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VideoSoyuz launch halted just before engine start
The launch of a Russian Earth observation satellite aboard a Soyuz rocket has been rescheduled for Sunday after a countdown Saturday stopped less than 20 seconds before liftoff.
VideoProton rocket reaches launch pad with Mars probe
A Russian Proton rocket rolled out to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, riding a specially-built rail car with Europe's ExoMars mission bound for the red planet.
VideoAssembly complete for ExoMars’ Proton launcher
Europe's ExoMars orbiter, due to begin a seven-month journey to the red planet March 14, has met its Russian Proton rocket booster as launch preparations enter the final stages at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
VideoExoMars orbiter and lander mated for final time
European technicians working at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan have bolted an Italian-built Mars lander to its mothership ahead of a March 14 launch toward the red planet.
VideoLook back on the blastoff of a Russian missile-turned-launcher
A Soviet-era missile originally built to deliver nuclear warheads to the United States in wartime fired into space for a much different purpose Tuesday, carrying a European environmental satellite into orbit to help track the effects of climate change.
VideoGlonass navigation system reinforced by Soyuz launch
A Soyuz rocket blasted off from Russia's northern cosmodrome Sunday, adding another satellite to the nation's Glonass navigation fleet to replace an aging spacecraft.
VideoEuropean communications relay satellite launched by Proton rocket
A commercial satellite designed to broadcast hundreds of television channels across Europe and better link European surveillance satellites and the International Space Station to scientists on the ground took off Friday from Kazakhstan aboard a Proton rocket.
VideoPhotos: Ariane 5 climbs away from jungle launch pad
A European Ariane 5 rocket took off on its first flight of the year Wednesday with a new-generation communications satellite for Intelsat, lighting up the sky over its French Guiana launch base as it arced over the Atlantic Ocean.
VideoProton rocket rolled out for launch of Eutelsat satellite
Riding on its side aboard a rail car, a Proton rocket trekked to its launch pad Tuesday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with a Eutelsat television broadcast satellite ready for liftoff Friday.
VideoBlue Origin’s reusable New Shepard booster flies again
Two months after it flew into space and landed smoothly, Blue Origin's suborbital New Shepard booster made the trip again Friday, proving it can be reused for future space tourism jaunts and laying the groundwork for a future commercial satellite launcher, the company said.