Neowin News Feed for: Soyuz

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...

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...

Virgin Galactic to send astronauts to the edge of space - TWIRL #126

Paul Hill — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 21:58:02 +0000

This week, Virgin Galactic will send several private astronauts to the edge of space and Russia will send a spacecraft to the Lunar south pole. There are many other launches coming this week too. Read more...

SpaceX to launch ESA's Euclid space observatory - TWIRL #120

Paul Hill — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 20:22:02 +0000

We have just two rocket launches coming up this week. One will include a Falcon 9 carrying ESA's Euclid space telescope into orbit where it will map the universe across a third of the sky. 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 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 41: Galileo satellites set to be orbited by ‘Europeanised' Soyuz 2.1b variant

Paul Hill — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 04:00:01 +0000

In the upcoming week, we'll be getting several satellite launches. Among them will be the launch of two new Galileo satellites and 53 Starlink satellites. There are no manned missions this week. Read more...

TWIRL 40: NASA to launch its first planetary defence test mission

Paul Hill — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 17:18:01 +0000

This week should be interesting for space launches as SpaceX gets NASA's DART probe off the ground. Next year, DART will impact an asteroid satellite known as Dimorphos in an Earth defence test. 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 5: Starship SN11 could launch sometime this week

Paul Hill — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 17:02:01 +0000

SpaceX is planning to launch its Starship SN11 sometime this week. The firm still hasn't performed a perfect landing of the craft but it has been improving its technique after each test. 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...