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Roscosmos

Roscosmos is the Russian state corporation responsible for spaceflight, cosmonautics and aerospace research. It inherited most of the Soviet space programme after 1991. It began as the Russian Space Agency in 1992, took its present form in 2015 after merging with the United Rocket and Space Corporation, and is headquartered in Moscow. Its launch sites are Baikonur in Kazakhstan, Plesetsk and Vostochny. Its rockets are the Proton-M, Angara and Soyuz-2. It built seven modules of the Russian Orbital Segment of the International Space Station, including Zarya and Zvezda, and Soyuz still carries crews there. Dmitry Bakanov has directed it since February 2025.

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  1. Salyut 1: How the First Space Station Was Built From Almaz

    Scott Manley

  2. Mir in 1997: Fire, a Failed Docking System and a Progress Collision

    Calamine Waffles

  3. Mir Space Station: Building and Ending a 15-Year Orbital Outpost

    Megaprojects

  4. André Kuipers’ Extended ISS Stay and Alexander Gerst’s Training

    Spark

  5. Crew-7 Launch: First Dragon Flight With Four Agencies Aboard

    SpaceX

  6. Crew-6 Dragon Endeavour Leaves the ISS After 184 Days in Orbit

    SpaceX

  7. How Shuttle Missions Built the ISS: Unity, Destiny and Canadarm2

    Jared Owen

  8. How the ISS Works: Air, Cooling, Power and Debris Defence

    National Geographic

  9. ISS Story: From Zarya’s 1998 Launch to Planned De-Orbit

    DW Documentary

  10. Super Heavy’s 33 Raptors vs Saturn V’s Five F1 Engines Explained

    Curious Droid

  11. Why the ISS Will Be Deorbited at Point Nemo and What Comes Next

    Curious Droid

  12. Mir: 15 Years of Modules, Mold, Fire and a Progress Collision

    Classic Aerospace History

  13. Inside the ISS: How the Station Is Built, Powered and Lived In

    SLICE Science

  14. How the ISS Will Be Destroyed at Point Nemo in 2030

    The B1M

  15. Mir Space Station: Why Its Design Made It a Success

    Alexander the ok

  16. ISS History: Assembly, Crises and the Plan to Deorbit by 2030

    Classic Aerospace History

  17. How the ISS Was Assembled: Modules, Gyros, Canadarm2 and Cooling

    Real Engineering

  18. Space Stations from Salyut 1 to Tiangong and Beyond

    Supernova

  19. ISS Module Tour: Columbus, Kibo, Destiny and Zvezda in POV

    NASA

  20. Inside the ISS: Building, Training and Science in Orbit

    Free Documentary – Space

  21. Spacewalk 99: Adenot and Meir Replace Harmony Retroreflector

    NASA

  22. Crew-12 Pre-Departure Briefing: Spacewalks, Science and Going Home

    NASA

  23. Progress 96 Launch: Soyuz 2.1b Sends 2.8 Tons to the ISS

    NASA

  24. Progress 96 Docks to Poisk After a 3-Day, 49-Orbit Chase

    NASA

  25. Crew-13 Prelaunch Briefing: Dragon Valve Repair and a Fast ISS Trip

    NASA

  26. YES2: How a 31.7 km Tether Was Meant to Drop a Capsule

    Scott Manley

  27. Crew-13 Postlaunch Briefing: Record Dragon Docking Pace to ISS

    NASA

  28. Crew-13 Launch Countdown: Dragon Grace Readies for the ISS

    NASA

  29. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Arrival & Welcome Remarks

    NASA

  30. Crew-12 Farewell: Jessica Meir Hands ISS Command to Dubrov

    NASA

  31. Crew-12 Leaves the ISS: Dragon Freedom Undocking and Departure

    NASA

  32. Crew-12 Leaves the ISS: Hatch Closure Aboard Dragon Freedom

    NASA

  33. Crew-12 Leaves the ISS: Dragon Freedom Undocking Step by Step

    European Space Agency, ESA

  34. Crew-12 Hatch Closure: Dragon Freedom Readies to Leave the ISS

    European Space Agency, ESA

  35. Starship Flight 14 Reaches Orbit and Three Falcons Fly in One Day

    Scott Manley

  36. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Re-Entry & Splashdown

    NASA

  37. Crew-12 Return: Dragon Freedom Splashdown Off Los Angeles

    European Space Agency, ESA

  38. Crew-12 Crew Look Back on 237 Days Aboard the ISS

    NASA

  39. Starship’s 33 Raptor Engines: Four Reasons Behind Super Heavy

    Celebrity Files

  40. Six Mars Rovers Compared: Landings, Discoveries and Distances

    Cardsplained
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  2. Why the ISS Will Be Deorbited at Point Nemo and What Comes Next

    Mission explainerCurious Droid · 14:52

    Mission: International Space Station (1998)

  4. YES2: How a 31.7 km Tether Was Meant to Drop a Capsule

    Mission explainerScott Manley · 14:55

    Mission: YES2

  5. Crew-12 Hatch Closure: Dragon Freedom Readies to Leave the ISS

    Launch coverageEuropean Space Agency, ESA · 36:55

    Mission: Crew-12

  6. Progress 96 Launch: Soyuz 2.1b Sends 2.8 Tons to the ISS

    Launch coverageNASA · 32:00

    Mission: Progress 96 (2026)

  7. Mir: 15 Years of Modules, Mold, Fire and a Progress Collision

    DocumentaryClassic Aerospace History · 45:51

  8. Mir Space Station: Building and Ending a 15-Year Orbital Outpost

    DocumentaryMegaprojects · 19:15

    Mission: Mir (1986)

  10. Inside the ISS: Building, Training and Science in Orbit

    DocumentaryFree Documentary – Space · 52:17

  11. Progress 96 Docks to Poisk After a 3-Day, 49-Orbit Chase

    Launch coverageNASA · 52:21

    Mission: Progress 96 (2026)

  13. Spacewalk 99: Adenot and Meir Replace Harmony Retroreflector

    Launch coverageNASA · 9:05:30

    Mission: Expedition 75

  15. Crew-13 Prelaunch Briefing: Dragon Valve Repair and a Fast ISS Trip

    Press briefingNASA · 56:30

    Mission: Crew-13 (2026)

  16. Crew-7 Launch: First Dragon Flight With Four Agencies Aboard

    Launch coverageSpaceX · 1:34:30

    Mission: Crew-7 (2023)

  17. ISS Story: From Zarya’s 1998 Launch to Planned De-Orbit

    DocumentaryDW Documentary · 28:26

    Mission: International Space Station (1998)

  20. How the ISS Will Be Destroyed at Point Nemo in 2030

    DocumentaryThe B1M · 32:29

    Mission: International Space Station deorbit

  24. Mir in 1997: Fire, a Failed Docking System and a Progress Collision

    DocumentaryCalamine Waffles · 21:06

    Mission: Mir Space Station

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