Soyuz lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome ... The four boosters separating from the core of the rocket creates the distinctive Korolev Cross in the sky, named after the rocket’s designer.

On this date, Jan. 15, 1969, the Soviet Union launched Soyuz 5. The capsule would soon rendezvous and dock to the Soyuz 4 capsule becoming – as the Soviet’s declared – the world’s first ...

A Russian Soyuz rocket capsule was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after launch last month because of a faulty sensor, investigators say. Russian officials believe the component was ...