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A Soyuz 2.1b rocket launched from Site 1S at Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia, carrying two Ionosfera-M satellites into a ...
On this date, Jan. 15, 1969, the Soviet Union launched Soyuz 5. The capsule would soon rendezvous and dock to the Soyuz 4 capsule becoming – as the Soviet’s declared – the world’s first ...
As he circled the earth in his Soyuz 4 spacecraft last week, Russian Cosmonaut Vladimir Shatalov looked down toward central Asia to watch a tiny billow of flame and smoke. It was Soyuz 5, on its ...
Soyuz 4 landed on Jan. 17, 1969, after being docked to Soyuz 5 for four hours and 35 minutes. (Boris Volynov stayed aboard and landed on Soyuz 5 the next day.) ...
At first, Soyuz MS-23 was scheduled to fly a normal crew replacement mission for the late spring. Roscosmos pushed it up to Feb. 19 and elected to launch it without crew, to give three full seats ...
A Russian rocket has sent an Iranian communications satellite into orbit, highlighting strong ties between the two countries.
NASA April 17, 2004. Baikonur Cosmodrome. At 5:00 a.m. Moscow Time, the transporter with the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle and the Soyuz TMA-4 transport spacecraft left the Assembly and Testing Facility ...
The crew of the Soyuz MS-25 manned spacecraft is safe after the cancelled launch of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket, Roscosmos Executive Director on manned programs Sergey Krikalyov told reporters.
April 19, 2004. Baikonur Cosmodrome. Click on image to enlarge At the cosmonaut’s training hall. The main crew is donning flight space suits and checking them for pressure integrity. […] ...
The rough landing of the Soyuz on May 4 rattled both nations' space programs at a time when the future of manned spaceflight remains uncertain. With the U.S. space shuttle fleet grounded ...