Dmitri Petelin

A view of Starship’s 33 Raptor engines during its second test flight on November 18.Image: Photo: SpaceXExperimental rockets, Moon landers, planetary flybys, breathtaking spacewalks, and vintage boosters—these are just a few of the many stories that contributed to the most striking and memorable images of 2023.Indeed, the past 12 months have been a whirlwind of activity in the realm of spaceflight, whether in the lab, on the launch pad, or in space itself. The resulting visuals from the past year are particularly…

SpaceX Crew Dragon approaching the ISS on May 23, 2023. On board is the Axiom-2 crew. Photo: NASASomeone once said that May is a month of renewal, growth, and endless possibilities. That was certainly the case for spaceflight last month, as these striking visuals attest.May 2023 was a busy one for spaceflight, with private missions blasting off to the ISS, a space tourism venture getting back on track, and an assortment of previously launched spacecraft navigating the cosmic highways. Here are some of our favorite visuals…

Leer en español.“150 Irigoyen, you said?” The innocent question made by an apparent taxi driver has become a sensation in Argentina after the driver’s taxi radio interfered with the signal from the International Space Station and popped up live during NASA’s live broadcast of a spacewalk.If An AI Reworks Copyrighted Images, Is It Art? | Future TechRussian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin worked overnight on Tuesday to move a radiator from the ISS’ Rassvet module to the Nauka science module, spending a total…

Two cosmonauts are getting ready to venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday night for some orbital maintenance work. Three Astronauts May Be Stranded on the ISS After Disturbing Soyuz Coolant LeakCommander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin are scheduled to perform their spacewalk at 9:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday to move a radiator from one side of the ISS to the other. The extravehicular activity will be broadcast live on NASA TV, as well as the space agency’s website. You can also…

Elon’s gigantic Starship rocket is expected to dominate the news this week, but there will be other spaceflight happenings vying for our attention.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewA pair of cosmonauts are in the midst of preparing for the first of several scheduled spacewalks outside the ISS, and that’s not the only thing happening in low Earth orbit this week. SpaceX is aiming for Starship’s firstflightSpaceX finally logged its first Starship launch attempt on the morning of…

This week, NASA announces the names of the four astronauts who will venture beyond the Moon for the planned Artemis 2 mission next year, and we couldn’t be more excited.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewSpring is in the air and so are Falcon 9 rockets, two of which are set to launch this week. It’s also the season for new insights into an upcoming private mission to the ISS and the launch of an important pollution-monitoring sensor. NASA’s big Artemis 2 astronaut revealOn Monday…

The SpaceX Falcon 9 during a routine static fire test performed on the morning of Friday, February 24, 2023.Photo: NASA/Joel KowskyFour astronauts—two from NASA and the others from Russia and the United Arab Emirates—are set to blast off and begin their six-month mission onthe International Space Station. You can watch the launch live right here.SpaceX’s sixth operational crewed mission for NASA is scheduled for launch on Monday, February 27 at 1:45 a.m. ET (Sunday, February 26 at 10:45 p.m. PT). That’s probably a bit…

SpaceX Dragon Endurance arriving at the ISS on October 6, 2022.Photo: NASAA seat liner from the damaged Soyuz MS-22 capsule at the International Space Station has been relocated to Endurance, converting the SpaceX Crew Dragon to a five-person “lifeboat” should the crew be forced to evacuate in the event of an extreme emergency.The International Space Station mission management team made the decision to relocate the seat liner from Soyuz MS-22 to the Endurance Crew Dragon on January 12, according to a NASA statement. The…

fThe Soyuz MS-22 crew ship at it appeared on October 8, 2022.Photo: NASARoscosmos says it will launch an uncrewed Soyuz to replace the damaged spacecraft currently docked at the International Space Station. The MS-22 Soyuz sprung a coolant leak in December after being struck by a micrometeorite, as both Roscosmos and NASA are now claiming.The plan is to launch the replacement MS-23 Soyuz spacecraft on or around February 20, which is several weeks earlier than the original launch date for the mission. The uncrewed MS-23…

A view of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the Russian Rassvet module. Photo: NASARoscosmos says it needs more time to evaluate the flight worthiness of its damaged Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, leaving the safety of three ISS crew members in doubt.According to a Roscosmos statement, investigators “will make organizational decisions about future actions of ground specialists and the crew of the ISS Russian segment, as well as on possible changes in the station’s flight program in January 2023 ” as reported by state-run TASS…