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Just under four months after Soyuz MS-28 launched from Site 31/6 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, an eventful flight that resulted in severe damage to critical launch pad structure, the next Russian mission to the ISS is set for launch. nasaspaceflight.com/2026/03/progre… Progress MS-33, an uncrewed cargo ship loaded with over 2,500 kg of food, fuel, and other supplies for the Station, is scheduled to launch from the repaired Site 31/6 pad on Sunday, March 22, at 11:59 UTC from Baikonur, just over three months after the flight was originally scheduled to lift off. By Justin Davenport.

@galopujacy_jez @dansgoldin @Cosmic_Penguin Underside of Buran wing





Heads up, North America! We are at G1 storm level and solar wind parameters are looking increasingly favourable. Bt is around 15 nT, and Bz steady at -10 nT. Aurora may be intermittently (during substorms) visible / detectable well into the US. Canada and the Northern Tier US states may be in for quite a show!





ULA technicians transported the Amazon Leo 5 payload to the Vertical Integration Facility and hoisted the encapsulated satellites atop the Atlas V today. This will be the fifth Atlas V launch that enables expansion of the Amazon broadband constellation. Liftoff is scheduled for Sunday, March 29 at 3:53 a.m. EDT (0753 UTC). bit.ly/av_leo5 // @AmazonLeo




Major (G3) storm level reached! High solar wind speed (~650 km/s) and persistent, moderately negative Bz (-10 nT to -15 nT) have combined to stir up a G3 storm! Observers in New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania, Japan and NE Russia should be in for a fine aurora show!





















