Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov blasted into orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday (05/08). The Soyuz-U booster rocket lifted off on schedule at 1536 GMT.

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Soviet cosmonauts of the Soyuz 19, Commander Alexei Leonov and Flight Engineer Valeri Kubasov, participate in street parade, during their goodwill visit to the United States. The Cosmonauts are accompanied by the crew of the Apollo...

Russian cosmonauts successfully rebooted Mir's main computer on Wednesday (20/8) and began bringing the ageing space station's navigational system back up, opening the way for a difficult space walk.

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A precarious space odyssey ended for two Russian cosmonauts on Thursday (14/8) when their Soyuz capsule touched down safely in Kazakhstan, just over three hours after it had undocked from the Mir orbital...