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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin. ©RIA NOVOSTI Russia PM reprimands space chief for failures Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday issued an official reprimand to the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos after a series of embarrassing rocket launch failures.
05 августа 2013
©REUTERS/Mohamed Kaddoor N. Korea halts work at long-range rocket site: website Fresh satellite images confirm that North Korea has halted construction at a facility to launch a new generation of long-range rockets.
24 июля 2013
Proton carrier rocket. ©RIA Novosti Proton rocket program resumed at Baikonur Assembly of Proton-M carrier rocket has started in the integration and test block of platform 92A of Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
22 июля 2013
Photo courtesy of business-equipment.ru Over 400 tons of highly-toxic substances removed from Kazakhstan to Russia Kazakhstan Defense Ministry and the OSCE have transported 410 tons of mixed acid rocket fuel component to Russia.
16 июля 2013
The fall of Proton-M rocket at Baikonur. ©RIA Novosti All fragments of crashed Proton-M collected at Baikonur All the fragments of the crashed Russian Proton-M carrier rocket have been collected at Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
15 июля 2013
Mels Yeleussizov. Photo by Yaroslav Radlovskiy© Booting Russia from Baikonur would be unwise: ecologist Head of Kazakhstan's Tabigat ecological union Mels Yeleussizov is against closing of Baikonur cosmodrome.
12 июля 2013
©RIA Novosti Soil detoxifocation at Proton-M crash site completed Detoxification of soil pollutants at the crash area of the Russian Proton-M rocket-carrier finished on July 10.
11 июля 2013
Talgat Mussabayev. Photo by Marat Abilov© Heptyl won't reach villages in Kyzylorda in big quantities: Mussabayev The hazardous substances spilled because of the Proton-M crash at Baikonur cannot reach villages in Kyzylorda oblast in big quantities.
04 июля 2013
A cloud over Baikonur. ©twitter.comAidashov Hundreds of tons of heptyl is a chemical attack: expert Corresponding member and analyst of Tsiolkovskiy Russian Cosmonautics Academy Yuriy Karash commented the possible consequences of the crash of Proton-M at Baikonur in Kazakhstan.
03 июля 2013
Photos of disabled children were attached to the letter. Photo by Roza Yessenkulova© Kazakhstan protests Russian rocket launches from Baikonur A group of activists gathered near the Russian General Consulate in Almaty after the crash of Russian unmanned carrier rocket Proton-M at Baikonur.
03 июля 2013
Rossiya 24© Russian rocket releases toxic fuel after blast in Kazakhstan An unmanned Russian carrier rocket exploded on takeoff at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, releasing tonnes of highly toxic fuel into the air in the space programme's latest disaster caught on live television.
02 июля 2013
India launches satellite for new navigation system India launched the first of seven satellites for its domestic satellite navigation network Tuesday, its space centre said, in the first step to creating a scaled down version of the US Global Positioning System.
02 июля 2013
Europe set for record-breaking space launch Nearly 40 years ago, European countries worried by US and Soviet dominance of space gave the green light to the first Ariane rocket.
03 июня 2013
Rockets fired from Syria hit Lebanon Four rockets fired from Syria hit Lebanon's eastern Bekaa region on Saturday, causing no casualties, in the latest spillover from the more than two-year conflict in Lebanon's larger neighbour.
02 июня 2013
Rocket transportation to launch site at Baikonur. ©RIA Novosti Kazakhstan to make Baikonur rocket launches a tourist attraction Kazakhstan wants to make rocket launches from Baikonur cosmodrome a tourist attraction.
28 мая 2013
Photo courtesy of wallpaper-z.com Ecuador satellite hits Soviet-era space junk A tiny Ecuadoran satellite that collided in space with the remains of a Soviet rocket survived the crash, but was damaged and is not transmitting.
24 мая 2013
©REUTERS/Luke MacGregor Virgin Galactic tourist spaceship breaks sound barrier Virgin Galactic's passenger spaceplane, which is designed to take tourists to the edge of space, flew its first rocket-powered test flight Monday, breaking the sound barrier at high altitude.
30 апреля 2013
Orbital Sciences launches Antares rocket US manufacturer Orbital Sciences launched its first Antares rocket Sunday, paving the way for a demonstration flight to the International Space Station within months.
22 апреля 2013
Orbital Sciences ready for first launch of Antares rocket Orbital Sciences, one of two private US firms chosen by NASA to shuttle cargo to the International Space Station, is preparing for the first launch of its Antares rocket Wednesday.
18 апреля 2013
At least 2 rockets hit Israeli resort town of Eilat: police At least two rockets exploded in Israel's Red Sea resort town of Eilat early on Wednesday causing no casualties but prompting the authorities to close the airport.
17 апреля 2013

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