Soyuz – THE OVAL CIRCLE

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Russia builds world’s most powerful rocket engine

Posted on June 27, 2023June 27, 2023By Editor

Roscosmos has announced production of the first sample of the RD-171MV engine for the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle. … Read More >Russia builds world’s most powerful rocket engine

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Mission impossible? Russian actress competing with Tom Cruise in race to blast into orbit & shoot first feature film in space

Posted on May 21, 2021May 21, 2021By Editor

More than half a century since Washington and Moscow first raced into the cosmos to showcase their technological supremacy, a new space competition is now underway – and it is being fought by some unexpectedly familiar faces. … Read More >Mission impossible? Russian actress competing with Tom Cruise in race to blast into orbit & shoot first feature film in space

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WATCH Russian Soyuz rocket take off with 36 British-built satellites in launch commemorating Yuri Gagarin’s historic space flight

Posted on April 28, 2021By Editor

A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying 36 satellites, produced by the British firm OneWeb, has successfully blasted off from Vostochny Cosmodrome in the country’s Far East. Its payload is poised to help expand global internet coverage. … Read More >WATCH Russian Soyuz rocket take off with 36 British-built satellites in launch commemorating Yuri Gagarin’s historic space flight

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Poekhali! Russian spaceship named after Yuri Gagarin blasts off almost sixty years after Soviet cosmonaut’s record-smashing flight

Posted on April 11, 2021April 11, 2021By Editor

A Russian-made Soyuz rocket has lifted off from a cosmodrome in the Kazakh desert. It will now carry its crew – two Russians and one American – to the International Space Station, orbiting more than 400km above the Earth. … Read More >Poekhali! Russian spaceship named after Yuri Gagarin blasts off almost sixty years after Soviet cosmonaut’s record-smashing flight

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In historic mission, Russian Soyuz carrier rocket launches 38 satellites from 18 countries into orbit around planet Earth (VIDEO)

Posted on March 23, 2021March 23, 2021By Editor

A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying 38 satellites from 18 different nations successfully blasted off on Monday morning from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It was the first fully commercial launch of the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle. … Read More >In historic mission, Russian Soyuz carrier rocket launches 38 satellites from 18 countries into orbit around planet Earth (VIDEO)

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Russian ‘Progress’ space freighter launched from Baikonur, cargo slated to put an end to outdated docking module on ISS (VIDEO)

Posted on February 17, 2021February 17, 2021By Editor

Russia’s Progress MS-16 robotic spacecraft has been launched on a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The voyage will end with the de-orbiting of one of the compartments on the iconic celestial facility. … Read More >Russian ‘Progress’ space freighter launched from Baikonur, cargo slated to put an end to outdated docking module on ISS (VIDEO)

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Russia To Launch 40 Discreet Satellites From Across the planet In March

Posted on February 10, 2021February 10, 2021By Editor

Compared to the previous versions of the Soyuz, the first-stage boosters and two core stages are uprated engines with improved injection system. … Read More >Russia To Launch 40 Discreet Satellites From Across the planet In March

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Russian & American astronauts lift off for ‘ultrafast’ 3-hour flight to International Space Station aboard Soyuz MS-17 (VIDEO)

Posted on October 15, 2020October 15, 2020By Editor

Two Russians and one American have departed for a six-month stay on the International Space Station for the Soyuz MS-17 mission, the first to use a cutting-edge rendezvous scheme that will slash the journey to just three hours. … Read More >Russian & American astronauts lift off for ‘ultrafast’ 3-hour flight to International Space Station aboard Soyuz MS-17 (VIDEO)

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Faster than a Moscow-London flight! Russian Soyuz prepares QUICKEST-EVER crewed trip to International Space Station

Posted on October 12, 2020October 12, 2020By Editor

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft, which is set to deliver the crew of the next mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in record time, has been placed on its launch pad, at the iconic Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. … Read More >Faster than a Moscow-London flight! Russian Soyuz prepares QUICKEST-EVER crewed trip to International Space Station

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‘It’s their war, not ours’: Russian space agency boss says not upset by manned SpaceX launch, but BOEING should be

Posted on June 10, 2020June 10, 2020By Editor

The US finally getting a crewed spaceship in no way means the end of Russia’s space program, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said, insisting that the Soyuz still remains the most cost-efficient way to get people to the ISS. … Read More >‘It’s their war, not ours’: Russian space agency boss says not upset by manned SpaceX launch, but BOEING should be