Topic: Russia

Russian spacecraft docks with ISS

A spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American astronaut docked Wednesday with the International Space Station in the first Russian manned mission for five months after a spate of technical failures.The glitch-free docking of the Soyuz TMA-22 came after a textbook launch ...
Russia on Monday successfully resumed sending astronauts to the International Space Station after a break of over five months forced by the crash of a Russian spaceship into Siberia.Two Russians and an American blasted off to the orbiting laboratory on a Soyuz-FG ...

U.S. and Russian crew blast off safely for space station

KOROLYOV, Russia (Reuters) - Three astronauts blasted off on Monday to return a full crew to the International Space Station (ISS) as Russia seeks to restore confidence in its space program after the crash of a cargo spaceship and several botched launches.The ...

Russian, U.S. crew blast off safely for space station

KOROLYOV, Russia (Reuters) - Three astronauts blasted off on Monday to return a full crew to the International Space Station (ISS) as Russia seeks to restore confidence in its space programme following the recent crash of a cargo spaceship and several botched ...

Russian, U.S. crew blast off for space station

KOROLYOV, Russia (Reuters) - Three astronauts blasted off Monday to restore a full crew to the International Space Station (ISS) after the crash of a Russian cargo spaceship disrupted operations and undermined faith in the Russian space program.The launch at 0414 GMT ...

Russia to return full crew to space station after crash

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Three astronauts will take off Monday returning a full crew to the International Space Station (ISS) after the crash of a Russian cargo spaceship disrupted operations and undermined faith in the Russian space program.The launch at 11:14 p.m. EST ...
Russia will on Monday launch three astronauts for the International Space Station on a key mission Moscow hopes will restore faith in its space programme after an unprecedented string of failures.Two Russians and one American will blast off on a Soyuz-FG rocket ...

Analysis: Botched Mars mission shows Russian industry troubles

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's unsuccessful launch of a Mars moon probe points up the problems of a once-pioneering space industry struggling to recover after a generation of brain drain and crimped budgets.An unmanned craft, launched last Wednesday in what was meant to ...
Russia on Monday launches three astronauts for the International Space Station on a key mission Moscow hopes will restore faith in its space programme after an unprecedented string of failures.Two Russians and one American will blast off on a Soyuz-FG rocket from ...

Russia Mars probe considered lost: report

Efforts to resume contact with a Russian space mission to Mars stuck in Earth orbit after launch have failed and the probe must be considered lost, Interfax news agency reported Saturday."All attempts to obtain telemetric information from the Phobos-Grunt probe and activate ...