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PICTURE OF THE DAY

First look at the payload fairing of the N1/L3 lunar expeditionary complex.

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July 25, 08:54 Moscow Time: A Soyuz-2 rocket to launch the second pair Ionosfera satellites (No. 3 and No. 4) and a cluster of secondary payloads from Vostochny.

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In depth: Satellite communications and Earth's observation (INSIDER CONTENT) | Piloted space flight (INSIDER CONTENT) | Modern Competitive Access to Space (INSIDER CONTENT) | Space Science (INSIDER CONTENT) | Lunar surface power station (INSIDER CONTENT)

Angara-5 carries its first payloads

In depth: Angara home page | Russia's military satellites | Briz-M space tug | Angara launch pad in Plesetsk | Angara processing facility in Plesetsk (INSIDER CONTENT)

NASA delays ISS visit due to Russian Segment leak

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Transfer Section of the Soyuz-MS spacecraft

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RD-0124MS goes through test-firing

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Transport ship issue triggered upgrades across industry

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PILOTED SPACE FLIGHT

INSIDER CONTENT: Orel's exterior explained

INSIDER CONTENT: Lunar lander for the cis-lunar station

INSIDER CONTENT: Orel crew vehicle suffered from excessive noise and vibration

INSIDER CONTENT: China eyes Russian nuclear power source for its lunar base

INSIDER CONTENT: Habitation Module of the Soyuz-MS spacecraft

MILITARY SPACE

Soyuz launches a classified payload

Angara-1.2 flies its fourth mission

Soyuz launches newest navsat

Soyuz-2-1v launches first mission of 2025

INSIDER CONTENT: Russia's new military communications network inches toward launch

COMMERCIAL AND APPLICATION SPACE

INSIDER CONTENT: Russian startup offers cubesat-based imagers

INSIDER CONTENT: Russian Starlink's progress in 2025

Resurs-P2 falls back to Earth

INSIDER CONTENT: Roskosmos turns to secret tech for satellite miniaturization

Russia prepares domestic development of communications satellites

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Luna-27 undergoes drop tests

Ionosfera launch campaign starts

Roskosmos re-confirms its lunar effort

INSIDER CONTENT: Russian gamma-telescope remains in limbo

Airbus to replace Russian-built ExoMars lander

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ROCKETRY

Roskosmos orders three Angara rockets for ROS project

INSIDER CONTENT: Kazakhstan clears the way for Soyuz-5 rocket

INSIDER CONTENT: Angara payload facility grows in Vostochny

Wild fire threatens Vostochny spaceport

INSIDER CONTENT: Russia wants solar-powered space tug

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HISTORY

INSIDER CONTENT: Development of Venera-72

INSIDER CONTENT: Venera-72 mission design

INSIDER CONTENT: Venera-8 survives on the surface of Venus

50 years ago: Cosmonauts escape a close call at launch

More personnel changes at Roskosmos

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