Tag: Baikonur Cosmodrome
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Photos: Proton rocket climbs into space from Kazakhstan
A Russian Proton rocket lifted off Thursday with a U.S.-built communications satellite to broadcast television over Latin America, firing into orbit from the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Proton rocket and its Breeze M upper stage lifted off at 0710 GMT (3:10 a.m. EDT; 1:10 p.m. Baikonur time), turned northeast over the Kazakh steppe,…
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Upgraded Proton booster adds satellite to Intelsat’s fleet
Debuting lighter structural components to carry heavier satellites into orbit, a Russian Proton rocket fired into space from Kazakhstan on Thursday and successfully placed a U.S.-built television broadcast craft into orbit for Intelsat and DirecTV. Six RD-276 first stage main engines ignited with a rush of orange exhaust at 0710 GMT (3:10 a.m. EDT) Thursday,…
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Live coverage: Proton rocket blasts off on lengthy 15-hour mission
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Proton rocket with the Intelsat 31/DLA-2 communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. Live video from ILS begins at 0645 GMT (2:45 a.m. EDT).
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Launch of next space station crew moved to July
Japanese flight engineer Takuya Onishi, Russian Soyuz commander Anatoly Ivanishin and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins pause during their final Soyuz qualification exams May 27 in Star City, Russia. Credit: NASA/Stephanie Stoll Russian managers have delayed the launch of a Russian-U.S.-Japanese crew to the International Space Station two weeks until early July to allow time for additional…
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Proton rocket transferred to launch pad with TV broadcasting satellite
A Russian Proton rocket rolled out to a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Sunday with a commercial communications satellite to broadcast high-definition television channels to millions of homes across Latin America. The three-stage Proton booster, topped by a Breeze M upper stage, emerged from a fueling station Sunday morning for a rail trip…
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Russian space station resupply mission lifts off
A video frame from a live webcast of Thursday’s launch of a Progress space station supply ship. Credit: Roscosmos A Soyuz rocket launched Thursday with a Progress cargo freighter carrying more than 5,300 pounds of fuel, water, and supplies for the International Space Station’s six-person crew. The Progress MS-02 spacecraft blasted off at 1623:57 GMT (12:23:57…
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Photos: Progress supply launch viewed from space station
Astronauts living on the International Space Station captured amazing views of a Soyuz rocket streaking into orbit from Kazakhstan with nearly 3 tons of supplies destined for the massive research complex. Sailing more than 250 miles over Central Asia, the station crew recorded photos of the Soyuz rocket speeding above cities and barren badlands downrange…
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Progress cargo craft rolled out for launch to space station
The second of three robotic resupply ships going to the International Space Station in two weeks has arrived at its launch pad in Kazakhstan for liftoff Thursday aboard a Soyuz rocket. The Progress MS-02 cargo carrier and its Soyuz booster rolled out of an assembly hangar at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at dawn Tuesday,…
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Photos: Crew departs on half-year space station expedition
Check out a pictorial retrospective on Friday’s launch of three new space station crew members from Kazakhstan, riding an iconic Soyuz booster to orbit and arriving at the 250-mile-high research complex less than six hours later. NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, kicking off his fourth voyage to the International Space Station, is set to take command…
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Soyuz docks with space station with fresh crew
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Photo credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and a veteran NASA astronaut blasted off from Kazakhstan Friday, chased down the International Space Station and glided to a smooth automated docking, boosting the lab’s crew back to six. After trouble-free countdown, the Soyuz TMA-20M/46S booster’s…