Neowin News Feed for: Roscosmos

SpaceX and Roscosmos will launch missions this week, even on Christmas Day - TWIRL #193

Paul Hill — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 09:46:01 +0000

We have several rocket launches coming up this week. SpaceX will have three missions while Roscosmos has one on Christmas Day. Read more...

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission set to break records with crewed launch - TWIRL #180

Paul Hill — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 08:56:01 +0000

SpaceX's delayed Polaris Dawn mission aims for the highest Earth orbit yet, with a crewed spacewalk and 35 experiments planned over five days. Will they succeed this time? Read more...

SpaceX to help get the North Pole and high latitude areas online - TWIRL #176

Paul Hill — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 04:16:01 +0000

We have several diverse missions This Week in Rocket Launches. The most interesting will see SpaceX launch satellites that will provide internet over the North Pole and high latitude areas. Read more...

SpaceX will launch back-to-back Starlink missions this week - TWIRL #167

Paul Hill — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 08:10:01 +0000

We have quite a few missions coming up This Week in Rocket Launches. Notably, to start the week, there will be back-to-back Falcon 9 launches carrying Starlink internet satellites to space. Read more...

SpaceX set to begin new rideshare mission series dubbed Bandwagon - TWIRL #159

Paul Hill — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 05:16:01 +0000

We have several launches coming up this week. The most interesting will be the first SpaceX Bandwagon rideshare mission and Russia's fourth Angara A5 test flight with an Orion upper stage. Read more...

Two missions to the ISS will see a new batch of astronauts and cargo arrive - TWIRL #156

Paul Hill — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 11:18:02 +0000

We have several launches coming up this week, the most interesting will be two to the International Space Station. One is a crewed mission by Roscosmos and the other is a cargo mission by SpaceX. Read more...

SpaceX to launch Odysseus Moon lander for Intuitive Machines - TWIRL #151

Paul Hill — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 05:02:01 +0000

This Week in Rocket Launches we have a fair few missions coming up. Japan will be doing the second test flight of its H3 rocket while SpaceX will be launching another company's lunar lander. Read more...

SpaceX to launch secretive government spaceplane - TWIRL #142

Paul Hill — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 05:28:02 +0000

We have a fair few rocket launches coming up this week but probably the most interesting is the Falcon Heavy launch from SpaceX. It will be carrying the secretive X-37B spaceplane to orbit. Read more...

A Minotaur IV rocket will launch a secretive US government satellite this week - TWIRL #140

Paul Hill — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 13:24:01 +0000

We have several missions coming up this week, one of the more interesting ones is a secretive launch satellite being launched on top of a Minotaur IV rocket for the US National Reconnaissance Office. Read more...

Russia to launch astronauts to the International Space Station this week - TWIRL #129

Paul Hill — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 07:00:02 +0000

We don't have a busy launch schedule this week in terms of rocket launches. China will launch an unknown payload while Russia will launch a group of astronauts to the International Space Station. Read more...

TWIRL 102: SpaceX to launch the Amazonas Nexus satellite and anti-reflective Starlink sats

Paul Hill — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 21:06:01 +0000

This week, SpaceX is set to carry out two launches and the Russian space agency will carry one out too. In this week's recap, we got footage of the Mitsubishi H-IIA rocket launching a satellite. Read more...

TWIRL 88: Roscosmos plans cargo mission to ISS and SpaceX to launch Starlink satellites

Paul Hill — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 13:22:01 +0000

This week we have two rocket launches. The first will see Roscosmos deliver cargo to the International Space Station, and the second will see SpaceX bolter its Starlink internet constellation. Read more...

TWIRL 87: OneWeb turns to India for its upcoming satellite launch

Paul Hill — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 08:22:01 +0000

It's a quiet week in rocket launches this week, but one interesting note is that OneWeb is going to be orbiting its satellites with the help of an Indian company instead of using Russian rockets. Read more...

TWIRL 86: ABL Space Systems set for RS1 maiden flight

Paul Hill — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 09:42:01 +0000

We've got plenty of launches coming up this week, though, they will all be focused on launching satellites. One of the launches this week is the maiden flight of the RS1 rocket from ABL Space Systems. Read more...

TWIRL 83: Delta IV Heavy to launch a classified spy satellite

Paul Hill — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 08:08:01 +0000

This week we have a number of interesting rocket launches. Russia is due to send two cosmonauts and an astronaut to the ISS and United Launch Alliance will launch a top-secret spy satellite. Read more...

TWIRL 77: Roscosmos will launch Iran's Khayyam remote sensing satellite this week

Paul Hill — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 16:36:01 +0000

We have a quiet week coming up. SpaceX will launch more Starlink satellites, and Russia is planning to launch a remote sensing satellite called Khayyam for the Iranian military from Baikonur. Read more...

Russia confirms it is leaving ISS to build successor to permanent space outpost Mir

Alap Naik Desai — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 15:04:01 +0000

Roscosmos space agency will abandon the International Space Station (ISS) to build successor to Mir. It will fulfill its obligations, including delivering NASA astronauts and cargo to the ISS. Read more...

TWIRL 62: SpaceX had to delay the Crew-4 Dragon mission but it's now due Wednesday

Paul Hill — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 13:16:01 +0000

In the upcoming week, SpaceX is going to take several astronauts up to the space station for NASA as part of the commercial crew program. It was meant to launch last week but got delayed. Read more...

TWIRL 57: Russian cosmonauts exit capsule wearing Ukrainian colours

Paul Hill — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 15:14:01 +0000

Following the week where Russian cosmonauts gave tacit support to Ukraine, we have just one rocket launch, a Roscosmos Soyuz 2.1a that will be carrying Meridian-M satellites for the MoD. Read more...

TWIRL 56: Three Russian cosmonauts prepare to go to the ISS

Paul Hill — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 13:50:01 +0000

In the next week, Russia will launch three cosmonauts to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. SpaceX and Astra Space also have unmanned missions planned this week. Read more...

Anonymous claims to shut down Russian Space Agency, Director General Roscosmos denies

Fiza Ali — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 10:06:02 +0000

Anonymous has posted a tweet claiming that it has shut down Russian Space Agency but Director General Roscosmos asserts the claim is untrue as "space activity control centers are operating normally". Read more...

TWIRL 52: Busy launch week for this series' first birthday

Paul Hill — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 18:50:01 +0000

We've finally got a busy week coming up in terms of space launches. Russia, India, SpaceX, and two other private firms will be launching this week. It's also been a year since the TWIRL series began. Read more...

TWIRL 46: Rocket launch schedule quiet as Earthlings welcome in the New Year

Paul Hill — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 04:24:01 +0000

There are no launches slated for the upcoming week, however, there are a number of videos in the recap section. The James Webb Space Telescope is also continuing to race ahead to its destination. Read more...

TWIRL 42: Russia set to send two space tourists to the space station

Paul Hill — Sat, 04 Dec 2021 07:00:01 +0000

The next week in space launches certainly looks interesting with a manned mission from Roscosmos carrying tourists to the ISS and a manned mission from Blue Origin carrying Alan Shepard's daughter. Read more...

TWIRL 36: Crew-3 Dragon set to take astronauts to ISS

Paul Hill — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 18:58:02 +0000

In the week beginning October 25, we'll see two missions to the International Space Station. One will be a cargo mission from Russia and the other will be a commercial crewed mission from SpaceX. Read more...

TWIRL 33: Russian film director and actress set for a week in space to make a movie

Paul Hill — Sun, 03 Oct 2021 10:42:01 +0000

It's a quiet week for launches this week but a cosmonaut will lead a mission to the ISS that's carrying a film director and actress to shoot the first feature-length film in space. Read more...

TWIRL 19: SpaceX set to launch Transporter-2 satellite mission

Paul Hill — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 05:02:01 +0000

In the upcoming week, SpaceX will attempt to launch its Transporter-2 mission, Starsem will orbit 36 OneWeb internet satellites, and Roscosmos will send a cargo mission to the ISS. Read more...

TWIRL 18: SpaceX to deliver missions to Sun-synchronous orbit

Paul Hill — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 04:50:01 +0000

Next week could turn out to be quite lively or fairly dull for rocket launches with lots of the launches marked as No Earlier Than. Two missions on Friday, however, will definitely try to launch. Read more...

TWIRL 6: Blue Origin prepares for a human space flight

Paul Hill — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 15:42:01 +0000

The next week will feature an interesting launch from Blue Origin, the firm owned by Amazon's Jeff Bezos. Astronauts will practice getting aboard the craft ready for a crewed mission in the future. Read more...

TWIRL 1: SpaceX set to launch 60 Starlink satellites this week

Paul Hill — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 05:10:01 +0000

This week, India, SpaceX, Russia, China and Iran are all planning space launches. All of the launches are carrying satellites but for very different purposes from internet delivery to monitoring. Read more...

Russia to join NASA on the moon-orbiting Deep-Space Gateway

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:08:02 +0000

The Deep-Space Gateway is a planned moon-orbital outpost that a number of national space agencies will be working on. The Russians are set to announce that they will now be joining the project. Read more...

China and Russia aim for the moon with new agreement

Paul Hill — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 04:52:01 +0000

The Russian and Chinese governments are set to sign a new deal pertaining to space exploration in October. The agreement will cover matters such as lunar and deep space exploration. Read more...