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 ...

TASS/. A Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket has delivered Resurs-P Earth remote sensing satellite No. 5 into orbit in the 2,000th launch for the domestic family of R-7 Soviet and Russian launch vehicles ...

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 ...