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 ...
TASS4y
Soyuz-2.1b rocket with military satellite takes off from Plesetsk Cosmodrome
MOSCOW, May 22. /TASS/. The Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket took off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome Friday, carrying a Ministry of Defense spacecraft, the Ministry announced Friday. "At 10:31 Moscow time ...
BBC6y
Soyuz rocket: 'Faulty sensor' led to launch failure
The Soyuz-FG rocket launched at 08:40 local time (02:40 GMT) from the Baikanour cosmodrome site on 11 October when the malfunction occurred. About 90 seconds into the rocket's flight, the US space ...
TASS5y
Vostochny Cosmodrome to launch up to 6 rockets next year
VOSTOCHNY COSMODROME /Amur Region/, July 5. /TASS/. About six rocket launches will be carried out at the Vostochny Cosmodrome next year, Director-General of Roscosmos, the Russian State Space ...