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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 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
After over a decade of postponed launches, Russia's troubled Nauka laboratory module has successfully docked at the International Space Station. It will now take several months and multiple spacewalks to fully integrate the module with the space station. The Nauka module blasted off into orbit last week from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carried by a Russian Proton M rocket. IMAGES
Russia launches an unmanned Progress cargo ship to the International Space Station after a glitch led officials to postpone the planned liftoff two days earlier. The Soyuz rocket carrying the Progress ship took off from the snow-covered Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:15 am Moscow time (0815 GMT) and reached its designated orbit several minutes later, the Russian space agency said. IMAGES