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A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying the new Nauka laboratory module for the International Space Station blasts off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Images released by Roscosmos show the carrier rocket taking off at 1458 GMT, taking into orbit the first Russian ISS module in 11 years. IMAGES
A record-breaking US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts reach earth, with tensions between Moscow and the West soaring over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russia's space agency Roscosmos said. NASA's Mark Vande Hei is returning after setting a new record for the single longest spaceflight by a NASA astronaut, clocking 355 days aboard the International Space Station. IMAGES
A Russian spacecraft carrying a Japanese billionaire docks with the International Space Station, marking the country's return to space tourism after a decade-long pause that saw the rise of competition from the United States. Online fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Their journey aboard the three-person Soyuz spacecraft piloted by cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin took just over six hours, capping a banner year that many have seen as a turning point for private space travel. IMAGES
The Russian Defence ministry shares images of Russian Soyuz rocket carrying the new Prichal docking module for the International Space Station blasting off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Prichal -- which means "pier" in Russian -- is the second permanent addition to the Russian segment of the ISS this year, after the lond-awaited arrival of the Nauka lab module. IMAGES
A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying the new Prichal docking module for the International Space Station blasts off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Prichal -- which means "pier" in Russian -- is the second permanent addition to the Russian segment of the ISS this year, after the lond-awaited arrival of the Nauka lab module. IMAGES