Soviet engineers began ... was reapplied to ferry crews to space stations. Salyut 1, the first space station in history, reached orbit unmanned atop a Proton rocket on April 19, 1971.

The rocket in question was driven by a powerful Russian engine unlike any ever built in the States. Although this particular engine was new, the design dated back to the space age. By the early ...

An “unexpected odor” is coming out of the Russian spacecraft that docked to the International Space Station last weekend ... after launching on a Soyuz rocket from Kazakhstan on Thursday ...

TASS/. Russia will launch its first Amur reusable methane-fueled rocket in 2026, State Space Corporation Roscosmos Executive Director for Long-Term Programs and Science Alexander Bloshenko told ...

Feb 28 (Reuters) - A Russian booster rocket placed the Progress MS-30 spacecraft in Earth orbit early on Friday, sending it on its way to the International Space Station with a cargo of equipment ...

Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos plans to create the Soyuz-6 rocket using the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle as its basis KUBINKA /Moscow Region/, August 24. /TASS/. The Samara-based Progress ...

What was claimed: A video shows a Russian space rocket being hit by lightning. Our verdict: This isn’t a real video, but a CGI creation. A Russian Soyuz rocket was struck by lightning during a ...

The Russian Soyuz rocket is launched as needed for space missions, including carrying equipment and astronauts to the International Space Station. According to the European Space Agency ...