suits. These are airtight and provide life support to the astronauts in case there is a decompression, when air is lost from ...

On 20 May, the crew performed final Sokol launch and entry space suit fit checks and checkouts inside Soyuz MS-09. This was followed two days later on 22 May with the fueling of the spacecraft ...

The spacesuit worn by the first Briton in space, the Russian capsule that brought Britain's first professional astronaut back to Earth, and the only flown-to-the-moon Apollo command module to be ...

Soviet Russia's Soyuz 11 cosmonauts Georgi Dobrovolski, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev died on their return to Earth ...

For the second time this year, the Russian federal space agency – Roscosmos – launched three new crewmembers to the International Space Station on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft. Liftoff ...

NASA's astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams are returning to Earth from the ISS with SpaceX's Dragon capsule, set to splash down off Florida's Gulf Coast. Their return involves a meticulously ...

TASS/. Russia’s new light carrier rocket Soyuz-2LK may be ready for launch already in 2020, if financing begins in the imminent future to develop it, CEO of Progress Rocket and Space Center ...

The Russian Soyuz rocket is launched as needed for space missions, including carrying equipment and astronauts to the International Space Station. According to the European Space Agency ...

Sharman wore the garment for her 1991 mission to the Soviet/Russian space station Mir. The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft that returned U.K. astronaut Tim Peake from the International Space Station in ...

The launch of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft was initially scheduled for March 16 to carry the crew of the 69th long-term space expedition consisting of Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko ...