The Russian space program reached a significant milestone over the holidays with the 2,000th launch of a rocket from the "R-7" family of boosters. The launch took place on Christmas Day when an R-7 ...

A Russian cargo spacecraft will launch toward the space station on Thursday morning (Nov. 21), and you can watch it live. A Soyuz rocket is scheduled to launch the uncrewed Progress 90 spacecraft ...

Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American ... The Descent Module, as its name suggests, is utilized by the crew during the launch phase and the return journey to Earth.

Iran plans to launch an advanced version of the 'Kowsar' satellite in the first half of the next Iranian year, which begins ...

That was the case on Monday when a Russian Soyuz rocket endured a lightning ... a surprise bolt of lightning on its way into space. In fact, the launch of Apollo 12 had to deal with a similar ...

This array of missions from NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin and partners for 2025 reflects a busy year—and a dynamic and collaborative era in space exploration.

In a recent photo essay for the New Yorker magazine, author Keith Gessen and photographer Andrew McConnell share what life is like for the residents around the launch facility and where Soyuz ...

With the historic first international space docking mission only six months away, preparations on the ground for the ...

Attached are some of my personal favorites, which highlight the launch of European astronauts on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft to three different Russian space stations across three decades.

According to ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz-2.1a rocket, carrying the MS-23 spacecraft, lifted off from the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan. The spacecraft is flying in unmanned mode and will dock with the ...