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VideoPhotos: Russia’s iconic Soyuz booster fires away from jungle launch pad
Five satellites rode a Soyuz booster into orbit Monday from French Guiana, and these spectacular photos from Europe's tropical spaceport show the legendary rocket's fiery departure from the edge of the lush Amazon jungle.
VideoNew Russian space base ready for first launch
A new $3 billion cosmodrome nestled in the remote taiga wilderness of Russia's Far East, a sprawling, sparkling facility constructed at the behest of Russian President Vladimir Putin, will host its first rocket launch early Wednesday.
VideoDragon arrives at space station with inflatable habitat in tow
SpaceX's Dragon supply ship executed a laser-guided rendezvous with the International Space Station early Sunday, delivering an experimental expandable enclosure for attachment to the complex later this month for tests to verify the inflatable design's suitability for future space habitats.
VideoDawn mission expected to go into overtime at Ceres
NASA's robotic Dawn spacecraft is now getting its closest look at the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest resident of the asteroid belt, and mission managers say the probe has enough leftover propellant to keep flying into early 2017, several months beyond the prescribed end of its survey.
VideoPhotos: Progress supply launch viewed from space station
Astronauts living on the International Space Station captured amazing views of a Soyuz rocket streaking into orbit from Kazakhstan with nearly 3 tons of supplies destined for the massive research complex.
VideoProgress cargo craft rolled out for launch to space station
The second of three robotic resupply ships going to the International Space Station in two weeks has arrived at its launch pad in Kazakhstan for liftoff Thursday aboard a Soyuz rocket.
VideoSoyuz launcher puts Russian military spy satellite in orbit
A Russian military spacecraft with a high-resolution digital mapping camera is in orbit Thursday after a successful ascent aboard a Soyuz rocket.
VideoVideo: Soyuz crew blasts off en route to space station
A Soyuz rocket climbed away from a historic launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday with three new crew members heading for the International Space Station.
VideoSoyuz crew transport arrives at launch pad
A Russian Soyuz rocket has reached its last stop before liftoff Friday with two Russian cosmonauts and veteran NASA flight engineer Jeff Williams, who is slated to break the record for the most cumulative time spent in space by a U.S. astronaut.
VideoVideo: ExoMars mission blasts off on Proton rocket
A massive spacecraft bound for Mars lifted off on a Russian Proton rocket Monday, riding more than 2 million pounds of thrust from the launcher's six main engines through low clouds hanging over the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.