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US NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and Russian Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, members of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 70-71 main crew, bid farewell to their relatives and visitors gathered ahead of the launch from the Russian leased Baikonur facility, in Kazakhstan. IMAGES
Images of a Soyuz rocket being taken to a launchpad in Kazakhstan ahead of the Soyuz MS-24 mission. A Roscosmos Soyuz-2 rocket will launch with two cosmonauts and one astronaut (Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, Loral Ashley O'Hara) to the International Space Station (ISS) on September 15 2023. IMAGES
Europe's new Vega C rocket, which was due to make its first commercial flight with two Airbus satellites on board, was lost after lift-off from Kourou, a failure that inflicts a new setback on Europe's weakened space programme. IMAGES
Jiuquan, Jun 16(EFE/EPA).- China will put three astronauts into orbit Thursday on its first manned space mission since 2016 to participate in the fine-tuning work of the Tiangong space station, the country’s space agency told state news.The launch of the Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft will take place from the Jiuquan satellite launch center in northwest China at 09:22 local time (01:22 GMT) on Thursday, state news Xinhua reported Wednesday.The spacecraft will put astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo into orbit to "verify the main technologies to build and operate the Tiangong station," said Ji Qiming, deputy director of the agency. (Camera: ROMAN PILIPEY). B-ROLL OF THE LAUNCH SITE FOR THE LONG MARCH-2F CARRIER ROCKET, CARRYING THE SHENZHOU-12, THE DAY BEFORE LAUNCHING, AT THE JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, GANSU PROVINCE, CHINA.
Cape Canaveral (US), Apr 23 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Cristóbal Herrera) NASA and the SpaceX company successfully launched the second manned commercial mission to the Space Station on Friday from Cape Canaveral (US).FOOTAGE OF THE FALCON 9 LAUNCH.