Shortly after liftoff, the Soyuz’s booster malfunctioned, forcing the crew to abort the mission and make a ballistic descent BAIKONUR, October 11. /TASS/. The state commission investigating ...

A booster from a Chinese rocket appears ... launches pass over inhabited areas," Jones wrote. "Though drop zones for Long March rocket stages are carefully calculated and launch notices and ...

on a Soyuz 2.1V/Volga rocket — similar to Russia's workhorse Soyuz rocket, but with a modified, stronger central booster and no side boosters. The launch is scheduled for 10 p.m. EST (0300 GMT ...

This ghostly image of a Soyuz MS rocket at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, shot the night before it took off for the International Space Station in December 2021, has a particularly poignant ...

A spacewalk to inspect a hole in the manned Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft ... landing with this type of carrier rocket over the past 35 years. On August 30, a drop in air pressure was registered ...

(Reuters) - Russian Aerospace Forces, part of the country's armed forces, launched a Soyuz rocket carrying a spacecraft for defence purposes, the state RIA news agency reported early on Monday ...

A successful mission would mean that Europe can independently put large satellites into orbit for the first time since Russia pulled its heavy Soyuz rockets after invading Ukra­ine in 2022.

Europe has not been able to use Russia's Soyuz rockets since Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022, while the workhorse Ariane 5 was retired in 2023. Europe "cannot have a space policy today without ...