Topic: Europe

Russians see room for moonbase in lunar lava caves

STAR CITY, Russia (Reuters) - The United States may have put the first man on the moon, but Russian scientists and space explorers are now gazing at a new goal -- setting up a colony on the moon.The discovery of volcanic tunnels ...

Soyuz set for first French Guiana launch

PARIS (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz rocket will blast off from French Guiana on Thursday in a new East-West partnership designed to redraw commercial competition in space.The scheduled lift-off is the first time that Soyuz, which first flew in 1966 and traces ...

Russia blames scientists for rocket crashes

Russia's chief prosecutor on Tuesday blamed a recent spate of disasters threatening the future of the International Space Station (ISS) on negligence by the country's underpaid rocket scientists.A probe into the August 24 crash of the unmanned Progress cargo ship and an ...
Prestige and a multi-billion-dollar gamble in satellite navigation will be riding on a Soyuz rocket next Thursday when the Soviet-era workhorse launches from Europe's space base in South America.It will be the first time that the legendary rocket, which traces its lineage ...
A Russian Soyuz-2 rocket launched a GLONASS navigation satellite on Sunday, the defence ministry said, in the first launch since a freighter carried by the flagship vehicle crashed into Earth in August.Russia has "successfully completed the launch of a Soyuz-2 rocket with ...

Russia launches military satellite after delay

Russia on Wednesday successfully launched a military satellite after a three-week delay caused by the failure of one its workhorse Proton-M rockets, the Roskosmos space agency said.The satellite, which was launched "in the interests of the ministry of defence," reached orbit nine ...

Space station astronauts safely return to Earth

Three spacemen made a safe delayed return from the International Space Station on Friday as Russia again pushed back the launch of their replacement crew because of a recent rocket crash.Space officials said the Soyuz capsule landed on its side in the ...

Russia postpones next manned launch to ISS

Russia on Friday said the next manned launch taking astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) would take place two days later than previously announced, on November 14."The next manned launch is planned for November 14," the head of the Russian space ...

Crew makes safe return to Earth after space crash

Three astronauts returned safely to Earth from the International Space Station aboard a Soviet-era capsule whose mission follows an unprecedented spate of Russian space accidents.Space officials said the Soyuz TMA-21 capsule landed on its side in the wind-swept steppes of the ex-Soviet ...

Crew leaves space station in Soviet-era capsule

Three astronauts began their return to Earth from the International Space Station on Friday aboard a Soviet-era capsule whose mission follows an unprecedented spate of Russian space accidents.The Moscow-based Roskosmos space agency said the Soyuz TMA-21 craft undocked from the orbiter with ...