The Gaia billion-star mapper is one major step closer to its unprecedented exploration mission, as the European-built spacecraft has now been positioned atop Arianespace’s Soyuz launcher in French ...

The Soyuz launcher for Arianespace’s next medium-lift mission is rapidly taking shape at French Guiana as this vehicle undergoes its build-up for a June flight with the first four satellites in O3b ...

The first Soyuz Fregat upper stage to be processed in the Spaceport’s new Fregat Fueling Facility (FCube) emerges from this building on its way to the S3 site for payload integration. Credit: ...

The two Soyuz launchers that will fly the first four satellites of Europe’s Galileo navigation system into orbit have arrived at Kourou harbour in French Guiana, completing a journey that took them ...

(Reuters) - Russia will launch two Iranian satellites into orbit using a Soyuz launcher on Tuesday, Iran's ambassador to Moscow said on Monday, as the two U.S.-sanctioned countries deepen their ...

A Russian Soyuz ferry ship undocked from the International Space Station and flew back to Earth early Saturday, bringing a Russian cosmonaut, a Belarusian guest flier and a NASA astronaut to a picture ...

Liftoff of the Soyuz MS-27 mission is scheduled for Tuesday (April 8) at 1:47 a.m. ET. Three astronauts will launch toward the International Space Station (ISS) early Tuesday morning (April 8), and ...

A Russian Soyuz crew ferry ship blasted off from Kazakhstan Thursday, kicking off an unpiloted but critical flight to the International Space Station to replace a damaged Soyuz and provide an eventual ...

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft has docked at the International Space Station (ISS), ready to take astronauts back to Earth and act as a replacement for another Soyuz that sprang a leak last year. The ...

KOUROU, French Guiana, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket from French Guiana carrying the first two satellites in Europe's Galileo global positioning system has been delayed for ...