Anatoly Zak
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Author of Russia in Space; journalist, illustrator. Clients: Popular Mechanics, Aviation Week, Air & Space Smithsonian, Aerospace America & others.
Joined August 2009
.@NASA has announced the crew for @SpaceX #Crew12: Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, and Andrey Fedyaev will launch to the station in February. The quartet will advance research and technology for future Moon and Mars missions.
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As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission, four crew members from three space agencies will launch no earlier than Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, to the International
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...for a technical background, please visit our beautifully illustrated home page for the Science and Power Module: https://t.co/OUMmMSQTYs
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The planned launch of the Science and Power Module, NEM, on a Proton rocket will require a custom-built payload arrangement with some record-breaking dimensions. Exclusive details (subscription): https://t.co/qIG0zBKx3A
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"We always knew this government was run by madmen but never expected that they would announce it themselves..." — A popular joke in Berlin, 1941, after Rudolf Hess flew to England and was declared to be insane.
@SusieWiles What did you think would happen when you agreed to sit for 11 interviews? In what context would these quotes have been appropriate?
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...and here the condition of the spare electric motors, probably used to rotate the platform with the rocket and/or to move the structure into its shelter before liftoff. FULL STORY, UPDATES: https://t.co/L2IPo04Z6V
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...A view from the surface level of the pad at Site 31, probably showing the dismantling of the existing structures to make way for the installation of the replacement sections of the platform through the fire opening of the pad (as described here): https://t.co/L2IPo04Z6V
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...here is what appears to be a spare component of the service paltform, probably photographed at the Tyazhmash factory in Syzran (compare to photos here, cont.): https://t.co/iHkoRmX5Ix
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Roskosmos promises restoring the collapsed service platform at the only operational Soyuz pad in Baikonur "by the end of winter" clearing the way for Progress cargo launch to ISS as early as March 11. Some photos of repair work are also published (cont.)...
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...at the same time, at least two missions are still on track to launch this month, including the first Obzor-R radar imaging satellite from Plesetsk. FULL STORY: https://t.co/U4JuAf1Fiu
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A total of 3 campaigns in Baikonur, advertised for launch in December, had been pushed into 2026: •Progress MS-33 due to launch pad damage; •The Soyuz-5 first flight due to ground equipment delays; •Proton/Elektro-L5 due to computer failure; https://t.co/yCL4rRLFxS
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A pair of Aist-2T imaging satellites arrived at Vostochny spaceport in preparation for launch on a Soyuz rocket. Roskosmos has not yet announced the launch date, but it is believed to be December 28: https://t.co/x0n1XBVcnY
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Pad personnel struggled to secure the mobile platform before last month's botched Soyuz launch but proceeded to liftoff anyway so not disappoint bosses and tourists, according to unofficial reports. DETAILS: https://t.co/0e2wF3UjpN
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A few (now very rare) views of a Proton rocket on the pad, during the rollout this morning:
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...A Proton rocket with Elektro-L5 left assembly building on its way to launch pad at Site 81:
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...The fully assembled Proton launch vehicle with the Elektro-L5 weather satellite was cleared for rollout to the launch pad tomorrow, ahead of a countdown to liftoff on Dec. 15:
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Unknown pages of the Moon Race: the latest chapter in our illustrated history of the L3M project (subscription): https://t.co/qIG0zBKx3A
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Roskosmos reports completion of booster stages assembly for the launch of the Aist-2T remote sensing spacecraft and a cluster of hitchhiker payloads, including 3 Iranian satellites, from Vostochny expected on Dec. 28, but not yet officially confirmed: https://t.co/DuNGobf80Y
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The launch advisory for Dec. 11-16 had been cancelled. Let us utterly unofficially speculate that those fast-rolling service platforms under all Soyuz launch pads need some extra attention after accident at Site 31 last month:
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The Elektro-L5 weather satellite was encapsulated under its payload fairing ahead of its integration with a Proton rocket scheduled to launch from Baikonur on December 15: https://t.co/7NCu1U0Q1x
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