Russia launched its Soyuz 5 medium-lift rocket for the first time ever on Thursday (April 30), and things apparently went well.

MOSCOW, May 1 (Reuters) - Russia has test launched its new Soyuz-5 rocket for the first time, the country's space agency said late on Thursday, saying it had lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in ...

Russia’s brand new Soyuz-5 rocket made its first flight on Saturday, lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday on a suborbital demonstration mission with a dummy payload that will pave the ...

Roscosmos is preparing another two Soyuz-5 launch vehicles before transferring them to serial production, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Bakanov said. "We are preparing the second and third vehicles [Soyuz-5] ...

Soyuz-5 development kicked off in 2016 under the Baiterek joint venture between the governments of Russia and Kazakhstan. The rocket was designed by Samara, Russia-based Progress Rocket Space Center, ...

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Russia's space program achieved a significant milestone with the successful maiden launch of its new Soyuz-5 rocket from Baikonur. This next-generation vehicle boasts powerful liquid-fuel engines, ...

A new Russian medium-class launch vehicle Soyuz-5 was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome overnight Thursday as part of its first flight tests, Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos said.