The ITAR-TASS news agency on August 24 led a source in the rocket-space industry, saying Russia's M-12M Progress cargo ship did not reach its expected orbit.
Earlier this morning, Russia launched the Soyuz spacecraft to bring a new three-astronaut crew to the International Space Station (ISS), nearly 50 years after Yuri Gagarin's first
Next October, China will launch its first Mars probe from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Russian Space Force may continue to launch Rokot boosters later this year, following a February crash.
On April 27, Russia's progressive unmanned transport ship M-10M began its mission to bring 2.6 tons of scientific equipment and supplies to astronauts working on the International