MOSCOW – Back-to-back rocket launch failures have dealt Russia one of the heaviest blows to its space industry since the Soviet collapse – with national pride and billions of dollars at stake. The ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Back-to-back rocket launch failures have dealt Russia one of the heaviest blows to its space industry since the Soviet collapse — with national pride and billions of dollars at stake.

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian booster rocket on Tuesday failed to place two communications satellites into a designated orbit, officials said, marring the prestige of the nation's space program a day after ...

(AP) A Russian booster rocket carrying three satellites burst into flames and crashed during a launch shown on live TV Tuesday, the latest in a string of failures for Russia’s commercial space program ...

MOSCOW — A Russian booster rocket carrying two telecommunications satellites malfunctioned during a launching early Tuesday, failing to deliver the satellites into their proper orbit and rendering ...

The Proton-M launch from Baikonur on Feb 2. Credit: Ivan Timoshenko/Roscosmos Russia’s first commercial space launch of 2026 was also the last for the Proton-M variant with the DM-03 booster. The ...