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A Russian Soyuz rocket blasts into space carrying 36 new satellites from British operator OneWeb, which aims to provide broadband internet around the world. The rocket, operated by Europe's Arianespace, took off from the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia's Far East at 09h40 GMT. IMAGES
A Russian Soyuz rocket with a cargo vessel blasted off Friday in the first launch to the International Space Station (ISS) since a manned accident last month. IMAGES
Two Russian cosmonauts, Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, and American astronaut Loral O'Hara rocket toward the International Space Station as tensions between Moscow and Washington rise over Ukraine. The crew is expected to dock at the ISS three hours later. The launch comes after Russia's first lunar mission in nearly 50 years failed last month. IMAGES
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
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).