The Soyuz MS-16/62S spacecraft roars away from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Thursday, boosting a three-man crew into space for a six-hour flight to the International Space Station. NASA/Roscosmos ...

But the rocket launch on Monday went smoothly. Soyuz MS-11 took off at 5:31 p.m. local time from the Gargarin Start launch pad, and the Soyuz trailed a brilliant white tail as it roared up from ...

The Soyuz is expected to catch up with the space station Monday, moving in for docking at a port on the station's Earth-facing Prichal module at 11:09 a.m. local time.

Family members breathlessly awaited the result of the rocket launch, the culmination of a childhood dream for Hague, a 43-year-old Hoxie native and U.S. Air Force colonel.

Even a reliable workhorse like Russia's Soyuz rocket has bad days. ... Since its original incarnation took flight in 1966, the Soyuz family of rockets has racked up almost 2000 missions.

Riding atop the first Soyuz 2.1a rocket to fly with a crew from Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the three crewmates launched at 4:05 a.m. EDT (0805 GMT or 1:05 p.m. local Kazakh ...

The Soyuz 2.1a rocket for the MS-24 mission rolled to the launchpad ... "My family has been the cornerstone that's inspired me to hopefully keep somewhat of a good attitude while I've been up ...

A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American has docked at the International Space Station. ... Family of inmate who died in JSO custody asks for protests to remain peaceful.

The R-7 rocket that led to the family of Soyuz vehicles launching today lifted off for the first time on Feb. 17, 1959. The last launch, on Dec. 27, 2018, was number 1,898.

A manned Soyuz rocket failed shortly after launch early Thursday morning, and its crew, which included Kansas-born NASA astronaut Nick Hague, had to make an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.

China's family of Long March rockets, which have had far more variability in design than Russia's Semyorka boosters, is approaching 500 total launches. SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has now launched more ...

Roscosmos says a bent sensor caused the failure and Russia's Soyuz rockets are ready to return to space within weeks. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family live 100 ...