Роскосмос

ISS views of the departing Progress MS-32 cargo ship: t.me/roscosmos_gk...

Progress MS-32 to re-supply the ISS History of the Progress MS-32 mission to the ISS

Progress MS-32 departed the ISS for a destructive plunge into the Earth's atmosphere.
FULL HISTORY OF THE MISSION:
russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-...

Progress MS-34 cargo ship went through final inspection and was rolled inside payload fairing, ahead of its integration with the Soyuz rocket on April 22, according to Roskosmos.
Context: russianspaceweb.com/2026.html#pr...

Today's launch of the New Glenn launcher delivered a communications satellite into a wrong (not clear if recoverable) orbit, but the rocket's 1st stage completed spectacular landing on a vessel in the Atlantic: russianspaceweb.com/2026.html

Soyuz rocket launches a military payload Military launch on April 17, 2026

US Space Force now catalogued a total of 10 objects in orbit associated with yesterday's classified Soyuz launch. The last four payloads were seemingly released from the Volga space tug after its propellant-hungry inclination-changing maneuver.
CONTEXT: russianspaceweb.com/spacecraft-m...

Russian Ministry of Defense calls this morning's Soyuz launch a success.
Updates: www.russianspaceweb.com/spacecraft-m...

Soyuz rocket launches a military payload Military launch on April 17, 2026

Soyuz rocket launches multiple classified payloads from Plesetsk
DEVELOPING STORY:
www.russianspaceweb.com/spacecraft-m...

NASA confirms that Europe's ExoMars rover, previously scheduled for launch on a Proton rocket in 2022, was now re-assigned to a Falcon Heavy rocket NET late 2028, with US contributions replacing Russian hardware.
CONTEXT: russianspaceweb.com/exomars-rove...

...And this is the "initial assembly complete" architecture for the ROS complex, which is probably the most we can expect from Roskosmos in the first half of the 2030s:
CONTEXT: www.russianspaceweb.com/ros.html

Progress MS-32 conducts ISS orbit correction in preparation for Soyuz MS-28 landing and Soyuz MS-29 launch. DETAILS: www.russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-...

The inaugural launch of the new Soyuz-5 launch vehicle approaches the end of its available window without any official news, so I tried to untangle a morass of rumors and hints about the zig-zag path to flight for our subscribers: www.russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...

Roskosmos reports completion of propellant and pressurized gases loading aboard Progress MS-34 spacecraft in preparation for ISS resupply mission on April 26: www.russianspaceweb.com/2026.html#pr...

...it is notable that many observers of the situation, including veterans of the company, are skeptical about the charges and the whole case...

Nikolai Testoedov, frm. head of ISS Reshetnev, Russia's prime developer of military satellites, is under house arrest due to criminal probe at the company. He joins a long list of top Russian space executives who faced criminal charges in recent years: www.russianspaceweb.com/roskosmos.ht...

...and last but no least, a new monumental view of Block V (Stage III) in a company of other known visuals: russianspaceweb.com/n1_v.html

...and here is the first look at that particular photo of Block B (Stage II) in context: russianspaceweb.com/n1_b.html

...so I tried to do some minor color correction and put these jewels into the appropriate context, for example, the L3 complex fairing during assembly circa 1967: russianspaceweb.com/l3-fairing.h...

A few new photos of the 1M1 non-flying prototype of the N1 rocket had surfaced on the Internet, documenting the vehicle during experimental assembly and on-pad fit tests.
CONTEXT: russianspaceweb.com/n1.html

Launch opportunities for the inaugural flight of the Soyuz-5 rocket are reported to be open until April 20, but more than a day after the first window, there is no official word on the status of the mission, as specialists reportedly work on closing multiple issues:

Russian officials began talking about "setting aside sovereign territories" on the Moon for Moscow. These seemingly far-fetched claims are linked to the Selena nuclear-power station project from Rosatom which we profile for our subscribers today:
www.russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...

Moscow State University, MGU (my alma mater;) suddenly revived the idea of a mission to Apophis, but now in a cubesat form. No mention of the original project from decades ago, but RussianSpaceWeb.com uniquely preserves the context: russianspaceweb.com/apophis.html

..Last but not least, all attempts to develop a reusable version of the Angara rocket are now dead due to absence of funding for that purpose in the newly approved budget, Khrunichev official said.
CONTEXT: russianspaceweb.com/angara.html

...at the same time, head of GKNPTs Khrunichev indicated that the work on the most powerful Angara-5V variant (with hydrogen booster and an upper stage) had stalled at the preliminary design phase.
CONTEXT 👉 russianspaceweb.com/angara.html

The inaugural launch of the first Russian hydrogen-propelled upper stage for the Angara family is now not expected before 2031.
CONTEXT! —> russianspaceweb.com/angara_kvtk....

Upgraded Angara-5M rocket is now promised to fly with a development prototype of the PTK crew vehicle during a 2027-2028 period (a delay from 2025).
Context and full story: russianspaceweb.com/angara5m.htm...

65 YEARS AGO TODAY:
The first human reaches Earth's orbit
FULL STORY (and my reconstruction of the event):
russianspaceweb.com/vostok1.html

Kazakh media confirms that the next attempt to launch Soyuz-5 rocket on its inaugural flight is planned for a period between April 13 and April 16: russianspaceweb.com/2026.html#soyuz5

The 2nd cargo-supply mission of 2026 departed for the International Space Station. This is the 305th flight to assemble and maintain the ISS since its start in 1998: www.russianspaceweb.com/iss_chronolo...

Next Soyuz-5 launch attempt is now expected as early as April 13: www.russianspaceweb.com/2026.html#so...

...and my depiction of the initial ROS cluster, according to the latest plans. The detailed explanation of the changes, additional graphics and continuous updates are in our subscription section: russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...