Latest Russian Orbital Segment Stories

Russia's space agency said Thursday that its spacecraft carrying a new research module has arrived at the International Space Station.Russia launched a cargo ship carrying the Poisk ("Quest") Mini-Research Module-2 on Tuesday in its efforts to resume construction on the ISS after a decade of economic problems that kept the space agency from any development on the orbiting outpost.The cargo ship was also carrying about 850 kg of food, water, oxygen and other various equipment for...

KOROLYOV, Moscow region. Sept 17 (Interfax-AVN) - Russia's Progress M-65 cargo spacecraft, which has been flying for four days more than was planned, should dock with the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday evening. The docking is slated for 10.43 p.m. Moscow time, a source with the Russian Mission Control Center told Interfax-AVN. "Several hours later the ISS crew will open the hatch to the Progress and will begin unloading it," the source said. Initially it was planned that the...