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Mountains become space junk dumping grounds
Because it lies below the flight path of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Altai Mountains are regularly showered with rocket debris after each launch.
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Spectacular scenery when Russian spacecraft are launched on ISS
Russia's Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft takes three astronauts to the International Space Station from the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan, leaving a long trail of smoke and…
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Russia for the first time launched a robot carrying a human figure on ISS
The Fedor robot was launched on Soyuz MS-14 at 6:38 (local time), or 10:38 am (Hanoi time), from Russia's Baikonur space airport in Kazakhstan.
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Russian spacecraft transports three astronauts to ISS
Russian Soyuz (MS) MS-13 brings three astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 21 morning.
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Russia put the strongest communication satellite into orbit with Proton-M missiles
According to the Russian National Space Corporation Roscosmos, the Yamal-601 satellite was launched by rocket Proton-M from Baikonur space airport in southern Kazakhstan.
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The astronaut's luck rite before flying into space
For astronauts, rituals or luck rites play a very important role before they begin their flight into space.
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Flight rescue of astronaut lives after the Soyuz launch
Russia's Soyuz spacecraft transports two new members to the International Space Station (ISS) after it launches at Baikonur airport in Kazakhstan on October 11.
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Russian cargo spacecraft continuously broke the flight time record
Progress 70 cargo ship (Progress 70) was launched from Baikonur space airport in Kazakhstan at 21:51 GMT and connected to ISS after 3 hours 48 minutes flight.
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Russia successfully launched the Soyuz-MS 09 spacecraft on the ISS station
The Russian space agency Roscosmos said the Soyuz-FG rocket carrying the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft was launched at 11.12 GMT (18h12 Vietnam time) from Baikonur space airpor…
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Russia lost contact with the satellite launched to foreign countries
Energia, Russia's leading spacecraft manufacturer, said on Dec. 27 that it lost contact with Angosat-1, Angola's first national satellite satellite.
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Russia's 1,000 billion satellite is broken because of a silly mistake
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin announced on December 27 that a 2.6 billion ruble (about 1,000 billion dong) satellite was broken last month because of a
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Three astronauts depart to the International Space Station
The spacecraft sent three astronauts from the US, Japan and Russia from Kazakhstan, starting a two-day journey to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Russia successfully launched Union ship MS-05 to the International Space Station
Only a few minutes after the launch, the
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Russia launched the world's first micro-satellite spacecraft to ISS
According to the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, the transport ship Progress MS-02 was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome (hired by Russia) with Soyuz-2.1a rocket, wh…
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After two months of delay, Russia launched a ship carrying people to space
Russia's Soyuz rocket carried three astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday successfully launched from Baikonur space airport, Kazakhstan.