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The fate of Russia’s failed Luna 25 Moon landing mission has been confirmed after NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) found a new impact crater at the estimated position of the lander’s crash shortly before its attempted landing.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading NASA orbiter finds crash site of Russia’s Luna 25 Moon lander
Russia’s ambitions for its first Moon landing mission in 47 years have come to an abrupt end after the Luna 25 lander crashed into the lunar surface. According to Roscosmos, the robotic probe impacted on August 19 at 2:57 pm Moscow time after a malfunc… Continue reading Crash into the Moon ends Russia’s Luna 25 mission
Russia has reentered the 21st century race for the Moon with the launch of its first lunar mission in 47 years. Luna 25 lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s far eastern Amur Region atop a Soyuz-2.1b rocket on August 10, 2023, 23:10 GMT…. Continue reading Russia launches first Moon mission after 47-year hiatus
It’s been a while since we heard from Dmitry Rogozin, the always-entertaining former director of Roscosmos, the Russian space agency. Not content with sending mixed messages about the future of …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: May 14, 2023
NASA has announced that Russia will remain a participant aboard the International Space Station (ISS) until 2028, ensuring the station’s safe operation until it is finally vacated by all 15 international partners in 2030 before its deorbiting.Continue … Continue reading Russia’s decision to remain on ISS til 2028 saves it from early demise
A damaged Soyuz space capsule returned from the International Space Station (ISS) today without a crew. At 7:46 am EDT (5:46 pm local time), the descent module of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft made an automated parachute ground landing in Kazakhstan.Conti… Continue reading Damaged Soyuz spacecraft returns to Earth without crew
A Russian rescue ship has successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), allowing three stranded Russian and American astronauts to return to Earth a few months after a coolant leak disabled their own spacecraft.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Rescue ship for stranded astronauts docks with ISS
Astronauts and mission control on the ground are busy investigating a leak aboard the Russian Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS), after a mysterious plume erupted from its exterior on Wednesday. All crew members are … Continue reading Spacewalks shelved as Russian ISS module springs a significant leak
In a major upset, Roscosmos Chief Yury Borisov announced in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia will formally withdraw from the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024, putting the future of the space lab in jeopardy.Contin… Continue reading Russia to walk away from International Space Station after 2024
“Don’t worry, that’ll buff right out.” Alarming news this week as the James Webb Space Telescope team announced that a meteoroid had hit the space observatory’s massive primary mirror. While …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: June 12, 2022