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Soyuz rocket takes off featuring letter Z

The Russian Defense Ministry released footage Wednesday that it says shows a Soyuz rocket taking off with a Meridian M communications satellite with the letter Z featuring prominently on the rocket, in support of the Russian military operation in Ukraine.

23/03/2022

Italy

First European female astronaut to command International Space Station

Samantha Cristoforetti was the first Italian woman in space and only the third woman in the world to have spent time on the station.

29/05/2021

Kazakhstan

Joint US-Russian crew heads to International Space Station

A joint US-Russian crew aboard a Soyuz rocket launched successfully on Friday, heading for the International Space Station.

09/04/2021

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Soyuz spacecraft carrying FEDOR the robot docks at ISS on second try

A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian humanoid robot called Fedor has successfully docked with the International Space Station.

27/08/2019

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Luca Parmitano reveals unique pre-flight astronaut rituals

Astronauts are trained to think rationally, ready at any moment to respond to danger with a clear head and nerves of steel. But behind the scientific facade, they are as superstitious as the rest of us, European Space Agency Astronaut Luca Parmitano reveals.

19/07/2019

World

Watch: Italian astronaut 'emotional' ahead of space station launch

In the second of his Space Chronicles astronaut Luca Parmitano tells Euronews the crew are feeling emotional as the latest International Space Station mission launch gets closer

10/07/2019

World

What does it feel like to go to space?

On July 20, Luca Parmitano is scheduled to leave Earth on his second mission, becoming the first Italian to take up the role of International Space Station Commander.

24/05/2019

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International Space Station Expedition 57 crew returns to Earth

International Space Station Expedition 57 return to Earth

21/12/2018

Kazakhstan

Watch again: Soyuz rocket launches to ISS with new crew

A Russian Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with three new crew from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan

03/12/2018

Russia

Dramatic onboard footage captures Soyuz rocket launch failure

The Russian space agency has released dramatic onboard footage of last month’s failed Soyuz rocket launch, as investigators announced that a faulty sensor was responsible for the incident.

01/11/2018

World

Astronauts make emergency landing as engine fails on Soyuz rocket

Russian officials are investigating the cause of a booster problem that forced a Soyuz rocket capsule to make an emergency landing just after launch

12/10/2018

World News

Crew stuck on International Space Station 'essentially marooned'

Renowned Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield says the three people stuck on the International Space Station are essentially 'marooned' there for a while.

11/10/2018

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Soyuz makes emergency landing after booster problems end space mission

Soyuz makes emergency landing after booster problems end space mission

11/10/2018

Germany

Soyuz spacecraft launches with next ISS commander onboard

German astronaut Alexander Gerst will take command of the International Space Station in October

06/06/2018

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Russian space controllers lose contact with new satellite

The Meteor M2-1 polar-orbiting weather satellite was onboard the Soyuz when contact was lost

28/11/2017

Kazakhstan

Watch: Rocket’s launch captured on video from space

20/07/2017

Kazakhstan

US-Russian crew of two heads to ISS

A Soyuz space capsule has blasted off for the International Space Station. An American astronaut making his first space flight and a veteran Russian cosmonaut are on board.

20/04/2017

World News

All change on the ISS

A joint US, Russian and Japanese crew have landed back on earth after leaving the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule.

30/10/2016

World News

Mutinational three-member crew heads for Space Station in next generation Soyuz capsule

A three member multinational crew has blasted off from Kazakhstan on the debut flight of a next generation Russian Soyuz capsule, headed for the International Space…

07/07/2016

Russia

Cargo vehicle launches on a Soyuz rocket to the ISS

An unpiloted version of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft known as the ISS Progress 62 cargo resupply vehicle blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in

21/12/2015