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Russia races Tom Cruise and Musk for first movie in space
Six decades after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth, Russia is again in a space race with Washington.
Sun Jul 04 2021
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One American, two Russians blast off to International Space Station
The mission, the last scheduled Russian flight carrying a U.S. crew member, successfully reached orbit.
Wed Oct 14 2020
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Russia's carrier rocket explodes on takeoff
An unmanned Russian Proton-M carrier rocket exploded Tuesday on takeoff at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Tue Jul 02 2013