Moscow, Russia - A NASA astronaut, a Russian cosmonaut and Belarus's first ever space traveler on Saturday returned to Earth safely after a fortnight aboard the International Space Station, Russia's Roscosmos agency reported. "Today, at 10:17am Moscow time (0717 GMT), the descent vehicle of Sozuz MS-24 manned spacecraft landed near the...
Moon crater spotted by NASA likely caused by Russian probe crash
Washington, United States - NASA has spotted a small new crater on the Moon that was likely caused by a Russian probe crash landing on the surface around two weeks ago. The finding was made by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) by comparing before and after images of the estimated impact...
UAE astronaut, others relocate SpaceX Dragon on ISS
The relocation of the spacecraft was supported by the Mission Control Centre at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre in Houston, SpaceX in California, and monitored by the MBRSC team.
Russia launches Iranian satellite amid Ukraine war concerns
An Iranian satellite launched by Russia blasted off from Kazakhstan early Tuesday and went into orbit amid controversy that Moscow might use it to improve its surveillance of military targets in Ukraine. A live feed from Russian space agency Roscosmos showed the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying the Khayyam...
Russia to launch Iran satellite into orbit next week
News of the launch follows Putin's visit to Iran on July 19, when he met President Ebrahim Raisi and Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
European Space Agency cuts lunar mission cooperation with Russia
The European Space Agency on Wednesday ended cooperation with Russia on three missions to the Moon due to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, following a previous decision to do the same for a Mars mission. The ESA said it would "discontinue cooperative activities" on Luna-25, 26 and 27, a series of...
