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Russian Spacecraft Launches For ISS, 2 Days After Last Minute Glitch
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian, a Belarusian and an American en route to the International Space Station (ISS) was launched on Saturday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, live footage showed.
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British Youtuber With Over 3 Million Followers Arrested In Kazakhstan
British YouTube travel blogger Benjamin Rich, who specialises in remote and sometimes dangerous parts of the world, has been arrested at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Saturday.
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OneWeb to Launch Satellites With Rival SpaceX After Suspending Ties With Russian Agency
Weeks after Moscow forced the 11th-hour cancellation of a rocket launch for British satellite venture OneWeb from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the company said it has contracted with Elon Musk's SpaceX to send its satellites into orbit.
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OneWeb Suspends Satellite Launches From Russia’s Baikonur Amid Ukraine Crisis
OneWeb said it was suspending all launches from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan after Moscow's space agency demanded guarantees that its technology would not be used for military purposes.
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Video: Russia Removes US, Japan Flags From Space Rocket, Keeps India's
The Russian government's space agency has removed the flags of several nations including the US and Japan - but kept India's flag intact - painted on a massive rocket in the spaceport Baikonur.
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OneWeb Launches 36 Satellites Into Orbit to Deliver Global High-Speed Internet Access
OneWeb launched 36 communications satellites into space from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, live broadcasts showed.
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Russian Actors Blast Off to Attempt a World First: A Movie in Space
A Russian crew of two cosmonauts, a movie director, and an actress blasted off for the International Space Station to shoot the first movie in space, the latest twist in decades of Russia-US space rivalry.
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Russian Rocket Launches 34 New UK Satellites
A Russian Soyuz rocket has blasted into space carrying 34 new satellites from British operator Oneweb, which aims to provide broadband internet everywhere in the world.
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Watch: Russia Launches New Science Module To International Space Station
A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying the new Nauka laboratory module for the International Space Station blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, the Roscosmos space agency said.
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Russia Launches Cargo Ship To Space Station
Russia on Wednesday successfully launched an unmanned space freighter carrying supplies to the International Space Station from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Russia Launches 38 Satellites For 18 Countries
A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday carrying 38 foreign satellites after takeoff was twice postponed due to technical issues, Russian space agency Roscosmos said.
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Russia Launches Its First Arctic-Monitoring Satellite Arktika-M
A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday carrying Russia's first satellite for monitoring the Arctic's climate, the Roscosmos space agency said.
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NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, Two Russian Cosmonauts Blast Off to International Space Station
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday and successfully reached orbit, live footage broadcast by Russia's space agency Roscosmos showed.
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Russia Sends "Fedor" Its First Humanoid Robot Into Space
Russia on Thursday launched an unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot that will spend 10 days learning to assist astronauts on the International Space Station.
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Russia Set for First Soyuz Launch to ISS Since Accident
A Russian Soyuz rocket with a cargo vessel is to blast off Friday in the first launch to the International Space Station (ISS) since a manned accident last month.
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Russian Spacecraft Launches For ISS, 2 Days After Last Minute Glitch
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian, a Belarusian and an American en route to the International Space Station (ISS) was launched on Saturday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, live footage showed.
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British Youtuber With Over 3 Million Followers Arrested In Kazakhstan
British YouTube travel blogger Benjamin Rich, who specialises in remote and sometimes dangerous parts of the world, has been arrested at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Saturday.
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OneWeb to Launch Satellites With Rival SpaceX After Suspending Ties With Russian Agency
Weeks after Moscow forced the 11th-hour cancellation of a rocket launch for British satellite venture OneWeb from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the company said it has contracted with Elon Musk's SpaceX to send its satellites into orbit.
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OneWeb Suspends Satellite Launches From Russia’s Baikonur Amid Ukraine Crisis
OneWeb said it was suspending all launches from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan after Moscow's space agency demanded guarantees that its technology would not be used for military purposes.
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Video: Russia Removes US, Japan Flags From Space Rocket, Keeps India's
The Russian government's space agency has removed the flags of several nations including the US and Japan - but kept India's flag intact - painted on a massive rocket in the spaceport Baikonur.
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OneWeb Launches 36 Satellites Into Orbit to Deliver Global High-Speed Internet Access
OneWeb launched 36 communications satellites into space from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, live broadcasts showed.
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Russian Actors Blast Off to Attempt a World First: A Movie in Space
A Russian crew of two cosmonauts, a movie director, and an actress blasted off for the International Space Station to shoot the first movie in space, the latest twist in decades of Russia-US space rivalry.
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Russian Rocket Launches 34 New UK Satellites
A Russian Soyuz rocket has blasted into space carrying 34 new satellites from British operator Oneweb, which aims to provide broadband internet everywhere in the world.
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Watch: Russia Launches New Science Module To International Space Station
A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying the new Nauka laboratory module for the International Space Station blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, the Roscosmos space agency said.
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Russia Launches Cargo Ship To Space Station
Russia on Wednesday successfully launched an unmanned space freighter carrying supplies to the International Space Station from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Russia Launches 38 Satellites For 18 Countries
A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday carrying 38 foreign satellites after takeoff was twice postponed due to technical issues, Russian space agency Roscosmos said.
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Russia Launches Its First Arctic-Monitoring Satellite Arktika-M
A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday carrying Russia's first satellite for monitoring the Arctic's climate, the Roscosmos space agency said.
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NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, Two Russian Cosmonauts Blast Off to International Space Station
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday and successfully reached orbit, live footage broadcast by Russia's space agency Roscosmos showed.
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Russia Sends "Fedor" Its First Humanoid Robot Into Space
Russia on Thursday launched an unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot that will spend 10 days learning to assist astronauts on the International Space Station.
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Russia Set for First Soyuz Launch to ISS Since Accident
A Russian Soyuz rocket with a cargo vessel is to blast off Friday in the first launch to the International Space Station (ISS) since a manned accident last month.
