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Soyuz MS-28 launches from Baikonur with NASA's Chris Williams and two Russian cosmonauts for eight-month ISS mission

A Soyuz MS-28 lifted off from Baikonur on Thanksgiving Day carrying NASA astronaut Chris Williams — an astronomer-turned medical physicist and Harvard board-certified specialist — alongside Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov (commander) and Sergei Mikayev, beginning a planned eight-month stay aboard the International Space Station.

2025-11-27T01:42:52.684380-08:00

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Axiom Mission 4 Dragon Splashes Down, Wrapping First Private Indian, Polish and Hungarian ISS Visits

2025-07-15T04:13:14.110031-07:00

ABC News

Crew-10 Astronauts Splash Down in Pacific After Five-Month ISS Rotation

2025-08-09T10:55:51.181690-07:00

m.economictimes.com

Axiom-4 Crew Dragon Undocks, Returns Shubhanshu Shukla After Completing Seven Microgravity Experiments

2025-07-13T21:01:44.457201-07:00

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NASA extends CASIS agreement to manage ISS National Lab, likely a final extension NASA granted a short extension to its agreement with CASIS to continue managing the ISS's U.S. National Laboratory, likely the final renewal as the agency shifts responsibility toward commercial low‑Earth‑orbit platforms. The move preserves in‑orbit research access while NASA accelerates commercialization plans.

2025-12-08T03:32:58.541123-08:00

NASA extends CASIS agreement to manage ISS National Lab, likely a final extension

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Accident at Baikonur destroys maintenance cabin, indefinitely halts Russia’s crewed and cargo launches to the ISS A severe accident at Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome destroyed a maintenance cabin and has indefinitely halted the country’s ability to launch crewed Soyuz and uncrewed Progress cargo missions to the International Space Station. The incident removes Russia’s sole operable ground capability for scheduled crew rotations and cargo deliveries pending repair.

2025-12-06T17:54:02.709431-08:00

Accident at Baikonur destroys maintenance cabin, indefinitely halts Russia’s crewed and cargo launches to the ISS

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Cosmonaut Oleg Artemiev removed from SpaceX Crew‑12 for violating U.S. national‑security rules U.S. authorities removed Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemiev from the upcoming SpaceX Crew‑12 flight to the ISS after finding he violated U.S. national‑security regulations, officials said. An interdepartmental investigation is underway while Roscosmos frames the change as an internal reassignment.

2025-12-02T15:12:30.898134-08:00

Cosmonaut Oleg Artemiev removed from SpaceX Crew‑12 for violating U.S. national‑security rules

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ISS simultaneously hosts eight spacecraft for first time after Cygnus XL reinstallation For the first time in its history, the International Space Station had all eight of its docking ports occupied simultaneously on Dec. 3, 2025, following the reinstallation of Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft. The milestone marks the current configuration's maximum on-orbit berthing and logistics capacity.

2025-12-02T13:08:11.716168-08:00

ISS simultaneously hosts eight spacecraft for first time after Cygnus XL reinstallation

Ars Technica

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Voyager's Dylan Taylor: why private space stations can be a viable business Voyager Technologies chairman Dylan Taylor checked in with Ars from the "space station frontier" to argue privately operated space stations can be a viable business. He lays out a commercial case for low Earth orbit habitats as potential successors to the International Space Station and a path to sustainability.

2025-12-01T10:49:16.986074-08:00

Voyager's Dylan Taylor: why private space stations can be a viable business

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Cygnus XL completes inaugural ISS resupply, delivering 11,000 lb to station Northrop Grumman’s new Cygnus XL completed its first resupply run to the International Space Station, delivering roughly 11,000 lb (about 5 tonnes) of supplies, experiments and station hardware. The flight marks the debut operational use of the enlarged Cygnus variant to support expanded LEO logistics.

2025-12-01T06:11:06.945374-08:00

Cygnus XL completes inaugural ISS resupply, delivering 11,000 lb to station

Soyuz MS-28 damages Baikonur crewed‑launch pad, threatens Russia's ISS launch cadence A Soyuz MS-28 launch on Nov. 27, 2025 damaged the Baikonur crewed‑launch pad; footage shows the service gantry falling into an exhaust trench. The damage to Russia's sole operational site for Soyuz and Progress missions jeopardizes upcoming ISS crew rotations and cargo launch cadence.

2025-11-27T15:47:43.154752-08:00

Soyuz MS-28 damages Baikonur crewed‑launch pad, threatens Russia's ISS launch cadence

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Soyuz MS-28 launches from Baikonur with NASA's Chris Williams and two Russian cosmonauts for eight-month ISS mission A Soyuz MS-28 lifted off from Baikonur on Thanksgiving Day carrying NASA astronaut Chris Williams — an astronomer-turned medical physicist and Harvard board-certified specialist — alongside Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov (commander) and Sergei Mikayev, beginning a planned eight-month stay aboard the International Space Station.

2025-11-27T01:42:52.684380-08:00

Soyuz MS-28 launches from Baikonur with NASA's Chris Williams and two Russian cosmonauts for eight-month ISS mission

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