Russia just launched the 2,000th Semyorka rocket—it’s both a triumph and tragedy
The Russian space program reached a significant milestone over the holidays with the 2,000th launch of a rocket from the "R-7" family of boosters. The launch took place on Christmas Day when an R-7 ...
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Russia resumes Soyuz-FG rocket, Station flights with Progress…
The in-flight abort resulted in the safe recovery of the two crewmembers, a Russian cosmonaut and a NASA astronaut, and briefly grounded the Soyuz rocket family as Roscosmos conducted a ...
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The remote Kazakh Steppe that became a gateway to space
But after seeing footage of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft crash down on the remote Kazakh Steppe 10 years ago, photographer Andrew McConnell became more enraptured by astronauts’ unceremonious ...
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OTD In Space – January 16: 1st Docking Of 2 Crewed Spacecraft
On January 16, 1969, two crewed spacecraft docked in orbit for the first time. When the Soviet Union launched the Soyuz 4 ...
On this date: USSR launches Soyuz 5, part of 'first space station'
On this date 56 years ago, the Soviet Union launched Soyuz 5 which would become part of the "first" space station.
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Soyuz rocket with Resurs-P No. 5 moved to launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome
A Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with the high-resolution ... It will be the two-thousandth for the R-7 family of rockets - the corresponding mark is printed on the third stage of the rocket.
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Soyuz rocket: 'Faulty sensor' led to launch failure
A Russian Soyuz rocket capsule was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after launch last month because of a faulty sensor, investigators say. Russian officials believe the component was ...
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Russia’s Soyuz-ST puts European weather satellite Metop-C into orbit
The first satellite of the Metop family (Metop-A) has been operating in the orbit since 2006, the second (Metop-B) - since 2012. Both satellites were orbited by Soyuz rockets launched from the ...
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Russia’s Soyuz rocket got nailed by lightning shortly after launch
That was the case on Monday when a Russian Soyuz rocket endured a lightning strike shortly after takeoff from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. The launch was being recorded by observers ...
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Nasa to continue using Soyuz rockets despite breakdown
US space agency Nasa says it will continue using Russian Soyuz rockets for missions after Thursday's dramatic emergency landing following a booster failure shortly after lift-off. Speaking in ...
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How do reactions power rockets?
Just before dawn on the icy plains of Central Asia, a giant hanger door opens and a train towing a 2,000 tonne Soyuz rocket rolls to the launch pad in the morning light. On launch day, three ...
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How do reactions power rockets?
Just before dawn on the icy plains of Central Asia, a giant hanger door opens and a train towing a 2,000 tonne Soyuz rocket rolls to the launch pad in the morning light. On launch day, three ...