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 ...
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.