After nearly a decade of development, Russia’s newest launch vehicle is close to its debut flight. The medium-lift Soyuz 5 rocket is expected to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome before the end of ...
On Sept. 26, 1983, a Russian Soyuz rocket exploded on the launchpad. Two cosmonauts were inside the spacecraft, and they barely made it out alive. About 90 seconds before the rocket was supposed to ...
The Soyuz-5 was originally set to launch by the end of the year from the new Baiterek facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in ...
Welcome to Edition 8.23 of the Rocket Report! Several new rockets made their first flights this year. Blue Origin’s New Glenn was the most notable debut, with a successful inaugural launch in January ...
The Nov. 27 launch of a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur’s Site 31/6 damaged pad infrastructure that could keep it out of service for an extended time. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls BERLIN — The Baiknour pad ...
A Soyuz rocket carrying the Soyuz MS-28 crewed spacecraft lifts off Nov. 27. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls BREMEN, Germany — A Soyuz spacecraft delivered two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut ...
A SOYUZ 2.1b rocket successfully placed 52 satellites into low Earth orbit on Dec. 28 after lifting off from Russia’s ...
On Thursday, December 25, at 17:11, a combat unit of the Space Forces of the Russian Federation Aerospace Forces successfully carried out the launch of a medium-class Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket ...