The journal is published since 2002 year, it was renamed twice:
- Vestnik of Samara State Aerospace University named after academician S. P. Korolev (from 2002 to 2009);
- Vestnik of Samara State Aerospace University named after academician S. P. Korolev (National Research University) (from 2010 to 2016 year);
- Vestnik of Samara University. Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (from 2016).
The journal is included in the approved Ministry of science and education of the Russian Federation ”A list of peer-reviewed scientific journals approved for publication of major scientific results of dissertation research”.
With the new title of "Vestnik of Samara University. Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering "is registered in Roskomnadzor (certificate of registration media PI № FS 77-66768 from 08.08.2016). Also the journal is registered in the International Centre ISSN (International Standard Serial Number): 2542-0453 (Print), 2541-7533 (Online); Russian Science Citation Index; included in the all-Russian catalogue «Rospechat» (subscription index-18264). Information about the journal is published in the database Ulrich's Periodicals Directory.
Since 2015 year articles in the journal is assigned the DOI (Digital Object Identification).