The Falcon 1 was the first rocket manufactured by SpaceX. It had a proposed capacity to carry 670 kilograms (1,480 lbs.) to low Earth orbit, and it flew between 2006 and 2009.

Like most rockets made back then (and most others still in use today), the Soyuz is an expendable machine. Unlike them, it is one with a record number of flights to its name: over 1,900.

A Soyuz rocket carrying a Russian commander, a NASA co-pilot and a United Arab Emirates guest cosmonaut blasted off from Kazakhstan on Wednesday, chased down the International Space Station and ...

A mere year later, in 1963, India made its debut in space exploration with the launch of its first rocket. This sounding rocket, intended for upper atmospheric studies, was launched from the ...

A Russian Soyuz rocket launched three astronauts toward the International Space Station today (Sept. 11), setting a new record for humans in orbit.

And finally, if there is more serious damage to the Soyuz in orbit, Russia will need to accelerate the launch of the next Soyuz spacecraft in line, MS-23, and fly it autonomously to the space station.

Since Soyuz is currently the single crew-capable capsule, no astronaut will be heading to the ISS for a while, meaning the crew currently on the station has no way of returning back to Earth.

Lifetime was gradually extended from 60-90 days for the Soyuz Ferry to more than 180 days for the Soyuz-TM. Third-Generation Station: Mir (1986-present) Mir was the first permanent space station.

13.8K. Russia’s first satellite launch of 2019 took place Thursday, with a Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat rocket lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 23:47 local time (16:47 UTC) carrying the EgyptSat ...

Soyuz was an evolution of the Voskhod rocket, which had to be upgraded to accommodate the new Soyuz spacecraft which was designed to carry three cosmonauts to space stations in low Earth orbit ...

A seat that originally cost $80 million on Soyuz spacecraft now costs about $58 million on SpaceX's rockets, says McAlister. Most recently, SpaceX launched its first all-civilian crew into orbit.

Launches & Spacecraft SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket creates nebula-like ring in night sky | Space photo of the day for June 27, 2025. ... Delta and Soyuz rockets, with the U.S. and Russia leading the way.