It was a wild year for NASA, and the space agency has the pictures to prove it.
Angara A5, Russia’s largest operational rocket, took flight from the Vostochny Cosmodrome earlier today.
The space agency is investigating a backup radiator on the Russian module that sprung a leak earlier this week.
This is the third coolant leak from Russia's hardware in Earth orbit within a year, but astronauts on board remain safe and out of immediate danger.
Frank Rubio spent 371 days in low Earth orbit, breaking the record for the longest U.S. space mission.
It's a rare admission for a NASA astronaut, who typically remain sanguine when forced to work beyond the call of duty.
The astronaut was stranded on board the ISS after a Russian Soyuz spacecraft suffered a coolant leak, setting the stage for a prolonged mission.
A second inspection of the damaged Progress 82 freighter suggests Russia is experiencing some freakishly bad luck with micrometeorites these days.
A Russian cargo ship experienced a radiator leak on Saturday, in an incident that bears an uncanny resemblance to the Soyuz MS-22 leak in December.
Russia’s space agency is now convinced that a foreign object struck its Soyuz MS-22 capsule on December 15, triggering an alarming coolant leak outside the ISS.
Roscosmos chief Yury Borisov described the ongoing situation at the space station as “not very pleasant,” saying a replacement spacecraft is being prepared.
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, along with two cosmonauts, flew on a Russian Soyuz rocket as part of a recent seat-swap arrangement.
The ESA astronaut holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight by a European woman.
The country is reportedly threatening Russian-born expats with up to 15 years in prison for spreading alleged misinformation about the war in Ukraine.
Thousands of civilians have been killed and over 3.6 million Ukrainians have become refugees.
The upper stage spent nine days in a deteriorating orbit after a failed engine burn.
NASA administrator Bill Nelson described Russian state media rumors that a NASA astronaut drilled the hole as false and without credibility.
Oops, Russia did it again, as one of its spacecraft jolted the space station for the second time in less than three months.
Their work wasn't done once they landed on Earth, though. A larger film crew was waiting to film the end of the movie.
A Russian director and actress will launch to orbit Tuesday alongside a cosmonaut.
