A Russian Progress freighter launched toward the International Space Station today (Sept. 11) on a mission to deliver several tons of cargo for the station's astronaut crew. A Soyuz rocket lifted off ...

An Iranian communications satellite was sent into orbit aboard a Russian rocket on Friday, a launch that highlighted strong ties between the two countries. The Soyuz rocket lifted off as scheduled ...

A fast, clear tour of every major Soviet and Russian rocket - from R-7/Sputnik to Soyuz, Proton, N-1, Energia, Zenit, and ...

A successful ground test of the first stage of the Soyuz-5 rocket has concluded at a range in the Moscow Region, the Russian ...

MOSCOW – A Russian rocket sent an Iranian communications satellite into orbit Friday, a launch that highlighted strong ties between the two countries. The Soyuz rocket lifted off as scheduled from ...

Through the most recent mission, STS-130 in February 2010, the shuttle has taken 788 people to orbit (“people” includes repeat fliers—so Franklin Chang Diaz’s seven flights would count as seven people ...

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL experienced main engine troubles that have hampered its resupply mission to the International ...

The mission, which successfully lofted a batch of satellites for the Guowang broadband network, was the 600th ever for a Long ...