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Saudi Arabia launches its 17th satellite, leading Arab world in space sector
The King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) announced Monday the launch of the "Shaheen Sat" satellite successfully from Baikonur base in the Republic of Kazakhstan on board Russian rocket "Soyuz 2". The satellite is dedicated to (...)

22 - 03 - 2021
Russia prepares upgraded Soyuz spacecraft for launch
Russia's space agency is preparing to launch a new version of the Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station this week, with a crew of Russian, American and Japanese astronauts. Soyuz MS, moved on Monday from an assembly hangar to the (...)

04 - 07 - 2016
Three new crew, including US grandpa, join space station
Three new crew members have joined the International Space Station, including a US grandfather who is poised to enter the record books during his time there, NASA said. The Russian spacecraft carrying the astronauts docked at 0309 GMT Saturday some (...)

20 - 03 - 2016
Russian Crew Docks at Space Station
A Russian rocket docked late Tuesday with the International Space Station, bringing two space veterans and a rookie astronaut one step closer to a long stay orbiting the Earth. The three -- Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, American astronaut (...)

29 - 05 - 2013
Soyuz Spacecraft Makes Rare Night Landing with Station Crew
A Russian Soyuz space capsule made a rare nighttime landing in the frigid steppes of Kazakhstan early Monday, returning three astronauts to Earth after a four-month voyage to the International Space Station. A timing glitch forced the capsule to (...)

19 - 11 - 2012
Revamped Soyuz Spacecraft Readied For Launch
A revamped digital version of the venerable Russian Soyuz spacecraft has been winched into place at a launch pad for its second manned run to the International Space Station. The Soyuz TMA-02M craft was slowly carried on a flatbed train shortly (...)

05 - 06 - 2011
Russian Rocket Primed for Space Station Mission
A Russian rocket set to carry a three-person U.S.-Russian crew to the international space station has been moved to a launch pad in preparation for blastoff. The rocket will carry U.S. astronauts Douglas Wheelock and Shannon Walker and Russia's (...)

13 - 06 - 2010
Russia puts into orbit Saudi telecoms satellite
International Launch Services (ILS), a leading launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the BADR-5 satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit on Friday on an ILS Proton for Arabsat of Riyadh, Saudi (...)

05 - 06 - 2010
Roskosmos, NASA wish good luck to new space crew
Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) Anatoly Perminov and his NASA counterpart Charles Bolden wished good luck to a new space crew who are going into space on board the Russian Soyuz-TMA-16 spaceship on Wednesday. The space crew (...)

01 - 10 - 2009
Russia capsule blasts off for space station
A Russian space capsule has blasted off on a historic mission to double the crew of the international space station. The Soyuz craft soared into the hot afternoon skies over Kazakhstan on time Wednesday on a two-day journey to the orbiting (...)

27 - 05 - 2009
Russian rocket delivered to Kazakhstan launch pad
Engineers have hoisted a rocket bound for the international space station onto its launch pad at Baikonur in Kazakhstan, Associated Press reported. The Russian-built Soyuz capsule and rockets were transported by rail across frigid Central Asian (...)

24 - 03 - 2009
Rocket launches on space station voyage
Two Americans and a Russian are on their way to the international space station, Associated Press reported. A Russian rocket with a Soyuz capsule carrying American computer game millionaire Richard Garriott has lifted off from the launch (...)

12 - 10 - 2008
Russia says Soyuz space landings will be safe
Russian space authorities said on Saturday they had improved safety measures for spaceships returning to Earth from the International Space Station after a series of rough landings. The Soyuz re-entry vehicle has malfunctioned twice in the past (...)

11 - 10 - 2008
Soyuz capsule blasts off
A Russian capsule carrying two cosmonauts and Korea's first astronaut has blasted off en route to the international space station. The Soyuz TMA-12 craft lifted off Tuesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome on time, roaring into the evening skies over (...)

08 - 04 - 2008
Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Will Get To Meet Family Members Before Lift-off
National Space Programme director Kolonel Dr Zulkeffeli Mat Jusoh said Malaysia's first astronaut Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Sheikh Mustapha will get to meet family members before blasting off into space Thursday, reported bernama. Dr Zulkeffeli, (...)

10 - 10 - 2007
Malaysia's 1st astronaut, American and Russian prepare for blastoff
A crew that includes Malaysia's first astronaut and an American who will become the first woman to command the international space station prepared Monday for blastoff later this week. The Soyuz-FG rocket is scheduled to blast off from (...)

08 - 10 - 2007
Russia rocket with U.S. billionaire onboard blasts off for international space station
A Russian rocket carrying U.S. billionaire Charles Simonyi and two cosmonauts blasted off late Saturday from the Baikonur cosmodrome en route to the international space station. The Soyuz rocket roared into the overcast nighttime skies over the (...)

07 - 04 - 2007
U.S. Billionaire enroute to space
A Russian rocket carrying U.S. billionaire Charles Simonyi and two cosmonauts blasted off Saturday en route to the international space station. The rocket roared away from the Baikonur cosmodrome into the overcast night skies over the bleak Kazakh (...)

08 - 03 - 2007
BRAZILIAN AND RUSSIA-U.S. CREW BLAST OFF TO SPACE
BRAZIL'S FIRST ASTRONAUT BLASTED OFF FROM EARTH INTO A CLEAR BLUE SKY ON THURSDAY WITH A RUSSIAN-U.S. CREW BOUND FOR THE ORBITING INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, REUTERS REPORTED. MARCOS PONTES, A 43-YEAR-OLD BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE PILOT, WAS HUNCHED (...)

30 - 00 - 2006
Russia-US crew and tourist blast off into space
A Russia-U.S. two-man crew and the world's third space tourist blasted off from Earth on Saturday, bound for orbit and the International Space Station. The cigar-shaped Soyuz rocket climbed into a blue morning sky from the barren steppe of Central (...)

01 - 10 - 2005
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