Soyuz MS-29, with a crew of three, docks at the Prichal Node Module on the ISS, Details, updates: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-29....

Soyuz MS-29 performs a flyaround of the ISS at a distance of between 400 and 200 meters as seen from the station:

NASA: Soyuz MS-29 is on track for docking with the ISS in around 44 minutes from now...

Soyuz MS-29 is reported separating from the third stage of the launch vehicle, entering orbit for a three-hour rendezvous with the ISS...

Soyuz MS-29 lifts off from Baikonur with a crew of three heading to the International Space Station. DETAILS: UPDATES: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-29....

Launch pad personnel reports evacuation of the facility at ~20 minutes before the Soyuz MS-29 liftoff. Here is how Soyuz is launched: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz_launch...

Live views inside the Decent Module of Soyuz MS-29, as the vehicle prepares for liftoff in around 27 minutes. More on Descent Module: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz_sa.html

Access gantry is retracted from around Soyuz rocket at 30-minute readiness for liftoff:

The launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS-29 crew vehicle reached the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, this morning:

...and of course, the ultimate (and constantly expanding) Home Page for the Soyuz spacecraft family: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz.html

...Home page for the Soyuz-MS variant: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms.html

To mark the 10th anniversary of the Soyuz-MS variant, just completed my guide to the component architecture of the vehicle with a page on the Aggregate Section (please consider subscription)! Coming up next: detailed mission profile, systems' info & much more: russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...

In-depth: Investigation into the Soyuz-21 crisis (subscription): russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...

Lunar Orbital Station, LOS, reappears in RKK Energia's promotional slides, illustrating not so much its feasibility, but a struggle to demonstrate the significance of the post-ISS space station for deep-space exploration. FULL STORY: russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...

Progress MS-34, docked at the ISS, performs its second orbit correction of the station in prep for a crew exchange later this month. DETAILS: russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-...

"Russian Starlinks" perform unexplained maneuvers in orbit, while the launch of the 2nd batch, (rumored to take place as early as April) has not materialized so far, probably delayed by struggles with the 1st batch: russianspaceweb.com/spacecraft-2...

...First, Spektr-UF was hampered by lack of funding and development capacity and, more recently by the breakdown of Russia's international connections due to war and sanctions. Here is my version of project's schedule before the latest delay. CONTEXT: www.russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...

Russia's "Hubble successor" was delayed for 2 more years (until 2031), according to developer's comments quoted by TASS. Spektr-UF was intended to replace the Astron ultraviolet observatory, launched in 1983, but it stuck on the ground for decades... CONTEXT: www.russianspaceweb.com/spektr_uf.html

Prime contractor at the Angara launch site in Vostochny spaceport goes through bankruptcy in the final phase of construction. CONTEXT: www.russianspaceweb.com/vostochny_an...

...Despite serving as a destination for 3 crew expeditions, no visual of the Salyut-5 in orbit has ever surfaced, so I did my reconstruction of the spacecraft based on grainy ground footage and my photos of surviving hardware at the developer. DETAILS: russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...

...The official life span of the Spektr-RG observatory at the time of its launch in 2019 was reported to be 6.5 years...

...Its predecessor — Spektr-Radioastron orbital radio telescope — worked from 2011 to 2017: russianspaceweb.com/spektr_r.html TASS lifespan extension story: tass.ru/kosmos/27714...

Russian Academy of Sciences made a formal decision to extend work of the Spektr-RG observatory (stationed in an Earth-Sun Lagrange point) for 5 more years. It is the only major scientific spacecraft operated by Russia, following its launch in 2019. DETAILS: www.russianspaceweb.com/spektr_rg.ht...

Chief designer at Russia's prime piloted spacecraft developer made a few interesting remarks at a conference last week. For one, the return of future crew missions to ISS orbit prompted another look at sea-gliding rescue vehicles based on Soviet-era "sea monster": russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...

Russia's Gazprom is selling its satellite production & mission control center. The move is portrayed as getting rid of non-core assets even though 2 years ago, Gazprom promised observation and communications satellite families, whose fate is now unclear. More: www.russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...

...it appears that some kind of large object had detached from the ISS during today's spacewalk (right):

Cosmonauts ride the European Robotic Arm to their new working location on the Nauka module, three hours in today's VKD-66 spacewalk. Updates: www.russianspaceweb.com/iss-vkd66.html

Cosmonauts reported installing a solar flare instrument on the Zvezda Service Module around 1 hour 45 minutes into the VKD-66 spacewalk. Updates: www.russianspaceweb.com/iss-vkd66.html

First views of Sergei Mikaev on the exterior of the Poisk module at the start of the VKD-66 spacewalk...

Our exclusive longread on the design, operation and evolution of the parachute system of the new-generation spacecraft (subscription): www.russianspaceweb.com/insider-cont...