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Anatoly Zak

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Roskosmos is offering cosmonaut training to Myanmar, according to TASS: tass.ru/kosmos/26563...

01.03.2026 18:48 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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..Context: Home page for the Soviet side of the Moon Race: russianspaceweb.com/spacecraft_m...

27.02.2026 14:30 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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55 YEARS AGO:
The Soviet lunar lander for a single cosmonaut reappears in the Earth's orbit.
FULL STORY (by me... subscription): www.russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...

27.02.2026 14:28 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Roskosmos reports completion of solar array tests in the ongoing Progress MS-33 launch campaign in Baikonur, while construction crews are finishing repairs at Site 31: russianspaceweb.com/2026.html#pr...

27.02.2026 01:21 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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...Kosmos-110 meant to be a prelude to a series of ambitious flights, including tests of artificial gravity and untethered spacewalks. We post the 1st part of our review of recently declassified documents on the subject for our subscribers: www.russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...

22.02.2026 21:33 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Soviet dogs spend three weeks in orbit Voskhod-3KV No. 5 (Kosmos-110) mission

60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
The USSR launches a Voskhod spacecraft with the dogs Ugolyok and Veterok on a secret mission to prepare a response to NASA's Gemini project.
FULL STORY:
www.russianspaceweb.com/voskhod-3kv-...

22.02.2026 21:26 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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40 YEARS AGO TODAY:
The USSR launches the 1st element of the Mir orbital complex. To mark the occasion, I am working on the complete virtual reconstruction of the spacecraft, which will be used to illustrate 15 years of Mir's operation: www.russianspaceweb.com/mir.html

20.02.2026 15:51 — 👍 54    🔁 11    💬 2    📌 0
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Progress MS-32 to re-supply the ISS History of the Progress MS-32 mission to the ISS

Progress MS-32 cargo ship performs ISS orbit correction.
Details: www.russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-...

19.02.2026 14:30 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The second Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal is underway. Tanking and the practice countdown are tomorrow (Feb 19) that could run over into the wee hours of Feb 20. NASA will have a post-WDR news conf at 11:00 am that day (Friday).
Watch on YouTube. www.youtube.com/@NASA/streams

18.02.2026 18:30 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Roskosmos resumes processing of the Progress MS-33 cargo ship in Baikonur in anticipation of the return to flight from the restored Site 31 after the service platform collapse last year: www.russianspaceweb.com/2026.html#pr...

15.02.2026 14:58 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Crew Dragon enters orbit, completing the 34th orbital launch attempt of 2026 around the world and the 20th orbital launch for the US industry this year: www.russianspaceweb.com/2026.html

13.02.2026 10:27 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Falcon-9/Dragon lifts off from Cape Canaveral carrying the first International Space Station crew of 2026 (USCV-12). It is 303rd mission of the ISS project: www.russianspaceweb.com/iss_chronolo...

13.02.2026 10:17 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Roskosmos reports separation of the Elektro-L5 satellite around 6.5 hours after launch from Baikonur on a Proton rocket.

12.02.2026 16:19 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Block DM-03 upper stage with the Elektro-L5 satellite is reported separating from the third stage of the Proton rocket, following liftoff from Baikonur around 9.5 minutes ago...

12.02.2026 09:03 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Proton rocket lifts off from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, with the Elektro-L5 weather satellite.
DETAILS, UPDATES: www.russianspaceweb.com/elektro-l5.h...

12.02.2026 08:54 — 👍 30    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 0
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Proton is reported ready for launch in around 45 minutes:

12.02.2026 08:08 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Proton to launch fifth Elektro-L weather satellite Fifth Elektro-L mission

Proton rocket to return to flight tomorrow after a three-year break.
DETAILS, UPDATES: russianspaceweb.com/elektro-l5.h...

11.02.2026 15:48 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Launch of Crew-12 to the ISS has slipped another day due to weather along the ascent corridor. Now Friday, Feb. 13, at 5:15 am ET (coverage begins 3:15 am ET). Docking on Saturday, Feb 14, at 3:15 pm ET.

10.02.2026 12:52 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Replacement to the collapsed service platform, that disabled the only launch pad for piloted Soyuz rockets, was now installed at Site 31, according to rumors from Baikonur, marking a major milestone in the repairs of the facility: russianspaceweb.com/baikonur-r7-...

10.02.2026 13:02 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
A timeline of ISS missions Timeline of ISS missions by Anatoly Zak.

NASA reset the launch of Dragon spacecraft with the 12th commercial crew, USCV-12, the first ISS mission of 2026, for Thursday, February 12, at 5:38 a.m. EST: russianspaceweb.com/iss_chronolo...

09.02.2026 16:45 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Proton rocket returned to launch pad this morning in preparation for its first flight in nearly three years on Thursday: russianspaceweb.com/2026.html#el...

09.02.2026 16:29 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Soyuz-2 launches classified payload Military launch on Feb. 2, 2026

Soyuz rocket launched classified payload from Plesetsk, opening Russian orbital launch count of 2026.
DETAILS, UPDATES: www.russianspaceweb.com/spacecraft-m...

05.02.2026 19:11 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sorry, not sure what exactly is the question about?

03.02.2026 18:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Luna-9

Luna-9

Kremlin-banned blogger pinpoints Luna-9 lander on the surface of the Moon 60 years after historic Soviet soft landing: www.russianspaceweb.com/luna9.html#2...

03.02.2026 17:47 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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Debut of "Russian Falcon-9" was pushed into the 2030s, while Roskosmos reports progress with its development.
Details (subscription): www.russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...

03.02.2026 15:33 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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Soviet probe makes world's first soft landing on the Moon Luna-9 mission

60 YEARS AGO TODAY: Luna-9 launch
www.russianspaceweb.com/luna9.html

31.01.2026 14:46 — 👍 14    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
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Russia's secret Olymp-1 "stocking" satellite seemingly blows up in its graveyard orbit, a few hundred kilometers above heavily trafficked geostationary orbit
DETAILS: www.russianspaceweb.com/olymp.html#2...

30.01.2026 14:08 — 👍 30    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 5

Yes, I met him a few times, he is a son of Vladimir Barmin.

29.01.2026 20:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Russia's only pad for crew launches suffers major damage in 2025 Service platform collapse at Site 31 in 2025

Roskosmos manager casts doubts on timely repairs of Soyuz pad.
DETAILS, UPDATES: www.russianspaceweb.com/baikonur-r7-...

29.01.2026 18:06 — 👍 14    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
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Russian space science program faces widening years-long gap Russian space science in 2026

russianspaceweb.com/spacecraft-s...

28.01.2026 18:46 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0