Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос»
space agency of Russia
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Roscosmos launched Luna-25 on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on 2023-08-10.
Roscosmos announced its commitment to continue participation in the ISS until 2028.
Roscosmos committed to International Space Station operations through 2028 in April.
Roscosmos plans in four-year increments, with the last planning increment being 2024.
Soyuz MS-22 suffered a coolant leak in December 2022 that led Roscosmos to replace the spacecraft by launching an uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 in February 2023 and return Soyuz MS-22 without a crew.
Soyuz MS-24 is scheduled to launch 2023-09-15 to bring Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub and NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara to the station.
Roscosmos plans to launch the Luna 25 lander next month.
Sergei Krikalev, executive director of human space flight programs at Roscosmos, indicated that the phrase 'after 2024' could mean 2025, 2028, or 2030 and that the decision about terminating participation would be based on the station’s technical condition and assessment of outcomes.
Roscosmos announced on 2023-04-25 that Yuri Borisov, head of Roscosmos, sent letters to the leaders of the other space agencies involved in the ISS informing them of the Russian government’s agreement to an extension.
A Roscosmos council approved in February a plan to extend Russian operations on the International Space Station to 2028.
Roscosmos planned to prepare documents to seek formal approval from the Russian government for the Russian extension of ISS operations to 2028.
NASA is continuing to work with Roscosmos on using Progress spacecraft for station deorbiting while concurrently developing a U.S. deorbit capability for redundancy and improved targeting and safety.
Crew-6 delivered NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, Emirati astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev to the International Space Station.
Roscosmos launched an uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz MS-23, in February to replace Soyuz MS-22.
Roscosmos’ Telegram post stated that Crew-8 would launch in the first half of 2024, implying Roscosmos expects it to occur before the first Starliner crew rotation mission.
Crew-6 will deliver NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, who serve as mission commander and pilot respectively, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev and Emirati astronaut Sultan Alneyadi.
Roscosmos and NASA decided in January that Soyuz MS-23 would launch without a crew in February.
Roscosmos is planning an uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 launch on a Soyuz-2.1a rocket to replace the damaged Soyuz MS-22, with launch scheduled for 2023-02-23 at 7:24 p.m. Eastern.
Roscosmos delayed the uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 launch to investigate a coolant leak in the Progress MS-21 cargo spacecraft reported on 2023-02-11.
Yuri Borisov, head of Roscosmos, posted on the agency’s Telegram account on 2023-02-13 that the launch of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft scheduled for late 2023-02-19 (2023-02-20 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome) would be delayed until early March.