No. 135): Can Russia and China take over the Moon?
Update: Nauka's departure to Baikonur slips to middle of August
New page (No. 134): Gateway considered for a "safe haven" role in lunar orbit
New page (No. 133): RD-809K: A Ukrainian engine advances Saudi space ambitions
Update: Nauka packs for the trip to Baikonur
New page (No. 132): Can Russia build a returnable rocket?
New page (No. 131): Two variants of escape rockets proposed for the Orel spacecraft
Update: Nauka to undergo second phase of vacuum tests
New page (No. 130): Roskosmos continues work on NEM module
New page (No. 129): Soyuz prepares for new tourists
New page (No. 128): Nauka's fate hangs on a few valves
Update, 2020 June 12: Nauka's launch planning zeroes-in on the end of April 2021
New page (No. 127): Orion lacks life support for the Artemis lunar landing
New page (No. 126): Roskosmos studies new station module
Update, 2020 June 2: Rogozin lauds the ROS project
Update, 2020 May 29: The Orel spacecraft gets multiple design changes
Update, 2020 May 27-28: Nauka's launch pushed back to May 2021, shipment to Baikonur to July 20
Update, 2020 May 27: NASA to end Roskosmos' ISS crew transport monopoly
New page (No. 125): Roskosmos begins mass production of the RD-191 engine
New page (No. 124): Early Gateway modules merge
Update, 2020 May 18: Nauka's launch pushed back to May 2021
New page (No. 123): Angara pad progresses in Vostochny
New page (No. 122): Ground tests to continue after first launch of Soyuz replacement
New page (No. 121): Reconfiguring Russian Segment of ISS after Nauka's launch
New page (No. 120): How 5M was expected to land on Mars
New page (No. 119): How risky is the Gateway?
New page (No. 118): Russian industry puts forward new concepts of the Soyuz-6 rocket
New page (No. 117): Upgrading Soyuz MS to indigenous electronics
New page (No. 116): Super-heavy launch complex changes drastically in early design
New page (No. 115): The Orel spacecraft to get drastic changes in its landing system
Update, 2020 April 3: Gateway's first habitat takes shape
New page (No. 114): Preparing MLM Nauka at launch site
Update, March 24: Additional ground tests planned for Orel spacecraft
Update, March 23: Nauka developer struggles to maintain schedule
New page (No. 113): Lunar Gateway fades away
Update: ExoMars postponed from 2020 to 2022
New page (No. 112): Proton hit with a new production problem
New page (No. 111): History of the European Robotic Arm, ERA
Update: Major new goals to be added to the first Orel mission
New page (No. 110): A Cold War jewel gets a second look
New page (No. 109): Building the Soyuz replacement
New page (No. 108): Roskosmos plans space "dreadnought"
New page (No. 107): Second test mission of the PTK Orel spacecraft
New page (No. 106): Roskosmos mulls Plan B for its cosmonauts
New page (No. 105): Missing pieces of the lunar puzzle
New page (No. 104): Russian lunar service module still on the agenda
New page (No. 103): Refining super-rocket's architecture
New page (No. 102): Crunch time for ExoMars in 2020
Update, 2020 Jan. 8: ESA to repeat critical ExoMars parachute tests
New page (No. 101): Nauka still has a chance for launch in 2020
New page (No. 100): How the super-heavy rocket project is organized
Update, December: Russia to seek bigger role in the cis-lunar Gateway
New page (No. 99): NASA drafts new lunar Gateway assembly scenarios in 2019
Update, December 13: Angara production details
New page (No. 98): Preparing Russian Segment of ISS for Nauka's liftoff
Update, December 2: NASA drafts memorandum of understanding for partners on Gateway
Update, December 2: Launch of Gateway airlock postponed until 2028, moved to a Russian rocket
New page (No. 97): Intensive ground testing program to pave the way to Soyuz replacement
New page (No. 96): NASA refines cis-lunar habitat's design
New page (No. 95): ISS to enter the 2020s
New page (No. 94): Roskosmos drags its feet on Gateway contribution
New page (No. 93): Roskosmos promises a 140-ton super-launcher
New page (No. 92): Europe's Gateway component becomes a stand-alone module
New page (No. 91): Russia plans new version of the famed RD-180 engine
Update: Two logistics module designs considered for Gateway
New page (No. 90): Tackling Angara's growing pains
New page (No. 89): New test launch proposed for next-generation spacecraft
Update: MLM module is penciled for launch on November 30, 2020
New page (No. 88): International cis-lunar habitat changes shape
Update: Spektr-RG reaches its destination
New page (No. 87): The Transfer Element for the piloted lunar lander
New page (No. 86): eROSITA team investigates a potential hack... by space rays
Update: Proton's flight manifest
New page (No. 85): The Descent Element for the piloted lunar lander
Update: Proton's enters long road to retirement
New page (No. 84): The Ascent Element for the piloted lunar lander detailed
New page (No. 83): Vostochny to get a large vacuum chamber
Update: First cis-lunar Gateway element detailed
Update: Putin approves the new rocket strategy
Update: Russia's new-generation spacecraft changes rocket again, gets new name
New page (No. 82): HALO: NASA's latest candidate for the first cis-lunar habitat
Update: Russia is back at the negotiating table on the lunar Gateway
Update: Proton might remain with a single pad after 2020
New page (No. 81): Robot Fedor: Future of space exploration or a high-tech boondoggle?
New page (No. 80): Putin to review Russian space program
Update: ExoMars suffers failure in second high-altitude parachute test
Updates (August 7, 11): Spektr-RG conducts orbit corrections; ART-XC telescope captures its first (scientifically meaningful) light
New page (No. 79): First look at the RBKA satellite
New page (No. 78): Russia prepares new push into satellite remote sensing
New page (No. 77): Vostochny's industrial zone gears up for the Angara project
New page (No. 76): Planning begins for Luna-29 mission
New page (No. 75): Spektr-RG sails to its deep-space destination
New page (No. 74): Russia plans to reshape, extend its lunar robotic strategy
New page (No. 73): What parachute problems mean for ExoMars?
New page (No. 72): Russian lunar base mockup at PAS-2019 explained
New page (No. 71): How Spektr-RG came back to life
Update: Roskosmos displays lunar base mockup at Le Bourget
New page (No. 70): The original Spektr-RG satellite
Update: Spektr-RG reaches launch pad
New page (No. 69): RD-8: A veteran engine begins new life
Update: Spektr-RG meets its rocket
Update: Roskosmos to tackle a multitude of tasks in Nauka module repairs
Update: Roskosmos head chairs meeting on the Soyuz-5 project
Update: All options are back on the table for the troubled Nauka module
New page (No. 68): Luna-Grunt to test cosmonauts' lunar landing platform
New page (No. 67): Drakar lunar tug poses old questions
Update: RD-171MV engine (Roskosmos promises first test this year)
New page (No. 66): Roskosmos pushes forward with the Soyuz-5 rocket project
New page (No. 65): Khrunichev promises surge of Proton launches in 2019 as production to wind down
New page (No. 64): ExoMars rover to leave for
the Red Planet from an unusual orbit
Update: PTK in 2019: Russia begins cutting metal for Soyuz replacement
New page (No. 63): Russian lunar lander experience, Part 1
Update: Spektr-RG to undergo flight readiness review
Update: Roskosmos is finalizing plan for Nauka's repairs
New page (No. 62): ExoMars project struggles to stay on track for the 2020 launch
Update: Development of the RD-815 demonstrator
Update: Adapting the Gateway for the accelerated lunar landing
Update: Final preparations to begin for Spektr-RG
New page (No. 61): MLM Nauka faces ultimate deadline
New page (No. 60): First test mission of the PTK Federatsiya spacecraft
Update: New Gateway refueling architecture gets traction
New page (No. 59): First piece of international near-lunar station to enter development
New page (No. 58): New era dawns for ISS (ISS in 2019)
Update: Russian Moon plans hit another stumble
New page (No. 57): Lunar Gateway reaches first major design milestone, but Russia is no show
Update: Roskosmos chooses between June and July launch for Spektr-RG
Update: Roskosmos to continue Spektr-R recovery attempts
New page (No. 56): Roskosmos considers contributing cargo ship for cis-lunar station
Update: Roskosmos charts roadmap to super-heavy rocket
New page (No. 55): The Don super rocket - the ultimate goal of the Russian space program
New page (No. 54): Spektr-RG enters final stretch
New page (No. 53): Roskosmos picks final architecture for super rocket
New page (No. 52): First look at the Soyuz-7/Volga rocket concept
Update: Sevastyanov back at the helm of RKK Energia
New page (No. 51): Roskosmos looks at aerobarking lunar transport
New page (No. 50): Federatsiya faces new delays
New page (No. 49): Russia's Spektr-R orbital telescope stops observations
New page (No. 48): Russian space leaders to discuss cooperation with US on the Moon
New page (No. 47): Canada to contribute a new-generation robotic arm for the cis-lunar station
Update: Dilemmas still facing the Russian super-rocket program
Update: First details on descent vehicles for human lunar expeditions emerge
New page (No. 46): Ukraine helps South Korea to develop indigenous space rocket
Update: New funding program planned for lunar exploration
New page (No. 45): NASA solicits international proposals on lunar exploration
Update: Moment of truth for the Russian super rocket
New page (No. 44): Super-heavy rocket: Variant 3
New page (No. 43): Cis-lunar team works on improved rendezvous systems
New page (No. 42): Russia's latest super-rocket architecture detailed
Update: Roskosmos favors new architecture for super rocket
Update: Soyuz-5 to be renamed Irtysh
Update: Russian design to be adopted for airlock architecture
New page (No. 41): Spacewalk to investigate Soyuz hole stirs major controversy
New page (No. 40): NASA begins work on a lunar lander
New page (No. 39): NASA drafts new cis-lunar station assembly scenarios
New page (No. 38): Scheduling cis-lunar station work
New page (No. 37): How far can the cis-lunar station go?
Update: NASA outlines lunar gateway development milestones
Update: NASA gets virtual model of Russia's cis-lunar lab
Update: NASA sponsors five cis-lunar module prototypes
New page (No. 36): Russia quietly drafts lunar orbital station of its own!
New page (No. 35): How much will the cis-lunar station cost?
Update: Cis-lunar station partners meet for crucial project review
New page (No. 34): How the cis-lunar station will be assembled
New page (No. 33): Europe ponders architecture of its first cis-lunar module
New page (No. 32): Russia re-designs PTK Federatsiya spacecraft for multiple docking ports
New page (No. 31): NASA, partners debate refueling in cis-lunar space
Update: Kremlin to bail out its troubled rocket industry
New page (No. 30): Super-heavy rocket: Variant 2
New page (No. 29): Launch facility for the super-heavy rocket in Vostochny
New page (No. 28): Design and schedule for the first piece of the cis-lunar station detailed
New page (No. 27): Russian rocketry at cross-roads
New page (No. 26): Super-heavy rocket: Variant 1
New page (No. 25): Japan mulls Falcon Heavy-launched cargo ship for cis-lunar station
Update: Russia studies different ways to contribute to cis-lunar station
Update: Federatsiya begins parachute tests, faces new delays
New page (No. 24): Development of the super-heavy rocket begins
New page (No. 23): US, Russia cooperate on a near-lunar spacesuit
Update: NASA works on interior of near-lunar habitat
Update: Gateway partners meet in Houston
New page (No. 22): OneWeb: Proton's last hope?
New page (No. 21): NASA studies extra habitat for the near-lunar station
New page (No. 20): NASA drafts Logistics Augmentation Module for the near-lunar station
New page (No. 19): New landing propulsion system for PTK Federatsiya spacecraft
New page (No. 18): New BAS escape rocket for the Federatsiya spacecraft
Update: Rogozin's stance: Will US-Russian cooperation continue?
New page (No. 17): Federatsiya to set sail without its key features
Update: Roskosmos conducts negotiations with China
New page (No. 16): Emergency Escape System, SAS, for the Federatsiya spacecraft
New page (No. 15): Landing Solid-propellant Propulsion System, PTDU, for the Federatsiya spacecraft
Update: NASA to consider inflatable structures for LOP-G
Update: Utilization Element evolves quickly
New page (No. 14): NASA and its partners study cargo deliveries to lunar orbit
New page (No. 13): Russia considers cooperation with China in human space flight
Update: Development of the near-lunar station in 2018
New page (No. 12): RD-815: inside story and latest developments
New page (No. 11): Utilization Element for Lunar Orbital Platform, LOP-G
New page (No. 10): Development of the Airlock Module for near-lunar station in 2018
New page (No. 9): Development of the near-lunar station in 2018
New page (No. 8): Soyuz-5 rocket development in 2018
New page (No. 7): NEM-2 tourist module
New page (No. 6): Second stage of the Soyuz-5 rocket
New page (No. 5): Science airlock for Deep Space Gateway
New page (No. 4): First stage of the Soyuz-5 rocket
New page (No. 3): Aggregate Compartment of the PTK NP spacecraft
New page (No. 2): Transportation of the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle
New page (No. 1): RD-171MV engine
