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Russians assess flight worthiness of damaged Soyuz docked at space station

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russia’s Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft is pictured docked at the International Space Station in this Oct. 8 file photo. Credit: NASA Russian managers are assessing whether a damaged Soyuz spacecraft docked at the International Space Station can safely carry its three-man crew back to Earth in late March as …

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Russian engineers assessing leak from Soyuz crew spacecraft

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Particles of coolant leak from Russia’s Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft outside the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now A Russian Soyuz crew ferry ship docked to the International Space Station spewed particles of an unknown substance, presumably coolant fluid, into space Wednesday night, forcing two Russian cosmonauts to call off a planned spacewalk …

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Russia launches two Soyuz rockets on military space missions

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A Russian Soyuz rocket lifts off Nov. 28 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome with a Glonass navigation satellite. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense Russia launched two Soyuz rockets Nov. 28 and Nov. 30 from the country’s northern cosmodrome, hauling a Glonass navigation satellite and a military spy satellite into orbit. The two launches from neighboring launch …

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Watch live: Russian cargo ship set for launch on flight to space station

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Russia is set to launch a Progress supply freighter Tuesday on a two-day trek to the International Space Station to deliver 5,556 pounds (2,520 kilograms) of cargo, fuel, water, and nitrogen to the orbiting research laboratory. A Soyuz-2.1a booster will launch the Progress cargo ship at 8:20 p.m. EDT Tuesday (0020 GMT Wednesday) from the …

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Watch live: Soyuz rocket set to launch from Vostochny Cosmodrome

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A Soyuz launcher lifts off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome with four satellites at 3:57 p.m. EDT (1957 GMT) Saturday. Credit: Roscosmos TV A Russian Soyuz rocket launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome at 3:57 p.m. EDT (1957 GMT) Saturday with three Gonets data relay payloads and a demonstrator spacecraft for a proposed constellation of Russian broadband …

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Russia launches three satellite deployment missions in one week

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A Finnish pilot submitted this spectacular photo of the Soyuz rocket’s exhaust plume at sunrise after launch Oct. 10 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. Credit: Tuomas Syrjäniemi All three of Russia’s major rockets — the Soyuz, Proton, and Angara — launched last week on missions to deploy a Russian navigation satellite, an Angolan …

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NASA astronaut launches to space station aboard Russian rocket

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION A Soyuz rocket lifts off Sept. 21 with a crew of three heading for the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Despite severely strained U.S.-Russian foreign relations, an American astronaut joined two Russian cosmonauts aboard a Soyuz spacecraft in Kazakhstan and rocketed into orbit Wednesday on a two-orbit …

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Soyuz rocket rolls out for launch of Russian-American crew to space station

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A Soyuz-2.1a rocket stands on its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome after rollout from its hangar Monday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Ground teams at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan rolled a Soyuz rocket to its launch pad Sunday, moving a step closer to liftoff Wednesday with a team of …

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Russian Soyuz rocket hauls Glonass navigation satellite to space

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A Soyuz rocket lifts off July 7 with a Glonass navigation satellites. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense A fresh satellite joined Russia’s Glonass navigation network with the launch of a Soyuz rocket Thursday from a military spaceport about 500 miles (800 kilometers) north of Moscow. The new Glonass satellite lifted off Thursday from the Plesetsk …

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Russian Soyuz rocket poised for launch with space station cargo freighter

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NASA TV (English) Roscosmos Webcast (Russian) Russia’s Progress MS-20 cargo freighter is set for launch Friday on a fast-track, three-and-a-half hour rendezvous with the International Space Station to deliver around three tons of fuel, food, and supplies for the lab’s seven-person crew. The Progress supply ship is set for liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in …

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