Topic: Oleg Kononenko

Paying American space traveler, Russian cosmonauts return from international space stationA Soyuz capsule carrying an American and two Russians touched down on target in Kazakhstan on Friday after a descent from the international space station, safely delivering the first two men to ...
Space station astronauts take second spacewalk in under a week, job tame this time aroundThe space station's two Russian astronauts stepped outside for the second time in less than a week Tuesday, taking a spacewalk that proved to be tame compared to ...
The commander and lead engineer aboard the International Space Station left the outpost on Tuesday for a 5.5-hour spacewalk to prepare another parking spot for when the crew size doubles to six.. Cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko need to install a ...
Two spacewalking cosmonauts delicately removed an explosive bolt from their Soyuz capsule on Thursday in hopes engineers can figure out why two previous crews landed hard and off course.. The bolt removed by cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko was sealed inside ...
Russian astronauts take daring walk outside space station to remove potentially explosive boltIn a daring spacewalk, two space station astronauts cut into the insulation of their descent capsule Thursday and removed an explosive bolt that could have blown off their hands with ...
Two Russian cosmonauts and South Korea's first astronaut are gearing up for a planned April launch to the International Space Station (ISS).. The launch will kick off a planned six-month mission for Volkov and Kononenko, who represent Russia's Federal Space Agency and ...