MOSCOW (AP) — Russian space officials say this month’s launch failure of a Proton rocket was due to excessive vibrations in the engine of the rocket’s third stage.

Zarya launched on board a Russian Proton rocket. Two weeks later, the STS-88 shuttle mission brought the Unity module into space. The STS-88 astronauts connected the two modules in orbit.

The high-tech delivery started the previous summer when Pizza Hut branding appeared on Russia's proton rocket. Not only was this the world's largest proton rocket, but it was also the first time a ...

Launched in July 2000 atop a Russian Proton rocket, Zvezda was the third module to join the growing space station, providing a command center for Russian cosmonauts, crew quarters, the aft docking ...

The partisan movement ATESH has successfully conducted reconnaissance of a strategically important facility in Voronezh, Russia. An agent of the movement fully surveyed the grounds of the Chemical ...

MOSCOW — A Russian Proton rocket carrying an advanced communication satellite fell back to Earth on Friday shortly after liftoff in the latest accident to hit the country’s once-proud space ...

The ISS orbits Earth 16 times a day. Since December 1998, 274 spacewalks have been conducted. Timeline November 1998 – A Russian Proton rocket places the first piece, the Zarya module, in orbit.

The Russian Proton-K rocket that is carrying the long-delayed International Space Station's service module into orbit lifted off today from the Baikonur cosmodrome. At Mission Control outside ...

A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying the ExoMars 2016 spacecraft blasts off from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday. — AFP Follow Saudigazette on ...

It's remarkable, of course, that Russia has flown the basic core of a rocket for 58 years. And this total of 2,000 launches is unlikely to be matched any time soon.

Launched in July 2000 atop a Russian Proton rocket, Zvezda was the third module to join the growing space station, providing a command center for Russian cosmonauts, crew quarters, the aft docking ...