Flying into retirement after a career dedicated to serving as a bridge between the older Soyuz-U and the newer Soyuz 2 rocket variants, the launch marked the final use (as currently planned ...

In the mid-1990s, Russia was utilizing the Soyuz-U, designed largely in the 1960s and having taken its first flight on 18 May 1973, as its workhorse rocket – which included crew missions to Mir.

The Soyuz-2 rocket replaced the Soyuz-U carrier that were launched from Plesetsk from 1973 to 2012. A total of 435 Soyuz-U launched were performed over this period and about 430 satellites of ...

The Soyuz-2 carriers replaced the Soyuz-U rockets which were in service between 1973 and 2012. During this period, 435 Soyuz-U launches took place, delivering about 430 spacecraft of various ...

A Russian Soyuz ferry ship undocked from the International Space Station and flew back to Earth early Saturday, bringing a Russian cosmonaut, a Belarusian guest flier and a NASA astronaut to a ...

A Russian Soyuz rocket capsule was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after launch last month because of a faulty sensor, investigators say. Russian officials believe the component was ...